Case Studies


ROOFING IN ACTION
Read our case studies of building projects where PVC roofs delivered design flexibility, watertightness, solar reflectivity and resistance to fire and the elements.



Storm-damaged Arena Roof Finds New Life in Recycled Walkway



The University of Iowa’s Carver-Hawkeye Arena hosts some of the most intense athletic competition in the country, seating 15,500 college basketball fans and serving as a venue for concerts, sports camps and commencements. But when a hailstorm and a tornado came to town on the same day, the arena itself was confronted by a powerful competitor that damaged the 25-year-old roof. (Read More)



Vinyl Roof Installation Goes Right to the Bottom Line
of Canadian Dairy Farm




It’s a truism of the trade. Ask any dairy farmer and he’ll tell you:
a happy cow is a productive cow. (Read More)



Precious Art and Book Collection Finds Sanctuary
in Subterranean Hillside Protected by Green Roof




When it came time to consider how to exhibit Carnegie Mellon University’s Posner Collection of rare art and books in an area more accessible than the campus library’s fifth floor, project planners had an epiphany: (Read More)



Vinyl Shapes Transportation Hub into Lake Erie Centerpiece

Lake Erie

Five hundred feet from the Lake Erie shoreline sits a showplace that was once meant only to be a parking facility. (Read More)



Vinyl's Fire Resistance a Plus for Universal Studios Facilities Managers

Universal Studios

If one were to describe the rooftop of an average building at Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., at the end of an average day, it might sound like the description of a post-skirmish battlefield. (Read More)



PVC Reflective Roofing Cools Hawaiian Beachfront Hotel

Hawaiian Beachfront Hotel

Radiant sunshine and warm ocean breezes are the lures a travel agent uses to draw vacationers to a tropical paradise. (Read More)



Vinyl Gives New Life to Leaky Hospital

Powell Hospital Photo

A leaky hospital roof is more than just an inconvenience for the doctors and nurses treating patients beneath it. Having to work in sub-prime conditions could damage sensitive medical equipment, or worse, affect patient health. (Read More)