Consider Aluminum instead of Steel

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Aluminum vs Steel Overview

In Canada, Steel dominates the roofing and wall system business. This is a legacy decision, and does not respect current pricing, material differences and systems availability.

Consider Aluminum where you would have used Steel.

Why Aluminum?

• no corrosion
• half the weight of steel, so less structure
• easier to handle on site
• Kynar finish stands up to harmful UV weathering
• high reflectivity and emisivity, reducing cooling loads because it sheds heat to the environment 10x as fast as steel
• strong at any temperature
• non combustible
• virtually no maintenance
• available in all types of configurations; curves, tapers,
  cones, long length panel etc
• 100% recyclable

On a recent large project, we priced both steel and aluminum and they came out about even, with Aluminum having a $6k premium on a $550k project, supplied and installed

Imetco S 300 and Latitude systems available with 30 year watertight warranty. Nobody offers that kind of service.

Aluminum vs Steel Overview