As S-5! wraps up its 30th anniversary year, the global leader of metal roof attachments announces the addition of 14 new patents issued in 2022 alone, bringing the total number of patent issuances to 112 since the company’s first product was patented in 1991.
S-5! metal roof attachments can be found on more than 2 million roofs, including 5.4 gigawatts of solar arrays on some of the world’s notable buildings such as Costco, FedEx and the corporate headquarters for Apple, Google, IBM, NATO and NREL, not to mention 15,000 affordable residential solar installations.
The project initially required the removal of 25,000 cubic yards of rock and dirt and used 90,000 square feet of flagstone, 10 carloads of cement, 800 tons of quarried stone and 30,000 pounds of reinforced steel.
The Cypress Cove project involved installing an Englert S2000 snap lock metal roofing system across a series of complex roofing structures – more than 500,000 square feet of surface in total.
Severe weather has significantly changed the way we look at design and construction of our buildings—from commercial to residential. Weather has become more volatile as natural disasters have taken their toll on our architecture.
Michael Chusid, of Woodland Hills, California, passed away on Monday, May 2, of natural causes. A true mensch, he had a huge heart - greeting everyone he met with kindness and compassion - and an insatiable curiosity about the world around him.