EPDM in the Field + Project Profiles

The late summer and early fall months on North America’s Eastern Seaboard can be a spectacularly beautiful time of year marked by beautiful foliage, warm days, and cool nights. Unless of course, an Atlantic hurricane rolls in for a visit…. Read More

Western Specialty Contractors – Peoria, Illinois Branch was part of the team that painstakingly transformed a seven-story historic building in downtown Peoria into OSF HealthCare’s new Ministry Headquarters. Western replaced the building’s old roof with a low-maintenance roof garden system… Read More

Saint George Roman Catholic Church sits in the heart of Erie, Pennsylvania. The cross-shaped structure’s curved metal roof has been a landmark for decades, but the existing copper roof, which was installed in the 1950s, was leaking and showing signs… Read More

Woodstock Music and Art Fair, commonly referred to as Woodstock, was a music festival held August 15–18, 1969, on Max Yasgur’s dairy farm in Bethel, New York. Billed as “Three Days of Peace & Music” and alternatively referred to as… Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — Back in 2017, Allina Health Mercy Hospital had a problem. The Minnesota health care location had simply run out of space. The solution involved relocating and enlarging the main entrance, reconfiguring the hospital’s interior and adding a parking… Read More

Located in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook, Oak View Elementary is home to about 550 students in Kindergarten through fifth grade. Oak View Elementary’s mission is to provide a positive, safe learning environment where students can become more independent and… Read More

Bob Cantaley has spent almost 40 years in the construction industry, much of that time overseeing the installation of new and replacement roofs. Even after decades in the business, he says that each project still presents new challenges. “Every job… Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — When members of the Masonic Fraternity of Lodge 98 laid the cornerstone for their building in 1922, they could hardly have dreamt what would happen to their location almost a century later. Now under full renovation, the buildings… Read More

ST. LOUIS — Western Specialty Contractors – Peoria Branch completed a project to reroof the historic Exposition Building and the Illinois Building’s theater on the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill. Western teamed up with Platinum Scaffold, Vac-It-All Services and… Read More

MINNEAPOLIS — When hail severely damaged the roof over classrooms and the gym at Urban Ventures, the team at Central Roofing stepped in to help. They successfully negotiated with the nonprofit’s insurance company for a settlement. As a result, Urban… Read More