The Real Value of IMPs Isn’t the Outside of the Box
“Think outside the box” gets thrown around a lot in business. When it comes to insulated metal panels and cold storage, though, the bigger payoff is in thinking about what happens inside the box.
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Office and Light Industrial Parks: Design Flexibility with Insulated Metal Panel Systems
Today’s office and light-industrial parks are not always single-purpose developments. Many are planned alongside office, retail and other commercial uses. That proximity raises the bar for exterior ...
Standing-Seam vs. Through-Fastened Insulated Roof Panels: Which Fits the Project?
Choosing an insulated roof panel system often comes down to one early decision: how the panels attach to the structure. Standing-seam and through-fastened systems each offer distinct advantages and ...
IMPs and Air Tightness: Why Air Leakage Costs More Than You Think
Ask most professionals in commercial construction what drives building envelope energy performance and R-value is usually the first metric mentioned. It is a simple, familiar number: the higher the ...
Design Flexibility Meets Cost Efficiency: Modern Metal Buildings for Office Parks
The suburban office park model that spread across the U.S. in the 1970s and 1980s, all uniform low-rise buildings and car-dependent layouts, is quickly becoming obsolete. Once the default setting for ...
What Architects Need to Know About Thermal Bridging in Commercial Buildings
Every commercial building project has a moment where thermal performance is largely decided, and it usually happens long before a single panel goes up. It happens in the drawings and the spec sheet.
Data Center Builds: How IMPs Cut Construction Time and Costs in AI Era
The artificial intelligence (AI) computing boom could see global data center capacity nearly double by 2030, putting a strain on the infrastructure already being pushed to the limit in terms not only ...
5 Market Segments You Didn’t Know Were Being Transformed by IMPs
When architects think about insulated metal panels (IMPs), a few familiar building types usually come to mind. Cold-storage and food-processing facilities, industrial and manufacturing plants, and ...
Beyond the Sideline: Why IMPs Are the MVP for Sports Complexes
Across the country, communities, schools, and private operators are racing to build bigger, better indoor athletic facilities. From multi-court fieldhouses and elite training centers to year-round ...