Owned by the St. Louis County Schools, the
Cherry School in Iron, Minn., is home to kindergarten through 12th grade. The 9,000-square-foot building was completed in September 2011. The architect was Architectural Resources Inc., Duluth, Minn., and the general contractor was Kraus-Anderson Construction Co., Bemidji, Minn.
Metal fabricator and installer, MG McGrath, Maplewood, Minn., installed 2,800 square feet of Weert, Netherlands-based Trespa International B.V.’s 3/8-inch Meteon TS 150 wall panels with a satin finish in Mahogany Red, Silver Grey, Sienna Brown, Anthracite Grey and Copper Yellow at the building’s main entrance. All the seams have 0.040-black closure strips installed. MG McGrath installed an aluminum extrusion from through Dens- Glass gypsum by Georgia-Pacific Building Products, Atlanta, and into the stud framing.
MG McGrath also installed 6,200 square feet of 24-gauge VR Classic Omega wall panels in a Stone White Kynar finish from Firestone Metal Products, Anoka, Minn. The panels were installed vertically over the gypsum and Gig Harbor, Wash.-based VaproShield underlayment. Metal was selected for this project for the custom color options, as well as the precision that was needed on the radius of the panels.
Firestone Metal Products, www.firestonemetal.com
Georgia Pacific Building Products, www.gp.com/build
Trespa International B.V., www.trespa.com/us
VaproShield, www.vaproshield.com
