Stainless Steel Roof is Perfect for Historic Renovation

Historic Austin Hall, which had not been renovated in twenty-seven years, is a state archeological landmark, and therefore requires approval from the state of Texas when undergoing restoration. The roof was among the improvements needed and InvariMatte® stainless steel, developed by Contrarian Metal Resources, was chosen in a unique form, creating an aged appearance using this cutting-edge stainless steel finish.  While InvariMatte’s crisp, low glare texture has found a home on modern buildings to create a uniform, high tech appearance, the roof panels on Austin Hall were fabricated and installed using traditional methods that were true to the period of the building.  The result is a handsome, durable roof that looks like it was always there.  Better still, since it is stainless steel it’s safe to say it will always be there in the future – a substantial maintenance savings.

John Edgar, Operations Supervisor, joined Contrarian in 2009. He came to us from Leveltek Processing where he spent 10 years in operations.  It was at Leveltek where he first met Fred Deuschle, VP, Operations & Technology.  Fred recruited John to join Contrarian, having earned a great deal of respect for his commit- ment to quality.  According to Deuschle, “John is serious about customer satisfaction. He does his best to make sure orders are processed correctly.”   READ MORE ...

SpecWizard by ARCAT

ARCAT, a major publisher of building product information, offers architects and engineers significant time savings when specifying high performance metal products.  Contrarian’s ARCAT service package includes AutoDesk®, Revit®, BIM objects as well as SpecWizard®.

Available at no charge, BIM objects make it easier and quicker to create accurate specifications and drawings.  All of Contrarian’s objects are uniform and modifiable for ease of use.  In addition to product information, ARCAT has embedded links in the objects to Contrarian’s CSI 3-Part specs.  READ MORE...