Home Builder Awards 2021

Home Builder Awards 2021 BUILD 49 Jan21451 hroughout the construction industry, the deep textured products of Rigidized® Metals are a foundational piece of engineering. The team have been providing world-beating products since 1940, and since then have worked hard to ensure that their metals are the best in the business. Developing, producing and fabricating three dimensional metals is no mean feat, and Rigidized® Metals has its own proprietary methods that ensure the successful delivery of materials that will last. The Rigidized® Metals process adds immense strength, as well as impact resistance and the ability to hide scratches. This makes a Rigidized® Metals product immensely versatile. The attractive, economical and functional approach has been key to the popularity of the material, and has led to it being used in a multitude of different ways. Contractors have placed them throughout designs, both inside and out to create spaces that are truly unique. To assist with this, Rigidized® Metals is able to provide its deep textured metals in a wide variety of textures, carefully designed to meet the needs of each individual situation. It ensures that building projects have incredibly rich surface variation which cannot be found with many other materials. The benefits of engineered surfaces, such as stainless steel, really speak for themselves. Adding a texture is immensely useful whether it’s deep or micro as it provides cost savings and efficiencies. Customers know that this hard-wearing, long lasting material will require little to no maintenance during its lifespan. In fact, the long life of Rigidized® Metals ensures that the environmental impact is reduced to a minimum when compared to products that must be maintained and replaced as time goes on. Of course, those who use Rigidized® Metals in their projects are not just looking for materials that are long-lasting. They want a product that can add perpetual beauty to the finished home, creating somewhere that creates a rich and vibrant environment in which to live. Stainless steel is the ideal choice for this, reflecting the light conditions of the environment effortlessly. The addition of texture only makes this effect even more dramatic. The ability to texture products is a result of tireless investment from the team at Rigidized® Metals. They have studied the field in steel and continue to create more exciting products specifically for the architectural market. This covers both micro texturing and deep texturing, which can be produced on all ferrous and non-ferrous metals in both sheet and coil product. These engineered surfaces hide the effects of high-traffic abuse, reduce the appearance of oil canning, provide controlled light reflection, diffuse light, and add structural rigidity and strength, allowing for the use of thinner gauge materials. The use of Rigidized® Metals within the architectural community reflects the value which it has gained over the years. It’s a value that is driven by the hard work that the Rigidized® Metals team has done to build a strong business and a solid reputation. Having earned its place as a mainstay within the industry, it’s clear that this is a company that won’t be going away any time soon. Company: Rigidized® Metals Corporation Name: Beth Neel Email: [email protected] T Best Engineered Metal Surface Manufacturer - North America The use of metal in the construction industry has a long and rich heritage, but the team at Rigidized® Metals Corporation has led the way in this field for over eighty years. We take a look at the firm to see where they are planning to take the industry next, following their extraordinary success in this year’s Homebuilder Awards.