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The metal roofing industry has had a “love/hate” relationship with snow retention systems. While the inability to control the release of snow may be the only major weakness of metal roofing, the industry has not embraced snow retention systems. SNOWGRIP, a new “first of its kind” snow retention coating, may be the system the metal roofing industry has been waiting for!

www.snowgripit.com has been designed to create SNOWGRIP believers in ten minutes or less. The 8-minute video on the home page and 30-second video on the 4th page provide an efficient orientation to SNOWGRIP with powerful imagery and an easily understood presentation. The site has applications for contractors, specs for architects and an online “Request for Price Quotation” form.

In addition to impressive snow retention capability, SNOWGRIP benefits include easy installation, affordability, enhanced roof performance/energy savings and more. SNOWGRIP has patents pending in the US and Canada and is available immediately to install before next winter’s snow falls.

SNOWGRIP is a “must see” product!

SNOWGRIP is a two-part Monolithic Abrasive Snow Retention Coating for metal roofs located in snow country. SNOWGRIP is so effective and so simple to install, it will enable Metal Roofing Manufactures to address their snow retention problem, while gaining market share against asphalt and membrane roofing. SNOWGRIP is designed to coat the entire roof to prevent any portion of the snow pack from beginning to slide.

SNOWGRIP promotes a uniform lightweight dehydrated insulating snow layer that remains on the roof. The base coat is a top quality liquid rubber membrane roof coat that bonds to the metal roof surface and secures the topping application of special abrasive granules that protrude from the SNOWGRIP surface. Snow and ice conforms to SNOWGRIP’S abrasive textured surface, creating a bond like none other in the roofing industry. The gravitational forces quickly bring the melt water into contact with SNOWGRIP roof surface. The traveling water efficiently flows off the roof system through natural airspaces, which formed below the insulating snow layer and between the raise SNOWGRIP granules.

The insurance industry doesn’t offer coverage for those who are injured or killed by ice and snow falling off roofs, calling such occurrences an “Act of GOD”. These insurance practices place an extreme liability on building owners and others. The SNOWGRIP “hybrid” metal roof solution will save millions spent on litigation, property damage and maintenance costs associated with snow slide accidents and ice dam claims. “SNOWGRIP is most likely a field applied application, but it may be possible to develop a pre-erection or factory applied finish.” A SNOWGRIP spokesman stated “The product is an ideal new profit center for a metal building contractor network and will create opportunities for theses contractors to provide additional service to past customers.”

SNOWGRIP is in the process of applying for an Energy Star Partnership. SNOWGRIP has several colors that are extremely reflective, reducing solar heat during the summer months. SNOWGRIP will also save energy in the winter, maintaining a dehydrated lightweight insulating snow layer on roof’s surface.

SNOWGRIP inventor Wes Fontecchio has spent years coating old metal roofs and repairing the damage caused by sliding ice and snow. A team including an architect and construction professionals formed to develop and market SNOWGRIP.

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CAMBRIDGE, MD… A custom stainless steel metal fabric ceiling system from Cambridge
Architectural smartly drapes between lighting fixtures, creating a clean and modern overhead
surface for the newly renovated Louisiana State University (LSU) Student Union Theater lobby
in Baton Rouge, LA.

Originally constructed in 1965, the LSU Student Union Theater remains the largest theater venue
on campus. In 2004, renovation began on the facility to redesign the performance space for better
acoustics, and to redesign the building’s lobby to be larger and more welcoming for guests.
Today, the renovations are complete and the theater boasts a new look and the premiere season of
a new series, titled “Union Theater Presents.”

Metal fabric became a preferred material for the LSU Student Union Theater project due to its
unmatched visual and functional capabilities. The mesh brightened up the formerly dark space
and the delicate nature of the fabric assured that the draped ceiling would be comforting, not
oppressive.

A Cambridge LandscapeInteriors™ architectural mesh ceiling system was custom installed
inside the new foyer to elegantly cloak the space above visitors, contributing to a contemporary
and pleasant lobby area.

“We did some research, and really liked the idea of using metal fabric,” says Keith Steger,
Principal of HMS Architects, the architect of record for the theater’s design. “After looking at a
number of sources of the material, we chose to include Cambridge in the specifications because
their product aesthetically worked well and met our technical requirements.”

The new LandscapeInteriors ceiling system inside the LSU Student Union Theater, like all
Cambridge systems of its kind, also expertly hides structural elements like ductwork, plumbing
and wiring, blending its beauty with important functional characteristics.

“This is another first-of-its-kind project, where we started from scratch and, together with the
architect, built something unique with our material,” says Erica Wright, LandscapeInteriors Sales
Manager for Cambridge Architectural. “The result, we think, is a beautiful draping effect with
metal that we’re proud to say has never been done before.”

Cambridge’s design-build approach and support throughout the project helped to make the
draped ceiling system concept and implementation successful.
“Cambridge developed shop drawings, provided installation details and worked with us to
answer all of our questions,” says Keith Steger. “Eventually, they provided us with a full-size
mock-up which showed exactly how to install the system, and in the end it came out really well.”
The LSU Student Union Theater ceiling system was created with mesh in Cambridge’s Slink
pattern, which features flexible, open weaves that resemble chain mail and can be installed as
window treatments, virtual space dividers or as dynamic design elements with track hardware.
A Cambridge custom ceiling attachment system was used to install the Slink pattern. It uses a
combination of Cambridge’s Eclipse™ tension attachment hardware and additional steel
components to anchor the mesh panels at an angle for draping – a first for architectural mesh.
“Cambridge was very helpful in assessing the lobby area, determining the best structural
attachment method, and ensuring that the design team had all information necessary to create an
appropriate point of attachment, both structurally and aesthetically,” says Baker Brooks, Project
Manager for Buquet & LeBlanc, Inc., general contractor of the project.
Construction on the LSU Student Union Theater was completed in August 2008. The project
team included architect of record for theater design HMS Architects, New Orleans, LA, theater
consultant Grace & Hebert Architects, Baton Rouge, LA and general contractor Buquet &
LeBlanc, Inc., Baton Rouge, LA.
One of the primary functions of LandscapeInteriors metal fabric applications is to dramatically
define and separate space, while additionally providing visibility, light and air flow. In addition
to LandscapeInteriors, Cambridge offers a variety of additional architectural metal fabric
systems, and is available for assistance throughout the design-build process.

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