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Summer 2014

MG McGrath Wire Good People | Amazing Results From Conception to Completion | Bringing Your Ideas to Life Star Tribune Names MG McGrath, Inc. A 2014 Minnesota Top Workplace MG McGrath, Inc. has been named one of the Top 100 Workplaces in Minnesota based on an employee-based survey project from the Star Tribune. “MG McGrath is exceptionally honored to again be named to the Star Tribune’s Top 100 Workplaces. Our team’s diligence, dedication and desire for the construction industry makes this a successful and exciting place to work. Their determination continues to deliver amazing results to our partners and make our business successful,” said Mike P McGrath, President of MG McGrath. Star Tribune | 2014 Top 100 Workplaces “MG McGrath is very fortunate to have strong partnerships in the construction industry. Thank you to all our partners in the industry; without your continued partnership this would not have been possible. We look forward to working with you in the future,” said Mike P McGrath, President of MG McGrath. The analysis included responses from over 58,600 employees at Minnesota public, private and nonprofit organizations. The rankings in the Star Tribune Top 100 Workplaces are based on survey information collected by WorkplaceDynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention. Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith said, “The companies in the Star Tribune Top 100 Workplaces deserve high praise for creating the very best work environments in the state of Minnesota. My congratulations to each of these exceptional companies.”

MG McGrath, Inc. Named To The 100 Best Companies To Work For 2014 List By Minnesota Business Magazine MG McGrath, Inc. has been named to the 100 Best Companies to Work for 2014 List by Minnesota Business Magazine. MG McGrath is an award-winning leader in the architectural sheet metal industry, providing customers with master craftsmanship, dedication and unprecedented products and systems. “MG McGrath is honored to be named to 100 Best Companies to Work for 2014 List by Minnesota Business Magazine. Our team’s dedication and passion for the construction industry makes this one of the best places to work and their determination continues to make our business successful,” said Mike P McGrath, President of MG McGrath, Inc. The “100 Best” were selected by an independent research firm employing various research techniques — including an anonymous online questionnaire filled out by the employees of each company — to determine which companies in Minnesota excel in the areas of work environment, employee benefits, and overall employee happiness. Minnesota Business Magazine | 100 Best Companies to Work For

MG McGrath in the News SMACNA: Golden Metal Screens Create Stunning Architectural Experience When New York University’s Elmer Holmes Bobst Library opened its doors in 1973, The New York Times called its soaring interior atrium “one of New York’s most spectacular architectural experiences.” Recently, SMACNA contractor M.G. McGrath Inc. of Maplewood, Minn. helped NYU enhance the 150-foot-high library atrium with a spectacular veil of golden metal screens that line the towering hall. The screens were custom designed to retain light, air, and views of the five-story atrium. The design of the screens melds architectural beauty and safety, while complementing the original Philip Johnson and Richard Foster design. Fabricated and installed by M.G. McGrath, the 20-foot-tall perforated aluminum metal enclosures, designed by Joel Sanders Architect, reflect a soft golden light while allowing light to filter in. Resembling rectangular digital pixels, the slender tines on each screen are only four-inches apart. Golden Metal Screens Create Stunning Architectural Experience

Metal Architecture Highlights the Museum of the Moving Image MG McGrath fabricated and installed custom aluminum plate panels for the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY in Conjunction with Leeser Architecture and F.J. Sciame Construction Company. The Museum of the Moving Image is a museum of the art, history, technique, and technology of film, television, and digital media. MG McGraths provided the entire exterior façade of the new 3 story addition. The 15,000 square foot exterior is clad with unique triangle shaped aluminum plate wall panels that give the allusion that they are floating with a contrasting 3” deep reveal system and open joints in the panel system that vary in width that create larger triangle patterns within the façade. The panels have a highly reflective high gloss light blue finish that seems to blend in with the sky as it picks up the reflections of the clouds. Metal Architecture | Museum of the Moving Image MG McGrath Museum of the Moving Image Project Portfolio The new rear façade of the Museum is comprised of a surface pattern of triangles—like those in the main theater, but made in this case out of 1,067 thin aluminum panels, which are mounted on the support structure with open joints, so that every joint is a rain grate. Light blue in color, the panels look razor-sharp but create the impression of a super-light floating skin dematerialized against the sky: another visual reference in the architecture to the infinite thinness of the moving image. The pattern of the panels also brings to mind the lines of wireframe computer drawings. Because the triangular panels must fit together precisely to form the skin, the entire rear façade, which is approximately 200 feet long, is built to a tolerance of 3/16 of an inch.

MG McGrath Project Awards MG McGrath Awarded Craftsmanship Award for Krion 3-Dimensional Wall at the Radisson Blu Mall of America MG McGrath Architectural Sheet, an award-winning leader in the architectural sheet metal industry, has been awarded the Regional and Local Construction Specification Institute (CSI) Craftsmanship Award for the work completed on the Krion 3-Dimensional Wall at the Radisson Blu, Mall of America. The Craftsmanship award is presented to an individual, team, firm or organization for superior craftsmanship with the purpose of recognizing and promoting such outstanding craftsmanship in the construction industry. MG McGrath fabricated and installed the 3-Dimensional Wall using custom made metal wall structures and 7,000 square feet of satin finished Snow White Krion and Fiery Red Krion. The 3-Dimensional Wall was designed to resemble a shopping bag and is the focal point of the lobby at the Radisson Blu. Krion 3D Wall | Radisson Blu Project Portfolio

Finance & Commerce | Top Project 2013 From the Duluth International Airportâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new terminal to the expansion of a Boys and Girls Club in Rochester, Finance & Commerceâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Top Projects of 2013 honorees represent a range of construction projects in Minnesota. A record 90 nominations were submitted, and 26 projects were selected for the honors. Projects were judged for their degree of difficulty, creativity in design, innovative construction techniques, cooperation among contractors and management, and sustainability efforts. To be eligible for consideration, construction projects had to be completed in 2013. -Finance & Commerce Finance & Commerce Names Top Projects of 2013 MG McGrath Worked on the following projects that were named to list: Brunsfield North Loop LHB Office Orchestra Hall Radisson Blu Mall of America Soo Line Building City Apartments Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity U of MN Recreation and Wellness Center U of MN 17th Avenue Student Residence and Dining Hall

MG McGrath Project Features Macalester College - Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center | St. Paul, Minnesota At the cutting edge when it opened, the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center has served the campus community exceptionally well for more than 45 years. The renovation and expansion project will fulfill the original vision of a "hub" where the fine arts intersect, insuring that Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center serves Macalester well into the 21st century. The project strengthens arts education and invites broader participation in the arts by the entire campus community. -Macalester College MG McGrath fabricated and installed approximately 29,000 square feet of material on the Performing Arts building at Macalester College, including both interior and exterior applications. Materials on the exterior included .040 Flush Seam Panels in black anodized aluminum with varying reveals, MG Composite Panels in black anodized as well as louvers. On the interior, MG McGrath installed perforated rib panels, expanded metal ceilings and composite panels. Macalester College | Janet Wall Fine Arts Center Project Portfolio

Florida Polytechnic University | Lakeland, Florida Builders of a glass-sheathed Florida college building—topped by a 250-ft-long skylight shading system with 94 louvered arms that raise and lower to track the sun—say they could not have successfully executed the unusual design without intense consultant-contractor cross-pollination. The $60-million building nearing completion in Lakeland, designed by architect Santiago Calatrava, is on time and on budget thanks to the teamwork, they say. Designed as the signature element of Florida Polytechnic University’s still-emerging campus, the 162,000-sq-ft Innovation, Science and Technology Building (IST) stretched the team’s envelope of experience. “Every corner we turned, there was something that required close attention,” says Joey Ottman, with Alfonso Architects, the project’s Tampa-based architect of record. Builders Solve Calatrava’s Florida Polytechnic Puzzle Florida Polytechnic University Project Portfolio MG McGrath Scope of Work | MG McGrath furnished and installed the steel stanchions, operable louver arm and hydraulics and control systems, aluminum pergola, the aluminum plate fascia and copula abutment panel systems. All systems are custom and designed and engineered by MG McGrath.

MG McGrath Upcoming Projects Features Facebook West Campus | Melno Park, California MG McGrath, Inc. will work with Level 10 Construction on the Frank Gehry designed West Campus Project. The 433,555 square-foot building is distinguished for its vast single-room floorplate and planned rooftop forest that will feature hundreds of trees. The single level of office space is to be built over at-grade parking. MG McGrath will furnish and install corrugated metal and polycarbonate canopies, formed metal wall panels and flashings. The Facebook West Campus office space will house 2,800 of the company’s employees. Facebook West, will be connected to the company’s existing Silicon Valley office by a tunnel going under Highway 101; the project is slated for completion in the spring of 2015.

Corn Palace | Mitchell, South Dakota The World's Only Corn Palace is Mitchell's premier tourist attraction. Some 500,000 tourists come from around the nation each year to see the uniquely designed corn murals. The city's first Corn Palace was built as a way to prove to the world that South Dakota had a healthy agricultural climate. Eight years before the turn of the 20th century -1892- when Mitchell, South Dakota was a small, 12-year-old city of 3,000 inhabitants - the WORLD’S ONLY CORN PALACE was established on the city’s Main Street. -The Corn Palace The Mitchell City Council approved the $7 million renovation and expansion. Phase one will include making changes to the Corn Palace itself, including new light-up domes which will change color, larger murals, and a walk-out balcony. Larger windows are also part of the plan, which will bring more natural light into the building. Phase two involves renovation of the adjoining building which currently serves as Mitchell’s City Hall. A new city hall building is currently in the planning stages. MG McGrath will furnish and install the aluminum exterior decorative turrets and domes as well as decorative metal screen panels.

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