Volume 20, No. 2, Summer 2007

Featured Customer: Buxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.

Architect’s View: Jeff Katz Architecture

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Editor: David J. Doyle, Vice President, Marketing

Jack. A. BerridgeChairman of the Board

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Buxcon Sheet Metal:

A Dynamic Team

Providing Quality Metal

Roofing for Commercial &

Residential Projects

Left to Right: Tom Buxton, LTD Sheet Metal, Inc.; Dick Buxton, Buxcon Sheet Metal, Inc., and Larry Hendry, Specialty Metals Fabrication, Inc.

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Buxcon Sheet Metal evolved from West Coast Sheet Metal which was founded by Gil Buxton in 1969. The company has gone through several name changes over the past

thirty six years but the guiding principle has remained consistent: provide the customer with the highest level of quality in metal roofing and custom sheet metal work. When Gil Buxton closed his original company in 1994, his three sons Dick, Tom and Larry started their own sheet metal firm which is now known as Buxcon Sheet Metal. In addition to Buxcon Sheet Metal which specializes in commercial work, LTD Sheet Metal focuses on residential and Specialty Metals Fabrication supplies custom sheet metal work such as finials, domes and other special items.Buxcon and its predecessors have offered Berridge standing seam metal roofing since the mid 1980’s when Gil Buxton pur-chased a Berridge Model SS-14 portable roll former. The ability to site form straight and curved standing seam metal roofing has provided Buxcon with additional flexibility to better serve their customers. As Tom Buxton notes: “Site forming provides us with the ability to produce according to our customer’s schedule -- not our supplier’s schedule!”In addition to their Berridge SS-14, Buxcon operates a fully-

Buxcon Sheet Metal, Inc. of San Diego, the customer featured in this issue of BYLINE, is a dynamic team composed of Buxcon Sheet Metal, Inc., LTD Sheet Metal, Inc., and Specialty Metals Fabrication, Inc. The craftsmanship performed by these firms in both commercial and residential projects is striking as illustrated in this issue of BYLINE.

Jeff Katz Architects, featured in the “Architect’s View” section, is a young, energetic team of creative professionals whose field of expertise includes both public sector and private facilities.

Berridge California Sales Corporation was formed to meet and serve the needs of architectural metal roofing customers and architects in the southern California area. Berridge California Sales Corporation has the exclusive right to promote and market Berridge Manufacturing Company products within southern California. Alan Stovesand has been the Regional Sales Manager for Berridge California Sales Corporation since 2004. He was previously employed by Berridge Manufacturing Company as Regional Sales Manager for the Denver, Colorado region. He has twelve years of experience in the architectural metal industry. Exclusive representation of Berridge Manufacturing Company products and services are provided in the southern California area by and through Berridge California Sales Corporation. All Berridge Manufacturing Company products are available in the southern California area through Berridge California Sales Corporation. Customers in areas outside of southern California should contact their local Berridge Manufacturing Company sales offices. Architects should feel free to contact the Houston office.

Photo Captions:1. Alan Stovesand, Berridge California Sales Corporation Regional Sales Manager (L) and Dick Buxton of

Buxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.2. Estimating & Drafting Team (L-R):: Lance Hoxsey; Lee LaRochelle; Daniel Buxton and Alan Johnson

(seated).3. Administrative Group (L-R): Sandy Fousek, Office Manager; Judy Jones, Receivables; Lesa Richmond,

Insurance; and Karli Johnson, Purchasing (seated).4. Field Foremen: (L-R): James Hendry; Travis Johnson; Leonard Bovey; Gary Rose; 5. Sheet Metal Shop Personnel (L-R): Tom Miller - Shop Foreman; Rashad Prescott; Hai Dinh; Christopher

Smith; Lester Perryman; Charles Stedman; Mike Shaw; Kneeling in Front, L-R: Chris Myers; Jeff Lowrey; Roger Allnutt; Kyle Lewis.

Left:The cover of this issue features a montage of projects completed by Buxcon Sheet Metal, Inc. and photos of their personnel

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equipped machine shop with state of the art metal fabricating equipment including two computerized folding machines, a shear, slitter and cut-to-length line. No job is too complex for Buxcon its sister companies LTD Sheet Metal and Specialty Metals Fabrication.

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Owner/Builder: Rita & Joel CloudCharles F. McAfee, Wichita, KSBuxcon Sheet Metal/ LTD Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tee-Panel Standing Seam Roof panelsColor Finish: Forest Green (Kynar 500)

Top & Upper Left:The Cloud Residence, El Cajon, CA

General Contractor:Architect - Engineer:

Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Left: Suhr Residence, Coronado Island, CA

The Jackman Group, Coronado, CAThe Jackman Group, Coronado, CABuxcon Sheet Metal/ LTD Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tee-Panel Standing Seam16 Oz. Copper

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Bottom Left: Private Residence, Solana Beach, CA

Topmark Communities, Inc., San Diego, CACase Group Architects, Solana Beach, CABuxcon Sheet Metal/ LTD Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tee-Panel Standing SeamColor Finish: Patina Green Kynar 500

General Contractor:Architect - Engineer:

Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Bottom Right: Jack in the Box, Pomona, CA

Eleven Western Builders, Inc., Escondido, CAFoodmaker, Inc., San Diego, CABuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tapered Tee-Panel Standing SeamColor Finish: Deep Red Kynar 500

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General Contractor:Architect :

Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Peterbuilt Corporation, San Diego, CACaitlin Kelly, Solana Beach, CABuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tapered Tee-PanelForest Green Kynar 500

Top: Sun Harbor Marina, San Diego, CA

General Contractor:Architect - Engineer:

Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Bottom Right: Penny Dome Office Building, Temecula, CA

Stuart Seidner G.C., Inc., Thousand Oaks, CAHerron = Rumansoff, Hemet, CABuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tee-Panel Standing Seam RoofCopper Cote Kynar 500

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Hamann Construction, San Diego, CACadiz-Cadiz Architects, San Clemente, CABuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tee-Panel Standing Seam Roof & Deep Deck Panel -- Satin Finish Galvalume

Top: Coca-Cola, Inc., Oceanside, CA

General Contractor:Architect - Engineer:

Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Left: Carlsbad Country Club, Carlsbad, CAJaynes Corporation of California, San Diego, CADouglas Fredrikson Architects, Phoenix, AZBuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tee-Panel Standing Seam Roof16 oz. Copper

Bottom: Pauba Road Office Building, Temecula, CAGeneral Contractor:

Architect - Engineer:Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Royal Pacific, Carlsbad, CAAedifice Ideas Architecture, San Diego, CABuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Tee-Panel Standing Seam RoofPreweathered Galvalume Kynar 500

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Left to Right: Jack A. Duran, AIA, Design Principal and R. Gregory Turner, AIA, Founder & Principal

Jeff Katz Architecture is a full service Architectural, Planning and Construction Management firm founded in 1992. The

firm’s Principal Architect, Jeff Katz, AIA, has many years of experience working on public and private sector projects for a variety of clients including the City of Oceanside, City of National City, City of San Diego, City of La Mesa, City of Chula vista, San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District, City of Banning, Murrieta Fire Protection District, SeaWorld San Diego, Hewlett Packard, San Diego Unified School District and the Department of Defense. In describing his firm, Jeff Katz notes: “We are above all, a service-oriented firm, concerned with finding architectural solutions to our clients’ functional, human and economic needs -- we pride ourselves on having achieved three distinctive goals: We have never missed a client imposed deadline; Our cost estimates have consistently been within +/- 5% of bid price; and Change orders, other than those requested by the owner, average less than 1%.” Jeff Katz Architecture Team: L-R: Bret Wilkes; Jeff Zubik, Project Architect;

Anthony Damon; Jeff Katz, Principal Architect.

The Jeff Katz Architecture Management Team - (L-R): Jeff Zubik, Project Architect; Jeff Katz, AIA, Principal

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General Contractor:Architect - Engineer:

Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Right: St. Therese of Carmel Catholic Church, Del Mar, CAT. B. Penick & Sons, Inc., San Diego, CAHyndman & Hyndman Architects & Interiors, Cardiff, CABuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Compound Curved Tee-Panel (Dome)16 Oz. Copper

General Contractor:Architect - Engineer:

Berridge Licensee:Berridge Products:

Top: St. Marks Lutheran Church, Chula Vista, CAErickson-Hall Construction Co., Escondido, CASchucard Associates, Inc., Del Mar, CABuxcon Sheet Metal, Inc.Berridge Cee-Lock Standing Seam Roof SystemAntique Copper-Cote & Medium Bronze Kynar 500