ARCHITECTURAL METALS
Architectural Metal Contractor in Florida for Coordinated Facades
Architectural metalwork can define the look of a building, screen equipment, shade glazing, or finish the spaces people use every day. The challenge is making the design work with the structure, envelope, budget, fabrication process, and construction schedule.
Explore custom metal facades, cladding and wall panels, and louvers and screens to see how different architectural metals scopes connect.
Metal façades are rarely isolated packages. They meet curtain wall, storefront, waterproofing, structural supports, roof systems, lighting, and finished materials. We help builders and design teams review those interfaces early and plan fabrication and installation.
CORE SYSTEMS
Commercial Architectural Metal Systems
CUSTOM METAL FACADES
Façades and Custom Panels
From flat panels and architectural reveals to dimensional and perforated designs, metal façades require careful decisions about module size, pattern, finish, attachments, movement, and support framing.
GAC works with project teams and fabricators to evaluate the intended design and the technical details required to build it.
ARCHITECTURAL CLADDING
Cladding, Battens, and Planks
Aluminum panels, HPL cladding, battens, and linear plank systems can continue across walls, soffits, ceilings, and feature areas.
Matching profiles, joints, corners, openings, and finishes takes more planning than the finished appearance suggests. The selected assembly must be reviewed against project-specific structural and envelope requirements.
LOUVERS AND SCREENS
Louvers and Architectural Screens
Mechanical screening, solar control, privacy, ventilation, and decorative design each call for different details.
GAC helps coordinate airflow or access requirements where relevant, along with structural supports, attachment, fabrication, and façade integration.
CANOPIES AND SPECIALTY SCREENS
Canopies and Sunshades
Entrance canopies and projecting metal shade elements need to work with glazing, drainage, waterproofing, signage, lighting, and building structure.
Early interface review is especially important where attachments cross the building envelope. Perforated metal patterns and finishes can be coordinated with the architectural design.
PERGOLAS AND CABANAS
Architectural Shade Systems for Outdoor Spaces
Fixed and operable architectural shade systems can define hospitality, outdoor dining, and amenity spaces.
These projects require coordinated supports, drainage, controls where applicable, finishes, and access.
PERFORMANCE
Materials Project-specific aluminum system selection
Wind loading Verify design pressures for the approved assembly
Open-louver conditions Evaluate operational and wind requirements
Roof and snow loads Assess when applicable to the project location
Span and dimensions Confirm with engineering and manufacturer data
Posts and anchors Coordinate support geometry and connections
Options Fixed or operable, where specified
Drainage Coordinate with surrounding construction
Architectural Pergolas in Commercial and Residential Settings
Pergolas use posts or columns to support beams and overhead shade elements, creating outdoor areas with architectural definition.
Fixed and operable systems should be reviewed for project-specific span, controls, drainage, and access requirements.
Commercial & Hospitality Amenities
An open-air architectural structure defining a shaded dining and gathering space, relevant to hospitality, clubhouses, resorts, and multifamily amenity areas.
Luxury Residential Outdoor Living
A poolside shade structure integrated with the surrounding architecture to define an outdoor room while balancing natural light, airflow, and comfort.
FOR DEVELOPERS, GCS, AND ARCHITECTS
Early Involvement Makes the Difference
A custom metal package often needs decisions about tolerances, embeds, backing, attachments, finish samples, material lead times, staging, and installation equipment long before field crews arrive.
GAC can support constructability review, value-driven alternates, submittal coordination, procurement planning, and field sequencing so the package is developed with the building, not added to it at the end.
FABRICATION COORDINATION
Manufacturer and Fabrication Support
GAC collaborates with architectural metals manufacturers and suppliers, including ES Metals, Poma Metals, and Metalworks. These relationships can provide options for custom fabrication, product review, samples, technical coordination, and procurement.
Availability and specifications remain project-specific. The selected fabrication method must follow the project’s geometry, performance criteria, finish requirements, and approved system details.
