Winner!

Launched last fall, SSM’s new web site was designed and implemented by Voltage. Recently, our website was nominated for a People’s Choice Award and Voltage was recognized by their peers – receiving a Certificate of Merit at this year’s Fountain Awards.

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The Next Chapter

Standard Sheet Metal [SSM] begins an exciting, new chapter in the company’s history. Effective Friday, February 24, 2017, Jeff Mann became President & Shawn Mann Vice-President.

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SSM Launches New Web Site

SSM Website Screenshot

The last couple of years have seen a number of changes here at SSM.  We have expanded our capabilities but have kept the founding principles the same:  treat people the way you want to be treated and deliver a high quality product at a fair price.

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Heartland Services

Heartland Services Exterior Elevations

A.L. Huber approached SSM to help solve a concern of theirs on a new project.  The Architectural team at HOK wanted to use a set of glass fiber reinforced concrete panels for the cornice element on this new facility in Leawood, KS.  At about 6 feet tall, and with panels being 10 feet long, the cornice components are pretty robust and hefty.

To stick build a support assembly in the field could have added several weeks to the construction schedule and would not have necessarily guaranteed a good fit up between possible inconsistencies in the wood framing and the concrete panels.  Enter SSM with a galvanized steel gusset plate to solve for both problems.  

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SSM Open House

Standard’s President, Greg Ryder, and guests pause for a photo op.

On July 29th, SSM invited about 60 customers, vendors, architects and area contractors over to SSM to see some of the many changes that have happened over the last 18 months since Jeff and Shawn Mann moved into ownership positions along with the company’s founder, Greg Ryder.

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SSM Awarded Garmin Industries Project

Garmin Parking Facility

Garmin International’s headquarters is getting a new parking garage and SSM has been awarded the exterior cladding system.

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SSM begins work on the reconstruction of Westport Presbyterian Church

SSM begins work on the reconstruction of Westport Presbyterian Church

At the end of December, in 2011, a fire swept through the 27,000 square foot church, damaging much of the roof and the interior components.  The stone facade of the sanctuary building, built in 1905, remained.

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Comet Industries

A view of the pattern derived from the arial photo of a rail yard at Comet Industries

A main feature of the lobby space for the new facilities for Comet Industries is a series of custom, laser cut, carbon steel divider panels. Comet’s design team at Clockwork used areal imagery of a rail yard to develop a pattern for the screens that separate the lobby from some private offices adjacent to it.

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801 Fish

801 Fish

When the Iowa based 801 Chophouse group came to Kansas City to open their first seafood restaurant, they turned to Klover Architects to develop their space. Klover Architects wanted to create an environment that spoke of the sea without being too literal.

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Penguins Exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo

Penguins Exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo

Working with 3 Axis, inc., SSM utilized the use of our high speed laser cutter to fabricate the aluminum frames for a part of the new penguin exhibit at the Kansas City Zoo.

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