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detailed out. That way, architects will get the roof they want," Davies says. Selecting, specifying and using the most suitable components for transitions between roof and penetra- tions, whether they are for ventilation, a chimney or skylights, should be seen by designers as an opportu- nity. "With a metal roof, if you do it right, you'll never have to replace it," explains Davies. He advocates a system approach to cladding and roofing, instead of the more traditional approach that sees an architect select a membrane and panels as indi- vidual products from a range of sources. With a system, he says, it is easier to achieve a better final product. All parts of the system should mesh eas- ily together, and if something does go wrong, "there's only one throat to choke," he says. A system approach that incorporates such elements as aluminum panels, back pans and formed shapes is very much part of the track record of Yarlmetal Fab- rications Inc., as a quick look at the company's recent projects shows. "We provide all customized compo- nents. This allows architects to specify precisely the cladding system," says CEO Yoga Arulnamby. He says the company, which has done projects for the Department of National Defence, including a build- ing for Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) com- pleted in 2010, has "a superior technical team that is involved from specification to installation." Behlen Industries LP, which has an in-house engineering team, is another proponent of a systems approach and has grown to be the largest manufac- turer of steel building systems in Canada. The com- pany serves customers worldwide through a network of authorized builders. Photo: University of Puerto Rico at Cayey, Puerto Rico – Firestone Metal System. AUGUST 2014 /29 Metal Roofing and Cladding