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Architectural Metal Excellence

DAMS Incorporated – D. Architectural Metal Solutions Inc. is a custom Architectural Metal Fabrication solutions company specializing in LEED certified custom metal fabrication. DAMS Incorporated – D. Architectural Metal Solutions Inc. specializes in manufacturing premium architectural:

  • Sunshades and Lightshelves
  • Grilles
  • Trellises
  • Rainscreen composite panel systems
  • Wet joint composite panel systems
  • Plate panel systems
  • Wall/door cladding for storefronts
  • Column covers
  • Folding / opening glass wall hardware
  • All glass door hardware

All products are available for new and retrofit commercial applications.

We are experts at creating interior and exterior architectural components to add style and accent to any structure.   We work in concert with architects, interior and exterior designers, subcontractors, general contractors and project owners; acting as a consultants, designers, and fabricators of a vast array of architectural metals.

About DAMS Incorporated

DAMS Incorporated’s 28 year old brand, Doralco, has been known for its dry glazed glass door rails.  The commitment to quality and service is still the driving force behind DAMS Incorporated – D. Architectural Metal Solutions Inc. being recognized as the quality and service leader in the industry.  Innovative solutions have become synonymous with DAMS Incorporated and all of their brands:

  • Intertec Sunshades and Grilles
  • COMPOSITEcore Architectural Cladding Systems
  • Entrance Metal
  • Doralco

We are committed to becoming the best, most customer focused company in architectural metals.

DAMS Incorporated products are manufactured in the United States—in our newest production facility in Alsip, Illinois.

Free Product Engineering Assistance

Our engineering team can assist you in meeting your technical requirements. We are available to aid you in answering any questions about the properties and capabilities of our products. We can also help you interpret a specification or provide shop drawings for submittal and approval. Even before your order is received, our engineering team can assist you with technical details.

Support

Our highly qualified architectural consultants are ready to provide technical support to help you execute your project efficiently at every stage, from schematic design to project closeout – on time and within budget requirements:

  • Initial consultation
  • Budgets
  • Design assistance and implementation
  • Assistance with green building requirements and LEED® certification
  • Custom product design
  • Specifications, product mockups and samples
  • CAD details and installation shop drawings
  • Laboratory and field testing
  • Flexible installation options and/or on-site installation support
  • Online project management for every project

Electronic Drawings, CAD Files and Specifications

Go to www.damsinc.com for Computer-Aided Design [CAD] details in both .dwg and .pdf formats and specifications in the three-part Construction Specifications Institute [CSI] format.  Your architectural consultant will provide the information you need to write your architectural specifications that help eliminate additional costs resulting from redundancies and contradiction, which often require addenda or change orders.  Your consultant can help you make the specifications as competitive or proprietary as you wish.

Preliminary design and shop drawings are available during the design development and working drawing phases of the project.  These drawings will reduce your research time and can be sent to you in an electronic format so that they can easily be plugged into your working drawings. These drawings give a common resource to architects, builders, installers, and virtually everyone involved with your project.

DAMS Incorporated Quality Assurance

The quality you receive in DAMS Incorporated – D. Architectural Metal Solutions Inc. is the result of decades of experience and attention to detail. We closely monitor each step of the manufacturing process.  Strict adherence to process standards assures “consistent quality” which is considered so important by specifiers and owners.

Your order is carefully and rapidly processed through our computerized “order entry system” and monitored from the receipt of your order through the shipping stage.

In addition to factory testing of DAMS Incorporated products, we work closely with specifying professionals to design unique products and configurations. We can also assist by coordinating outside testing programs.

Mockups and Custom Samples

Samples and Mockups are sometimes needed to see all of the fine details of custom projects.  We are happy to supply samples and mockups to show colors, detailing and finishing for most projects.

Budgets

From the inception of your project, the DAMS team can help you keep project costs on track by providing detailed architectural metal budgets during the design, development and working drawing phases.

 

About Dams incorporated

LEED Credit Potential

 

 

DAMS Incorporated is a proud member of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The decisions we make about how, where and what we manufacture are driven by the need to be good stewards of the environment.  A complete list of all of our products’ LEED Credit Potential is available on our website.

Through innovative production technologies, DAMS Incorporated ensures that our materials are utilized efficiently—down to the smallest scrap. What can’t be used in our products is recycled.  As a result, we eliminate unnecessary waste.

Some of our Recent Projects

Metal Fabrication

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