Project name: Silver Spring Civic Center
Submitting firm: Costello Construction of Maryland, Inc.
Products:
- Acoustical panels: Armstrong Panels
- Brick and masonry: McAvoy Brick, Quikcrete Grout
- Cabinetry: Custom made
- Carpet/carpet tiles: Armstrong/Milliken
- Ceilings: Chicago Metallic
- Coatings: Dow Corning, Grancem
- Concrete products and systems: Custom
- Countertop surfacing: Wilsonart
- Door hardware/locksets: Hager, Best, Adams Rite, Von Duprin, Lund, Knox, Rockwood, Locknetics, Stanley
- Doors: Architectural Wood Doors:
- Flooring products (see also carpet/carpet tiles): Bambex (bamboo), Solnhofen Stone, Daltile Stone
- Glass/glazing: Oldcastle Glass
- Gypsum board and products: National Gypsum Company, Georgia-Pacific sheathing
- Paints/finishes/coatings: Glidden, Ultrahide, Devoe Coatings
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