Business View Magazine | March 2019

153 ing high-rise buildings using cubes. You pre- manufacture these residential cubes on the ground, and then you just frame them all up in place, bolt them together, and you’ve got a finished building. Meanwhile, Smith reports that Superior Wall Systems is busy building a couple of high-rise towers in Los Angeles and another one in Long Beach. Last year, the company worked on the Metropolis Phase One, a luxury condominium and hotel project in downtown L.A., for which it completed the framing, drywall, insulation, fire stopping, sheathing air barrier, and lath and plaster. The project won the Project of the Year award for high-rise residential in ENR Magazine, as well as the Walter F. Pruter Proj- ect of the Year Award from the Western Wall & Ceiling Contractor Association (WWCCA). “We were very proud of that,” says Smith. “It was one of the first residential high-rises to be built in downtown L.A.” PREFERRED VENDORS n Dittemore Insulation Contractors www.dittemore.net n BASWAAcoustic -www.baswana.com