Should You Consider Steel Buildings for Your Project?

Whether you’re planning a greenhouse, a garage, a storage building or a workshop, chances are that you’ve considered the advantages of steel buildings for your construction project. If you’re undecided about what type of construction is best for your home building project, consider these advantages of steel buildings for small residential home workshops and garages.

Professional Design Services and Assistance

When you buy your building from a reputable steel buildings manufacturer or broker, you’ll have the benefit of professional architectural design services to create the blueprint and plan for your building. The manufacturer’s architect and designers will supply you with all the plans and building diagrams you’ll need to apply for permits from your local building office. The price of engineering and design services are built into the pricing of most steel buildings.

Everything You Need Delivered When You Need It

When you choose to erect other types of buildings, you need to buy all the components separately and hope that they all arrive at close to the same time. Many construction projects are held up waiting for the arrival of one particular part or tool. Other times, you’ll get the parts of your building “kit” only to find that you need to purchase all sorts of extras – like the wood! That’s not an issue with steel buildings. Steel building kits include everything you need to actually erect your structure except for the foundation and the tools, and everything will be delivered at once so you can get started and work through until your building is completely set up.

Easy to Expand

One advantage of arch-construction steel buildings based on Quonset building design is easy expandability. These buildings consist of a hoop steel frame and a metal “skin”. The frame can be made in nearly any length desired and the building finished with end caps at either end of the structure. Expanding a building like these is usually a simple matter of removing one end wall, adding on to the arch frame and replacing the end wall.

Simple Foundations

While large steel buildings – for warehouses and factories, for example – may need dug foundations, most smaller steel buildings can be erected on a simple slab foundation or even on pier footings. The ability to avoid digging a full foundation makes steel buildings more economical and faster to construct.

Whether you need a garage, a storage building or a garden shed, consider the advantages of steel buildings for your project before making a final decision. A metal building makes more sense than a wood one on many different levels.