Compare building structure types
There are a wide variety of building structure types. If you’re in the market for airplane hangars, barns, churches, garages, industrial facilities, office space, retail space, sheds, storage buildings, or warehouses, then steel buildings can be a great option due to their speed of construction and cost savings over traditional construction methods.
Metal Warehouses | Commercial Office Space / Commercial Buildings | Storage Buildings / Sheds / Workshops | Metal Barns / Farm Buildings | Metal Garages | Metal Retail Space | Church Buildings | Manufacturing Facilities | Airplane Hangars | Prefabricated Steel Buildings / Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings | Pole Barns | Quonset Huts
Metal Warehouses
Warehouses are one of the building structure types that are commonly used for storage of raw materials and inventory. Warehouse space typically requires large, wide-open space and is ideal for steel construction. An important advantage of metal warehouse buildings is that they are modular and more easily expandable than traditional construction as your warehousing needs grow. Read more about Metal Warehouses.
Commercial Office Space / Commercial Buildings
Office buildings are one of today’s most popular building structure types because they’re more affordable and require less construction time than a standard building. Commercial steel buildings can be customized to fit your specific office building space needs – from things such as kitchen and bathroom location to smaller details such as building colors. Metal as the preferred choice for commercial building construction, is fast becoming the only choice for businesses. Read more about Commercial Steel Buildings or Metal Office Buildings.
Storage Buildings / Sheds / Workshops
Sheds and workshops are used for outdoor storage of tools, lawnmowers, and other lawn care equipment & suppliers. Pre-engineered steel buildings are economical & easy-to-install building structure types if you’re looking to buy a new shed or workshop. Read more about Steel Storage Buildings.
Barns / Farm Buildings
Barns and farm buildings are used to store and protect equipment, animals, & crops for both commercial and personal farms. Pre-engineered steel buildings can be custom designed to meet all your farming storage needs and present many benefits to traditional farm construction such as cost savings, erection speed, and require much less maintenance. (Back to list of all building structure types.)
Garages
Garages are used to store and protect vehicles such as cars, trucks, & boats from damaging weather conditions such as rain, snow, & sun. Prefabricated steel garage kits are an economical solution that can meet your needs for garages all shapes and sizes. (Back to list of all building strucure types.)
Retail Space
Commercial steel buildings can be customized to fit your specific retail location space needs – from external appearance to internal layout. Steel buildings can be an ideal fit if you’re looking to build a new store since they’re economical, constructed more quickly than traditional construction, and can be completely customized. (Back to list of all metal building applications.)
Manufacturing Facilities
Steel buildings one of the perfect building structure types for a manufacturing facility, since they are designed for a wide-open, column-free space and have very high ceiling heights. An important advantage of steel industrial buildings is that they are modular and more easily expandable than traditional construction as your manufacturing needs grow. (Back to list of all metal building applications.)
Church Buildings
Many communities are turning towards metal building structure types for their place of worship due to their significant cost savings. Steel church buildings can be customized to your specific church’s needs – from overall building design to details such as windows & lighting. Additionally, steel buildings are more easily expandable to accommodate your growing parish than other types of construction. (Back to list of all metal building applications.)
Airplane Hangars
Airplane hangars are used for storage and servicing of aircraft. It’s important to protect aircraft from damaging weather conditions such as rain or snow. Steel buildings are a perfect solution if you need an airplane hangar since steel buildings are designed for wide-open, column-free space and have very high ceiling heights. (Back to list of all metal building applications.)
Prefabricated steel buildings / Pre engineered steel buildings
Please note that Metal buildings referred to as prefabricated metal buildings, preengineered metal buildings, or prefab metal buildings mean the same thing as classic metal buildings. These terms are just referring to the fact that metal buildings are pre engineered or prefabricated in factories before shipment to the location. (Back to list of all building structure types.)
Pole Barns
Pole barns can be great as an outbuilding for your business's storage needs. However, there is more to building a pole barn then simply ordering a pole barn kit. There are many factors to consider and questions to ask your supplier before you write a check or hand over a credit card.
Read more about Pole Barns. (Back to list of all metal building applications.)
Quonset Huts
The Quonset hut is actually a derivative of the World War I Nissen Hut. These building structure types are made from arched corrugated metal panels that are attached to a wooden or metal frame. These huts look very military, however, they have a lot of civilian applications including providing an affordable outbuilding, storage space or office space for small- and medium-sized businesses. Read more about Quonset Huts. (Back to list of all metal building applications.)
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