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As one of the leading online market places for steel and metal structures, we would like to welcome you to our virtual showroom.
BuildingsGuide.com makes the process of identifying suppliers for your project quick, easy and hassle free. In many cases you will receive factory direct estimates and pricing from local and national steel building manufacturers serving the United States and Canada.
From the typical arched Quonset hut style steel buildings , such as DIY steel garage kits, to ones designed to meet your specifications, BuildingsGuide.com provides a full range of pre-fabricated building plans. BuildingsGuide.com also offers you a great deal of information about pre-engineered steelbuildings. Our goal is to help our customers choose the best building for their needs. Our Steel Building Prices and Buyers Guide has been designed to offer you tips on subjects ranging from municipal permit and zoning issues to how to size and design a steel building to your specification.
In almost any situation, the cost-benefits for business, government and private developers, of utilizing steel and metal buildings is obvious. Construction and material costs make traditional structures much more expensive than a prefabricated steel or metal building.
Steel Buildings tend to cost less than 50% to build than conventional buildings for a number of reasons:Faster to assemblePrefabricated structures arrive at the construction site in ready-to-assemble sections. To build, all one has to do is lay it out properly and bolt it together. As most kits arrive with all components included, they are relatively simple to assemble and provide enormous savings on labor costs.
More accurately designedSteel and metal building templates are generated and manufactured using computer technology. Measurements, fittings and all components are designed and tooled with laser precision. This allows contractors to make highly accurate estimates and virtually eliminates the cost of buying excessive materials and other unexpected expenses in the building process.
Highly energy efficientPrefabricated buildings, by design are highly efficient. Using the most up-to-date insulation and construction materials, steel and metal buildings are often the most energy efficient buildings on the market. Steel buildings are not affected by intense sunlight or extreme cold as wooden and mortar buildings can be, leading to long-term energy efficiency.
Increased SafetyDesigned to be structurally sound and very strong, pre-engineered metal buildings can withstand severe weather conditions. The risk from fire is also greatly reduced. In many instances, insurance companies offer discounts of around 40% to owners of steel buildings.
More flexiblePrefab steel buildings are, by design, expandable and very flexible. If you start to outgrow your space, simply add another section. If you or your business moves to another location, simply disassemble the building and move it with you.
Steel building manufacturers also tend to be very flexible and accommodating to custom designed plans, offering the consumer much more freedom in the design and layout of their building, at a fraction of the cost of traditional structures. And, steel buldings require less maintenance than conventional structures.
Prefabricated or prefab metal buildings can be used as temporary housing, storage buildings, commercial structures, warehouse facilities, horse barns, church buildings, farm buildings, backyard sheds, aircraft hangers, municipal facilities, and more.
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Steel news:
BHP, China's Baosteel agree iron ore price hike (AP via Yahoo! News)
BHP Billiton Ltd. said Friday that China's Baosteel, negotiating on behalf of the Chinese steel indu...
Steel firms ask for price hike allowance (Việt Nam News)
HA NOI — The Viet Nam Steel Association (VSA) has asked for Government permission to allow members...
BHP, China's Baosteel agree iron ore price hike (San Francisco Chronicle)
BHP Billiton Ltd. said Friday that China's Baosteel, negotiating on behalf of the Chinese steel indu...
Steel role in price battle (The Telegraph)
New Delhi, July 3: Steel makers today agreed to cut prices of steel pipes and tubes by 10 per cent a...
BHP Billiton and China's Baosteel agree on iron ore price rise of up to 96.5 ...
SYDNEY, Australia - BHP Billiton Ltd. said Friday that China's Baosteel, negotiating on behalf of th...
04-07-2008: MBAM seeks RM1b for steel stockpile fund (The Edge Daily)
KUALA LUMPUR: The Master Builders Association of Malaysia (MBAM) will petition the government to all...
Building Comes Down (WTAJ-TV Altoona)
JOHNSTOWN, CAMBRIA COUNTY - Workers tear down a building after its roof collapses. The Johnstown Fir...
Steel production gets a boost in East Bay (San Jose Mercury News)
The curtain will soon rise on a new era in steel production in the East Bay city of Pittsburg, as a ...
Crews top off Finlaw Building (Today's Sunbeam)
SALEM The ceremonial final beam of the Finlaw Building was signed and hoisted into place atop the fi...
Keyser church constructing community building (Mineral Daily News-Tribune)
A community building project that began with a “leap of faith” will soon be completed in early f...