Why Steel Buildings Work for Your Business

Whether you’re adding office space, extending your manufacturing floor or moving your home business out on its own, steel buildings can be the perfect solution to your expansion issues. While steel buildings, especially pre-fabricated steel building kits, offer specific advantages for specific businesses, there are some advantages that carry across any type of business. Whether your business is a real estate office or a metal shop, you’ll reap some important benefits when you choose to house it in a steel building rather than a traditional wood structure.

Cost Benefits of Steel Buildings

Steel construction requires far less preparation and structure than a wood building. Unless your local building codes require it, metal buildings don’t need a basement or cellar, and need very little in the way of a foundation. That reduces your building costs enormously before you even get to the cost of the materials and construction.

Because steel building components are delivered ready to bolt together, you’ll also save on construction costs because it takes so little time to actually erect your business’ new home. When you consider the cost of a construction crew’s time, as well as the cost of renting heavy construction equipment for a longer time, you’ll begin to see the savings you’ll realize by choosing a steel building for your needs rather than a traditional wood-frame building.

Customization Options

The words “steel building” bring to mind a utilitarian, spare construction, similar to Army-issue Quonset huts. While many of today’s metal buildings follow the same principles used by Quonset building construction, the aesthetics are completely different. Quonset construction makes logistical sense because of the many advantages it offers. Consider, for example, the fact that steel arch construction doesn’t require interior support posts, which opens the entire floor space for customization. You can have one, large, open space for warehouse storage, or break it up into offices with movable walls to give you the ultimate in flexibility.

Maintenance and Upgrades

Steel buildings require very little in the way of ongoing or periodic maintenance. Whether you opt for zinc or color powder coating, the steel is rust-resistant and will stand up to most weather conditions. It will never need repainting, and you’ll never have to worry about termite infestation. In short, once you put your building up, you won’t have to spend much money to keep it looking good.

In addition, your steel building can grow with your business. Most steel buildings can be easily extended lengthwise, as long as you have the land to expand.

For more information about the costs and benefits of expanding your business with steel buildings, contact a manufacturer or vendor who specializes in steel building design.