Americans take their recreation very seriously. Almost nine million households in the U.S. own a recreational vehicle. Nearly seventeen million Americans own a boat. As…
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The modern self-storage industry was born to save the American packrats from themselves— and make a tidy profit in the bargain. Pre-engineered self-storage metal buildings…
Americans’ Love of “Stuff” Births the Self-Storage Building Industry It seems “stuff” is taking over our lives. We start out by shoving it in a closet. When…
What to Do When There’s No More Space Remember Captain James T. Kirk’s famous “Star Trek” opening: “Space, the final frontier.” Decades later we still…
In the first two “Steel Buildings 101” articles, we discussed primary framing and secondary framing basics. This last article in the series covers endwall framing.…
High-tech advances in design software and steel production have decreased the cost of pre-engineered structural steel framing. Now produced in large-scale factories, prefabrication makes steel…
Learning the Basic Parts of Pre-engineered Steel Buildings Pre-engineered steel frame building kits dominate low-rise agricultural, commercial, industrial, and storage construction in today’s market. Why?…
Lean-To Steel Buildings The framing choices discussed so far in this six-part series are primarily used for construction of new pre-engineered metal buildings. However, the…
Single Slope Steel Buildings RHINO prefabricated steel buildings come in many different framing styles. Each system has its own advantages. The end-use of the structure,…
Modular Span Steel Buildings Part Four of this series on prefabricated steel buildings will cover the three types of modular span framing. You’ll learn the…