Learn about steel buildings

Steel Building Process:

• Armstrong simplifies the steel building process, saving both time and money. Our design team consists of professionals, construction consultants, and estimators to meet all your steel building needs. Your project costs will be established even before final construction drawings are completed. Moreover, our capacity and experience allow us to meet tight deadlines, complete large projects on time, and ultimately put you into your facility sooner.
• Once your steel buildings preliminary drawings have been completed, your Armstrong Steel Consultant will determine the exact cost and lead time for your metal building. This will allow you to take the next step towards the completion of your project. Protect yourself from impending steel price increases by locking in your price. Our estimation services are used to stay ahead of project schedules, manage costs and procure project financing.
• After the design and estimation of your steel building, our Technical Services Department will engineer the project for its specific requirements. To properly engineer steel buildings, we take all aspects of your project into account, including where it will be located, what it's use will be, etc. With this information, we properly engineer steel buildings for both internal and external forces such as rain, wind, and snow.

• The speed and accuracy of construction is critical to your project. Earlier occupancy means an office owner can begin renting space earlier, a factory owner will start producing products quicker and the congregation can settle in sooner. Because pre-engineered steel buildings are lighter than other framing materials, it needs a smaller and simpler foundation. This reduces both cost and the time spent on construction.

Steel is a durable product when in service, but when it is no longer in use, it can easily be reclaimed for use in another product or recycled into another steel product for further use.
The design of most steel buildings also easily accommodate remodeling/retrofitting at a later date with minimum waste. This extends the sustainable life of the structure through rebirth or repurposing. With steel, the cradle-to-grave cycle can be avoided.

Non-Polluting
Steel components are stable, low emitting materials with little or no off-gassing. Therefore, they have indoor air quality benefits. Exposed structural steel eliminates the need for additional interior finishes which can be emitting and saves the energy and labor needed to extract, produce, install and dispose of the product.

Innovative
Steel is a strong and lightweight material. It does not shrink, swell or move with changes in the weather like conventional wood products. Steel is a strong lightweight material, which can enhance the efficient use of other building materials and products.

Low Maintenance
Steel I-Beams and steel sheeting require little or no maintenance once erected. Once again, the result is lower energy costs and expenses over the extended life of the building. With proper care, steel buildings (with steel sheeting) can far exceed the useful life of buildings with conventional structural wood construction.

Site Disruption
Where site conditions require or necessitate weight reduction, a steel structure can be the ideal solution. A steel building can be erected on piles thereby reducing site disturbances and help control and minimize erosion.

Responsible Manufacturing
Some manufacturing facilities recycle all of their steel scrap products so very little waste leaves the factory for the landfill.

Flexible Design
Steel buildings with a flexible design can easily and readily accommodate solar panels, geothermal heating and other innovate renewable energy technology.