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Steel Buildings That Last

Olympia Steel Buildings has been a leader in pre-engineered steel buildings for more than 40 years, supplying durable high quality pre-engineered steel buildings for commercial, industrial, agricultural, and residential applications using only the highest grade commercial US steel available, distributing buildings across the United States and in countries all over the world. With Olympia, you can count on the best customer service, superior buildings, and the best warranties in the steel building business. "When performance counts, you can count on Olympia Steel Buildings."

We invite you to visit the manufacturing plant in Ambridge, Pennsylvania, USA, a sophisticated metal building manufacturing plant, using state-of-the-art machinery and maintaining the highest standards of quality control. The steel building factory can make rigid frame column-free steel buildings, completely clear span, with no posts, beams or columns in widths from 20 feet to 300 feet in unlimited lengths and up to 50, 60, even 70 feet high. The use of columns, allows for the manufacture of buildings in virtually unlimited widths and unlimited lengths.

When you choose Olympia Steel Buildings as the solution to your building needs, you can be confident that the Olympia team of professionals will provide you with the very best products and service at the lowest competitive price in the market today. Quality and economy are first and foremost in the manufacturing of an Olympia steel building. Olympia Steel Buildings can save you up to 50% in cost and time compared to conventional construction.

We know our business. For many years, Olympia has provided quality pre-engineered steel building systems to commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers. As an Olympia customer, you will receive prompt, accurate technical advice and superior customer service from our trained team of specialists Each Olympia Steel building package includes engineered computer drawings and a comprehensive erection manual. Olympia buildings can be engineered to meet US, German, and European building codes. The factory design and detailed engineering of each and every building ensures that it will last a lifetime.

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Olympia Steel Buildings Joins U.S. Green Building Council

Because steel buildings are naturally “Green”, and because we want to do our part to be environmentally responsible, Olympia Steel Buildings has joined the U.S. Green Building Council to demonstrate our support of sustainable building practices and our commitment to Green Building principles and design.

The U.S. Green Building Council is a non-profit organization committed to expanding sustainable building practices and advancing structures that are environmentally responsible, cost- and resource- efficient, and healthy places to live and work. Their Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System emphasizes state-of-the-art practices in five areas:

• Building site development that is environmentally friendly and responsible
• Water conservation and responsible water use
• Energy efficiency, including alternative energy sources
• Renewable materials
• Indoor environmental quality

What this means to you is that when you purchase an Olympia Steel building, you will have the opportunity to save money and build Green with the latest in Green building technologies. You may qualify for energy credit under the Federal tax codes, and you will be able to apply for LEED certification for your building project. Read more about pre engineered steel buildings and Green building construction …

Dairy Barns Go Hi-Tech With Steel Buildings

The use of high-tech steel buildings in the construction of new dairy barn facilities has changed the way we think about dairy barns and milk production facilities. The old fashioned dairy barn has become a new sleek high-tech environment dedicated to the comfort and health of the herd, and yielding undreamed of milk production. Before you build a new dairy barn or add to your existing facility, check out the many advantages of pre-engineered pre engineered steel buildings and metal dairy barn building systems. Olympia’s galvanized pre-engineered steel buildings are truly laborless “lifetime” dairy barns. Their steel buildings frames and secondary framing are entirely galvanized specially for dairy barns. Steel building construction and design makes the herd less disease prone. Pre-engineered steel buildings are virtually maintenance free an provide superior ventilation both in summer and winter. The open span of Olympia's galvanized steel freestall barns and dry cow barns allows for better better air movement, providing a cleaner and cooler environment in the summer months. Whether you need a rotary milking parlor, a herringbone milking parlor or a parallel milking parlor layout, our steel buildings systems are designed to maximize throughput, proper cow positioning, and cow comfort. Olympia Steel 's galvanized pre-engineered steel dairy facility buildings are impervious to mold, mildew and are rust resistant. They provide no places for birds to roost and defecate. Your cows will be more comfortable, you will get higher milk production, and a better bottom line.

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Questions Answered: How Are Steel Buildings Manufactured?

When a customer purchases a pre engineered steel building through Olympia Steel Buildings, from the first phone call to delivery of the building, each steel building and metal buildings system receives the utmost care and attention throughout the manufacturing process. The steel buildings manufacturing facility is one of the most sophisticated in the steel building industry. The engineers, advanced computer technologies and precision machinery exemplify their commitment to quality. Precision engineering, precision machinery and components, and exceptional quality control yield the highest quality manufactured products: pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems.

Drafting and Detailing

The team of engineers and draftsmen utilize advanced CAD-CAM metal building software created exclusively for the steel buildings industry. The factory engineers ensure that all buildings are engineered to meet or exceed local metal buildings codes, including snow loads, wind speed and seismic requirements. The engineering department is responsible for the optimization of the building and each engineer is certified by the state where the building is to be erected. Expert engineers on staff can provide stamped and certified permit drawings that are useful to help secure permits to erect the building.

Permit drawings include:

• cover sheet with design loads and drawing index
• anchor bolt drawings
• column reactions
• rigid frame elevations
• side wall framing
• end wall framing
• roof framing, which includes sheeting drawings for side walls and end walls
• detail drawings
• foundation drawings are not included, and may be obtained by a concrete engineering firm

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