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Olympia Steel Buildings Keep Classic Cars Safe & Secure

Whether you own a single classic or antique car or a fleet of the restored beauties, an absolute must is the perfect garage to house your prized investment(s). Olympia Steel Buildings can furnish the garage of your dreams that is not only functional, but esthetically pleasing. These metal buildings are available in a variety of colors with matching trim and custom-made to the size your collection requires. From Model T’s to ’65 Mustangs, vintage trucks or rat rods, they will be protected, safe and secure in a steel building from Olympia.

Customize your building to meet your needs with a workshop, area for repairs and an office or lounge. Our technicians will respond to your inquiry, discuss your specific needs and provide a quotation within 24 hours. Your service representative will be with you every step of the way and Olympia can provide erection services, as well.

An Olympia steel building offers 100% usable space and its lower pitched roof equates to higher energy efficiency. Several roof options provide a watertight solution to keep Mother Nature at bay and insulation systems are available. Metal building insulation can further increase energy efficiency by over 60%, keeping your garage well protected all year round while saving you money on heating and cooling costs.

Don’t park your every day vehicle out in the elements so that your hobby car is protected. Purchase an Olympia pre-engineered steel building and everyone will be happy.

Call Olympia Steel Buildings When You Need To Rebuild

When Tragedy Creates a Need for New Facility.

Fire can take a flourishing business and turns it to dust in a matter of minutes. However, resourceful owners rebuild quickly and bring their business back from devastation with a good business plan and tenacity coupled with a brand new steel building. The manufacturing process for custom metal buildings takes as little as six to eight weeks providing a versatile, cost effective facility in a relatively short time span. Steel building erection takes a matter of weeks compared to conventional construction with sizes ranging from 2,000 to 20,000 sq. ft. and beyond.

Olympia Steel Buildings® facilitates your rebuilding process from design through construction resulting in a new pre-engineered steel building that meets your exact specifications. Friendly, experienced sales technicians guide you through the buying process and work with you every step of the way providing expert customer service.

 

The materials used in a metal building offer superior benefits, including increased energy efficiency, more usable space and a savings of up to 40% on insurance coverage. Contact Olympia Steel Buildings today at 888/449-7756 or visit their informative Web site, www.olympiabuildings.com, to receive personalized service and obtain answers to any questions you have about the many features and benefits of an Olympia steel building.

Steel Buildings: The Time to Buy Is Now

If you are thinking of building with pre-engineered steel buildings construction, now is the time to contact metal building dealers and request a building quote. The reason: the cost of steel a significant part of the cost of pre-engineered steel buildings and metal buildings systems and the price of steel is forecast to jump by 66% this year as demand for steel continues to soar and the price of iron ore reaches new all-time highs. The global leaders in steel production such as United States Steel Corp. and ArcelorMittal are now enjoying growing steel demand driving steep price increases.

Steel is used across a vast spectrum of sectors from cars to building construction. The auto industry is a heavy user of steel. With the cost of luxury cars already high, luxury car makers may be able to absorb the rising cost of steel better than car makers with lower profit margins, at least temporarily.

In the metal building construction industry, steel building companies are forced to pass on the rising cost of steel to residential and commercial building customers.

What can you do about the rising cost of steel? Contact Olympia Steel Buildings today, before the price of steel climbs even higher. Their friendly and knowledgeable staff stands by ready to help on your next building project. Call Now 888-449-7756 or visit their website www.olympiabuildings.com

Steel Buldings "Cool" Technology

Steel Buildings use “cool” coating paints for roofs and side panels in a wide variety of environmentally friendly metal building colors. “Cool” coatings are special paints with superior reflective qualities that act as a thermal barrier to keep the insides of steel buildings cool in summer.  This saves energy in cooling costs and helps save the environment by lessening the urban “heat island” effect. An “urban heat island” happens when urban concrete and asphalt construction absorbs heat during the day then radiates it back at night so that temperatures don’t fall at night as they normally would, and is a powerful contributor to climate change and global warming.

Steel buildings coated with “cool” coatings use less energy, summer and winter, making such metal buildings more energy efficient.  “Cool” metal building coatings not only reflect heat in summer, but also retain heat inside the building on cool days, saving on heating costs and keeping the indoor environment healthy and comfortable in both summer and winter. The use of “cool” coatings for steel buildings saves money and the environment through reduced energy costs and can even qualify for Federal tax credits.

In California, Texas and Florida, commercial building construction is taking advantage of the “cool” properties of steel building metal roofs for commercial buildings such as warehouses, industrial manufacturing plants, aircraft hangars, storage buildings, retail outlet stores, auto dealerships, strip malls and more.

Steel buildings are better for you, better for the environment

• Steel buildings don’t require cutting down valuable forests.
• Metal buildings manufacturers use materials with a high proportion of recycled content
• Employ sustainable building design and construction
• Buildings erect in less time than conventional building construction.
• Steel buildings are fire resistant so they can lower insurance costs
• They are rust resistant and virtually maintenance free

• Steel manufacturers employ energy efficient methods in steel production that help to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
• Steel can be recycled over and over again without loss of the quality of the steel
• Most steel produced in the United States uses recycled material
• More steel is recycled than all other recyclable materials combined

About Olympia Steel Buildings

Olympia Steel Buildings® are supplied by Universal Steel Buildings Corp, an industry leader in pre-engineered steel buildings for over 40 years, and sole supplier of Olympia Steel Buildings® to commercial, industrial, agricultural, residential, government, military and civilian agencies. Olympia Steel Buildings come with their outstanding weather-resistant PBR roof, or you can opt for their patented Zeus-Shield® standing seam metal roofing system. GSA approved Olympia Steel Buildings set themselves apart by using better materials, better quality control, exceptional customer service and industry-leading warranties, including a 25-year rust through perforation warranty. Olympia pre-engineered steel metal buildings are precision engineered and expertly erected to give you a “tight” building that reduces air infiltration into the building saving on HVAC costs. They offer 12 energy efficient colors for metal buildings to reduce cooling costs and come with a 40-year warranty against chipping, cracking, peeling or blistering. Because of such key features, Olympia pre-engineered steel buildings can qualify under LEED Green Building guidelines. For more information about Olympia Steel Buildings, visit their website www.OlympiaBuildings.com or call 888-449-7756 for more information.

Steel Price Increase To Impact Pre-engineered Steel Building Prices

The price of pre-engineered steel buildings is impacted by the price of steel. Please be aware that USA steel mills are rapidly raising the price of raw materials. There are several factors causing the increases, including a shortage of scrap metal, high scrap metal prices, shortage of coke which is used to fuel the blast furnace during the steel making process and a higher steel demand, caused in part by China. Contact your steel building dealer immediately to stay ahead of any possible steel price increases that may impact prices on pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems.

"Steel City" to Host Conference For Steel Building Fabricators

Pittsburgh will play host to more than 3,500 steel construction professionals from May 11th 2011 to May 14th 2011 during the 2011 NASCC: The Steel Conference presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction.

The conference features presentations from top industry leaders, more than 90 technical sessions, practical seminars on the latest design and construction techniques, extensive trade show exhibits featuring products and services ranging from engineering software to the newest fabrication equipment, and plentiful networking opportunities. 

NASCC is the premier educational event for structural engineers, fabricators, detailers, educators, and others involved in the design and construction of fabricated steel buildings and bridges. In addition to conference seminars, attendees have many opportunities to exchange ideas with their peers at networking events including the annual Fabricator Roundtable and newly added Steel Industry Roundtable. Conference attendees can earn up to 28 Professional Development Hours while learning from leaders in the design and construction industry such as Lawrence Griffis from Walter P Moore and Duane Miller from The Lincoln Electric Company.

The conference kicks off with a visual tour of Pittsburgh’s architecture and engineering heritage presented by David J. Vater, RA, trustee at the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. From its founding in 1758 and the construction of Fort Pitt – the most elaborate British fortress in North America – to the world’s first “green” convention center, Pittsburgh has been a city of building innovation. This keynote session will highlight Pittsburgh’s historic iron and steel industry and some of the country’s remarkable places built with Pittsburgh steel, engineering expertise, and technology.

Among the can’t-miss sessions include: "The Construction Market: Rebounding from a Recession or Mired in a Depression?” by AISC Vice President John Cross; “50 Tips for Designing Constructible Steel Buildings” by Clifford Schwinger, The Harman Group.

More information on the 2011 NASCC, including a full conference agenda, can be found at www.aisc.org/nascc

Metal Building Insulation for Green Steel Buildings

Metal building insulation is used to insulate the walls and roofs of steel buildings and metal buildings systems and can provide a better acoustical environment both inside and outside the building as well. Metal building insulation absorbs interior noise for a quieter work environment and can decrease the amount of noise transmitted both into and out of steel buildings. Metal building insulation is an excellent absorber of sound and can reduce noise levels in a building up to 5-6 dB. Because of its sound absorbing properties, metal building insulation can reduce the amount of sound transmitted through walls and roof. Metal building insulation can reduce equipment noise coming out of the buildings and reduce outside traffic noise as well to provide a quieter indoor environment.

The Olympia Steel Buildings Basic Insulation System (standard vinyl backed) for pre-engineered steel buildings uses 6" of insulation on the roof and sides for an energy efficiency rating of R19. The Olympia Steel Buildings High Energy Savings Insulation System offers an energy efficient R38 rating when used with Olympia steel buildings.

Olympia Steel Buildings Are Designed To Meet Your Local Building Codes

Steel buildings customers frequently wonder whether the metal building they are considering will meet their local building codes for wind, snow load, and seismic requirements. Simply put, yes. You can be confident that Olympia Steel Buildings are factory designed to meet the requirements of the buyer's local building codes. Every Olympia steel building is engineered to comply with regional building codes, wind load, snow load, and seismic requirements.

If you find a steel building company that gives metal building price quotes without asking where the building will be put up, beware. Some metal buildings companies sell buildings without regard to whether the building will meet the buyer's local building codes. Then when the buyer attempts to put up the building, he finds that his local code will not permit him to erect the building as planned. The buyer is stuck with a building he cannot use and finds it impossible to receive a refund from a metal building supplier that is unscrupulous. Since local building codes vary, generic building pricing is impossible.

Every Olympia steel building, whether simple or complex is essentially a custom steel building designed for the exact location where the building will be erected.