Olympia Steel Buildings: One Company's Story Of Success
On December 3, 2009, a ground breaking ceremony took place at 3121 West Market Street in Warren, Ohio to begin construction of a new Olympia Steel Buildings pre-engineered steel building for expansion of an existing manufacturing facility. By September of 2010 construction was complete and Reinforcement Systems of Ohio LLC (RS) opened their corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility on the 17 acre site. The company manufactures welded wire reinforcements (WWR) used in concrete products such as box culverts, modular metal buildings, span bridges and tunnel segments. Their custom engineered prefabricated reinforcement mats are designed and manufactured at the new Warren facility and save pre-casters thousands of dollars in material and labor costs through the WWR process.
Bill Gallenz, president of RS said that when making their decision about the right building for their needs, the owners did a lot of research and took three main things into consideration: cost, quality and service. Olympia Steel Buildings met all of those requirements. The 60,000 sq. ft. RS manufacturing plant houses state-of-the-art fully automated machinery in the main part of their facility with an extensive system of overhead cranes to move materials and product. The plant is bright with large exhaust fans and a complete insulation system to keep the plant comfortable. A spacious fabrication room is part of the facility and all areas of the plant are fully accessible to large 18 wheel trucks for unloading coils of raw material and loading manufactured product through large overhead doors. The attractive exterior of the building is light-stone in color with burnished slate wanes coating.
Arnold Davis, President of Olympia Steel Building stated, “It was important to address all of the OSHA requirements in addition to building codes on this building. For example, numerous exit doors had to be strategically placed. Some design changes occurred after the building was delivered, and we worked with Reinforcement Systems and the contractor to accommodate all requirements.”
Mark Martin, owner of Reinforcement Systems, established the company in 2009. As a native of Warren, Ohio, Mark fulfilled a promise to bring jobs to the city where he grew up. His $28 million plant is expected to employ 65 workers within the next three years with room to double the plant size as the company grows. Martin also has a warehouse in New Mexico.
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