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Standing Seam Roofs for Steel Buildings & Metal Building Systems

The aesthetic appeal of a roof seen from the street or above, including both steep-slope roofs and even low pitch roofs is important. Zeus-Shield™ “Architectural” and “Trapezoidal” standing steam metal roof systems for pre-engineered steel buildings and metal buildings systems are designed with aesthetics in mind for use in architectural or functional applications where both appearance and weather resistance are primary concerns. Many metal standing seam roof systems may have a similar appearance but have major differences in performance. Zeus-Shield standing seam metal roof systems have many advantages over other roof systems, offer excellent weather resistance and are practically maintenance free.

Zeus-Shield’s Architectural and Trapezoidal standing seam metal roof systems are adaptable for use on new construction or as a replacement roof for existing buildings where weather resistance and architectural appearance are the most important design considerations.

The Classic “Trapezoidal” standing seam metal roof system for pre-engineered steel buildings and metal buildings systems is a heavy-duty roof system intended for use where water resistance, expansion/contraction and insulation efficiency are of prime importance. This metal roof system is designed primarily for industrial buildings and commercial steel buildings roofs with single or double-sloped rectangular areas, but can be used for more complex roof configurations as well.

The minimum allowable roof slope is .5:12 as standard; the maximum allowable roof slope is 6:12 as standard, based on general and typical roof applications.

Both “Trapezoidal” and “Architectural” roof systems consist of metal panels joined together by Zeus-Shield’s patented factory-formed interlocking seam, and are easily assembled and seamed in the field.

The roof panels are Galvalume coated steel, the strongest, most durable and maintenance free of practical roof materials, with proven weather resistance. Roof panels are available in nine Trinar® Cool Chemistry® Series color coatings with a 35-year limited warranty, providing long-lasting weather protection. These remarkable color coatings contain ceramic pigments that reflect infrared energy while absorbing visible light so the roof retains its richness of color while keeping your steel building 20 degrees cooler in the hot sun. The steel panels are impervious to moisture and resist falling objects and roof traffic better than other commonly used roofing materials. They resist live load and wind uplift without the complexity and cost of additional sub-framing that most other roofing systems require.

Building Specifications For Steel Buildings Updated

Architects, engineers, developers and specification writers throughout the United States are converting non-residential building specifications for steel buildings from AISC-MB criteria to IAS AC472 for qualified metal building manufacturers. IAS AC472 replaces the AISC-MB certification program that has provided third-party certification for pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building system manufacturers since 1989. IAS (International Accreditation Service) AC472 is a new high quality standard written specifically for the metal buildings industry in cooperation with the Metal Building Manufacturers Association.

“We are pleased and proud that the manufacturing facility for Olympia Steel Buildings®, a Metal Building Manufacturers Association member, has achieved IAS AC472 certification. It is a big accomplishment and everyone involved is to be commended for their hard work and commitment to quality control and quality assurance,” says Arnold Davis, Company President.

“Because pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems are manufactured at facilities generally remote from the erection site,” explains Davis, “building elements such as structural steel members, secondary members and welding processes must be inspected and verified as being in compliance with the IAS AC472 code during the manufacturing process. The steel building factory is doing just that each and every day for every building they manufacture and ship out of the plant – that is the level of their commitment to quality control and manufacturing a quality building product.”

“What this means is that Olympia Steel Buildings will continue to provide our customers with the same high quality pre-engineered steel buildings, competitively priced and now fully IAS AC472 certified!”

About IAS
The International Accreditation Service (IAS), a recognized accreditation body in the United States since 1975, is a non-profit, public benefit corporation. IAS accredits testing and calibration laboratories, inspection agencies, building departments, fabricator inspection programs and IBC special inspection agencies. IAS accreditation is internationally recognized as a mark of consumer confidence and product quality.

About MBMA
The Metal Building Manufacturer’s Association (MBMA) provides engineering leadership through sponsorship of research programs used to improve the performance, efficiency and quality of metal building systems and to elevate the technology used to produce them. The Metal Building Manufacturer’s Association membership represents more than $2.9 billion in annual shipments and accounts for approximately 43% of the total non-residential low-rise construction market in the United States.

Pre-engineered Steel Buildings Erection – The Basics

The manufacturer of Olympia Steel Buildings consistently produces high quality, pre-engineered steel buildings. However, prefabricated metal buildings only become structures after their erection, erection being the common term used to refer to the buildings construction, all their parts, such as rafters and columns, purlins and girts, wall sheeting, roofing material, insulation and the like having been assembled and joined together at the jobsite to complete the final structure.

Quality erection of each steel building is essential if the manufacturer, steel building sales, metal building construction crew and building owner are to realize a lasting pride and satisfaction in the completed building project. However, the actual steel building erection, operations and conditions are beyond the manufacturers control, since metal building manufacturers don’t generally erect their buildings once manufactured.

That said, the metal building industry has standard techniques, procedures and methods, which although general in nature, represent good building erection practices. The experience, expertise and skills of the erection crew as well as the equipment available for handling the metal building components will determine the quality of pre-engineered steel building erection and ultimate customer satisfaction with the completed building. Only experienced and knowledgeable erectors with trained crews and proper equipment should be engaged to do the erection, and the building erector should always use proven and safe erection methods.

Zeus-Shield™ Standing Seam Metal Roof System For Steel Buildings In a "Class of it's Own"

Zeus-Shield™ Standing Seam Metal Roofs Are The Ultimate In Roof Performance and Weather Protection For Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings and Metal Building Systems

All Metal Roofs Are Not The Same

New testing methods and wind code requirements have challenged the roofing industry in general, and the steel buildings industry in particular to develop a new approach to roof performance. However, most standing seam roof systems have remained unchanged since 1969, relying on old and out-dated technology. Most metal roofing and steel building suppliers have not been able to come up with any new ideas, but have instead resorted to a patchwork of modifications on their existing standing seam metal roof systems.

Zeus-Shield™ Standing Seam Metal Roof System is in a "Class of it's Own"

To meet the challenge of new testing methods and wind requirements, the steel building factory researched the latest industry technology to develop a standing seam metal roof system with components and techniques that are cutting edge. The Zeus-Shield roofing system is that cutting edge roof system. The Zeus-Shield metal roof system not only meets today's needs, but fulfills the demands of tomorrow by addressing current and anticipated building codes and roofing requirements.

With durable panel profiles and innovative clips, the Zeus-Shield standing seam metal roofing system for pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems adds structural stability while allowing for thermal expansion and contraction. A patented metal buildings roof design tackles the most stringent wind uplift requirements making both our general construction metal standing seam roofs and architectural standing seam roof systems truly in a class of their own.

Proof of this superior performance is documented in Factory Mutual (FM) Class 1-90 listing, Underwriters Laboratories (UL) 580 Class 90 listing and ASTM test results

Olympia Steel Buildings Metal Building Framing Components

PRIMARY FRAMING

The Primary Frames of pre-engineered steel buildingsare the main load-carrying structural steel components of the building. Olympia's

Primary Frame steel buildings components are of three main types: 

• Clearspan Rigid Frames

• Continuous Beam Frames

• Post & Beam Frames  

CLEARSPAN RIGID FRAME solid web steel building framingconsists of rafters rigidly connected to tapered or uniform depth columns. This type of frame provides a clear span with no posts or beams in the interior of the building.

 

CONTINUOUS BEAM FRAME solid web steel building framing also consists of rafters rigidly connected columns. The continuous beam frame design, unlike the clearspan rigid frame design, has interior columns. 

 

POST AND BEAM FRAME steel building framing members are the primary load-carrying members at the endwalls of the building. Full Frame endwall frames can be used in conjunction with endposts when future building expansion is required. 

SECONDARY FRAMING

 

Pre-engineered  steel buildingsSecondary Framing Members are the structural members which carry loads to the primary framing members. They consist of eave members, roof purlins, wind struts, wind bracing, wall girts and other structural framing.

Metal building Purlins are typically Zee shaped; 6“ [160 mm.], 8” [200 mm.] or 10” [250 mm.] in depth and can be designed as simple span or continuous span.

Metal building Girts are normally Zee or Cee shaped; 6” [165 mm.] or 8” [216 mm.] in depth and can be designed as simple span or continuous span.

Olympia Steel Buildings Are Custom Designed and Manufactured

Olympia steel buildings are custom designed and manufactured for each building application.

Olympia Steel Buildings provides a pre-engineered metal building system, which consists of a wide variety of steel structural framing members and steel roof and wall covering panels to be assembled into a building enclosure. Olympia steel buildings are custom designed and manufactured for each building application, utilizing standards, specifications and recommendations of professionally recognized agencies and groups, such as AISC, AWS, ASTM, AISI, MBMA, etc. in establishing design and quality criteria, resulting in an economical, accurate and structurally efficient solution for the building owner.

Olympia metal building systems components: 

• Primary Frames

• Secondary Roof and Wall Structural Members

• Wind and Seismic Bracing

• Roof and Wall Panels

• Trim and various accessories including features such as framed door openings, facades, canopies, doors, windows, and insulation.

Olympia's pre-engineered steel buildings are used for a variety of residential and non-residential end-uses, with the most popular use in single-story industrial and commercial applications, as well as industrial buildings with cranes and mezzanines. Warehouses, heavy and light manufacturing facilities, shopping centers, aircraft hangars, and even churches, are typical buildings provided by Olympia Steel Buildings. Building components included in pre-engineered steel buildings provided by Olympia are designed for the specific building building code requirements and regional environmental loading conditions. Olympia's metal building components are manufactured under rigid factory quality controls and shipped to the jobsite for accurate assembly and erection using bolts and fasteners.

Olympia Steel Buildings Offers Outstanding Warranties and Features

Olympia Steel Buildings Offers Outstanding Warranties and Standard Building Features

ü 25-YEAR SIX MONTH STEEL-MILL BACKED RUST THROUGH PERFORATION LIMITED WARRANTY ON 26 GAUGE AZ55 GALVALUME® PBR ROOFING

ü PBR ROOF PANELS HAVE 1 ¼” CORRUGATION AND EXTENDED OVERLAP

ü GALVANIZED SECONDARY FRAMING; ALL GIRTS, PURLINS AND C-CHANNELS – WILL NOT RUST!
– HOT-DIPPED MILL-GALVANIZED FOR LONG-LIFE RUST PROTECTION

ü 50-YEAR WARRANTY ON ALL STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS AGAINST DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP

ü 40-YEAR WARRANTY ON AKZO NOBEL CERAM-A-STAR BAKED-ON SILICONIZED POLYESTER PAINT AGAINST PEELING, CHIPPING, CRACKING, BLISTERING 

ü 35-YEAR WARRANTY AGAINST CHALKING OR FADING ON AKZO NOBEL TRINAR PAINT COATING ON STANDING SEAM ROOFS

ü SURGICAL STAINLESS STEEL CAPPED FASTENERS – LIFETIME WARRANTY AGAINST DEFECTS IN MATERIALS AND WORKMANSHIP, RUST AND DISCOLORATION, AND STRUCTURAL FAILURE

ü FOAM CLOSURE STRIPS – INSIDE AND OUTSIDE – COMPLETELY SEAL THE BUILDING

ü DIRECT GIRT-TO-COLUMN AND PURLIN-TO-RAFTER CONNECTIONS – NO WELDED CLIPS REQUIRED

ü METAL EAVE CLOSURE TRIM – CORRUGATED ROOF PANEL

ü HEAVY 16 GAUGE BASE ANGLE – GALVANIZED WITH BASE TRIM PACKAGE

ü NEOPRENE WASHERS ON BOTH ROOF AND SIDING PANELS – PREVENTS OVER-DRILLING

ü1” WIDE MASTIC STRIP – DOUBLE BEADED AT END LAPS

ü JAMB & HEADER J-TRIM – AROUND ALL FRAMED OPENINGS

ü HEADER AND JAMB COVERS – OPENINGS COME READY FOR DOOR MOUNTING

ü STANDARD AT NO EXTRA COST: CABLE X-BRACING PROVIDES ENORMOUS STRENGTH FOR WIND PROTECTION

ü CERTIFIED AND STAMPED ENGINEER DRAWINGS WITH ANCHOR BOLT PLANS TO MEET YOUR LOCAL BUILDING CODES (2 SETS)

ü CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS & BUILDING ERECTION MANUAL

ü DELIVERY OF THE BUILDING TO YOUR JOB SITE

Pre-Engineered Steel Buildings and LEED - What You Need To Know

LEED®, “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” is a program that promotes Green Building values of sustainability, energy efficiency, and environmental responsibility. Developed by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), “LEED is an internationally recognized certification system that measures how well a building or community performs across all the metrics that matter most: energy savings, water efficiency, CO2 emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality, and stewardship of resources and sensitivity to their impacts.” http://www.usgbc.org/

Five of the six LEED categories are applicable to Olympia Steel Buildings :

• Sustainable Site
• Energy and Atmosphere
• Materials and Resources
• Indoor Environmental Quality
• Innovation and Design Process

Building with Olympia pre-engineered steel buildings can earn your building points toward LEED® certification in the following areas:

• Sustainable Sites 7.2 – Heat Island Effect – Roof
• Materials and Resources 5.1 – Recycled Content
• Materials and Resources 5.2 – Recycled Content
• Exemplary Performance- Recycled content 70-72%

Be sure to consult with your LEED-Accredited consultant about all the ways your building project may achieve LEED points

Olympia Steel Buildings Freestall Dairy Barns

Olympia Steel Buildings

OVERVIEW OF OLYMPIA'S DAIRY BARN SERVICES

At Olympia Steel Buildings, the customer is key. You can trust our years of experience to design the facility, provide the plans, supply the buildings, and put you in contact with the best equipment suppliers. We also offer full turnkey packages which include facility design, supply of pre-engineered steel buildings, and management and construction of the facility with all phases of development and construction handled by an experienced team of Dairy System Specialists. We will develop the project around your strategy for a productive dairy operation.

Our staffs' knowledge of dairy construction combined with the latest technology in building today is sure to provide you with a state-of-the-art dairy. We take pride in our innovative designs with the knowledge that families will own and operate their dairy facilities for many generations to come. We lend our expertise to ensure the project will incorporate the latest in dairy construction materials, methods, milk process equipment and design and provide assistance in complete layouts.

From free stall barns, milking parlors, holding areas, vet treating areas, dry cow areas, to commodities storage buildings, storage and manure handling, Olympia will work with you to design and build a dairy operation to fit your needs. Our knowledgeable and helpful staff of designers uses the latest Auto CAD computer design available to design system layouts to fit your dairy needs and business plan with complete design work and provisions for future cow dairy expansion. Olympia Dairy Facility System's experience covers a lifetime of dairy operation and design. We have designed systems for 80 to 8,000 cows. We can help you get the job done on time and on budget and ensure a timely milking start-up schedule.

Olympia Steel Buildings Dairy Barn Systems

Olympia Steel Buildings can design and supply complete pre-engineered dairy barn metal building systems including free stall barns, milking parlors, holding areas, vet treating areas, dry cow areas, commodities storage buildings and more.

With Olympia's in-house design staff, we can put together any type of dairy facility to meet your exact needs and specifications. Olympia can design and engineer any type of dairy barn facility you have in mind, any design, any type of facility. Whether you are interested in a traditional dairy barn design or have your own ideas, Olympia can help. Take your time and look through our website and view dairy barn systems and dairy facilities we have designed then give us a call or fill out our easy online form. We have designed dairy barn facility systems for 80 to 8,000 cows. At Olympia Dairy Barn Systems, we design dairy facilities your way, with you, the customer in mind.