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Compare steel buildings to a wooden pole barn ... steel buildings are cheaper

In the spring of last year, Howard Boarts who owns a Black Angus farm purchased a steel building from Olympia Steel Buildings and contracted with them to have it erected on his property.

 “A snow storm collapsed my feed lot building in February of 2009,” Boarts stated. “I talked to Olympia Steel Buildings and they gave me a great price. I compared the steel building to a wooden pole barn and the steel building was cheaper. It went up in a few days and everything is exactly as I wanted it.” 

The 30 x 120 metal building, sports attractive polar white sheeting and rural red trim and roof with one side completely open. Designed to provide a feeding area and give limited shelter from the elements to Boarts’ Black Angus cattle herd, the open side makes it completely accessible to his cows. Erected on 4’ stem walls to protect it from the livestock, rigid steel beams support the structure as its primary framing coated with an attractive gray oxide primer. The frames are a solid steel plate design and the flanges made from solid steel bar stock. The steel secondary framing of girts and purlins have a zinc galvanized coating applied at the mill and won’t rust, wrap or bend. The steel building’s pitched roof sheds water and snow while gutters and down spouts route the moisture away from the feeding area.

Delivery of the building occurred on May 27^th with building construction taking less than two weeks by a three-man crew from start to finish. Almost a year later, the building functioned perfectly through a very cold, snowy Pennsylvania winter and Mr. Boarts and his cattle are very satisfied customers.

“This steel building is rugged enough to handle the heavy use of the Boarts’ herd as well as hold up under brutal weather conditions. Just what the owner ordered. Mr. Boarts was so pleased with his building that he has referred Olympia to his fellow farmers in Ford City.”

Olympia Steel Buildings Horse Barns & Riding Arenas

Olympia Steel Buildings has grown to become the industry leader in providing all steel metal buildings for agricultural, residential, industrial and commercial use, distributing buildings throughout the United States and to countries all over the world.

Olympia is the industry leader in the design and manufacture of pre-engineered steel buildings. Olympia specializes in pre-engineered steel buildings which meet and exceed industry standards for quality, reliability, convenience and accessibility. Olympia buildings are professionally engineered, with flexible building designs, over 30 years of experience, lifetime warranty protection, and are 100% made in the USA using top commercial grade US steel.

Olympia Steel Buildings specializes in the design of indoor riding arenas and stables. Olympia riding arenas provide the openness of a clear span design required to make the horse and rider feel comfortable, especially where jumping is part of their routine. Olympia pledges to provide the best quality material and workmanship available in the industry.  

 What Barn Styles Are Available? 

We offer horse barns, horse stalls, riding arenas and horse stables, fully customizable with building widths up to 200 feet and unlimited building lengths, options for ceiling lights, insulation, colors choices and trim, and other building accessories such as sky lights, cupolas, gutters and downspouts.

Our unique truss-less design provides the greatest amount of clear span open space possible, ideal for building applications that require a great deal of open space, such as riding arenas.

 We offer many popular barn styles and sizes, such as gable barns, center aisle barns, gable barns with lean-to, two stall multi purpose barns, two or three stall barns, eight stall horse barns, one or two stall stables, six stall stables, three horse barn, two horse barn, two or three stall barn, five stall barns, barn and stable.

 Can I Make My Arena As Large/ Small As I Wish? 

Our riding arenas are completely customizable. Our unique truss-less design provides the greatest amount of clear span open space possible, ideal for applications that require a great deal of open space, such as riding arenas. Sizes can range from 40’ to 300’ feet in width, and 40’ long to unlimited length. Arenas can be completely enclosed or open.

 Will Olympia Steel Help Me Build My Barn or Arena?  

Your experienced service representative will guide you through the entire project from purchase to completion.

When it is time to erect your barn or arena, you can choose to do it yourself and save. We can work directly with you, we can work with your contractor, or we can provide complete turnkey construction services. 

Engineered permit plans, erection drawings and an easy to understand building manual are provided with every building. Simple, easy erection procedures with our technical assistance will have your building up in no time. You will receive a complete building package that assembles with ease.

 Can I Customize My Barn?

Barns can be customized to accommodate all of your equestrian needs. Buildings are available in a variety of panel, trim and roof colors to match existing buildings and blend beautifully with any surrounding.

 Can I Customize My Arena?

 Your arena can be customized to your exact specifications to accommodate all of your equestrian needs. Buildings are available in a variety of panel, trim and roof colors to match existing buildings and blend beautifully with any surrounding.

What Maintenance Is Needed?

Our buildings are virtually maintenance free. They are fire resistant, and termite proof, thus affording lower insurance costs, and customizable to meet the requirements of your particular needs. The bolt-together construction of an Olympia steel building allows you to erect your building in half the time that it takes to construct a conventional facility. Easy-to-use insulation packages are available to ensure that your building provides exceptional protection for your equipment, livestock and valuable hay and grain.

Olympia buildings are a very affordable alternative to wooden frame barns

What Do Horse Owners say about Olympia Steel?

“I have a lot of buildings on the farm, and I like Olympia Steel Buildings best.”

“We did a lot of shopping before we bought our building, and Olympia Steel Buildings is the best quality for the money”.

"Our steel building is used as a horse riding arena and has plenty of room for our family to ride horses inside."

How Do I Get Started?

Visit our website www.olympiabuildings.com and fill out our online form, or give us a call at 888-449-7756. We have complete in-house engineering and drafting services. Our friendly and knowledgeable sales and design staff will help you design your barn or riding arena to your exact specifications. 

Horse Barns and Indoor Riding Arena Steel Buildings

Indoor riding arenas provided by Olympia Steel Buildings are the most economical choice for you to make when deciding to construct a riding arena for horses. Our wide open clear span steel building design will give your riding arena the ceiling space necessary for both horse and rider to feel comfortable. All of Olympia's horse riding arena steel buildings can be designed with widths up to 200 feet and unlimited lengths. We can also customize and accentuate your riding arena steel building with various building accessories, such as windows, doors, ventilations systems, sky lights and more. Save more money and build the arena for riding indoors yourself with our prefabricated metal building components and easy-to-follow riding arena assembly manual. Because we sell our horse riding arenas at almost 50% off of conventional wood, brick or block construction, you'll save even more money.

Building riding arenas for horses is what Olympia Steel Buildings specializes in. We have helped hundreds of equestrian enthusiast building the riding arena of their dreams.

What sets Olympia apart from other indoor riding arena manufacturers?

• Years of horse riding arena metal building design experience designing high quality steel buildings at economical prices.
• Trained steel building technicians will respond to your inquiry, discuss your requirements and price a riding arena for you based on your specifications within 24 hours.
• 25 year rust perforation warranty on AZ55 galvalume roof panels.
• 40 year warranty on the siliconized polyester colored coating for walls and trim.
• Lifetime warranty on the stainless steel roof fasteners.
• Indoor riding arena metal building designs that meet or exceed steel building industry standards.
• Olympia's steel riding arenas are manufactured with the highest grade commercial steel available to ensure the best quality and workmanship.
• Olympia's horse riding arena metal buildings come standard with galvanized girts and purlins and extended weather tight PBR roof panels.
• Efficient scheduling, delivery, and share-loading of our riding arena steel buildings reduce delivery costs and to save you even more money!

Olympia Building Systems delivers quality, strength and service, while offering a great price on all of our steel buildings.