Jan 31 2006
With the launch of a new, easy-to-navigate site, Standardsteelbuildings.com, consumers now have a place to turn during their search for knowledge on steel buildings.
In the age of increased construction costs, many people are turning to steel buildings to provide the answer to their building needs. In fact, steel buildings can save consumers up to 50 percent off the cost of a conventional building.
In addition to the cost, however, steel buildings offer consumers other outstanding benefits, including:
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Strength and durability. Steel buildings are often more likely to survive in harsh conditions than other types of construction.
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Flexibility and versatility. It is easy to add on to, modify or expand your steel building.
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Shorter construction time. It often takes less time to construct steel buildings. Plus, construction is less dependent on weather interruptions.
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A wide variety of uses. Steel buildings are an outstanding option for church buildings, commercial buildings, retail buildings, warehouse buildings, school buildings, manufacturing buildings, self-storage buildings, steel aircraft hangars and much, much more.
Plus, ever-changing technology is allowing steel buildings to more closely resemble conventional building methods. In fact, the options are seemingly endless.
“If you can dream it … we can build it,” says Kevin Kissire, CEO of Standard Steel Buildings in Dallas. Kissire points out that his business works with companies and organizations across the United States to build steel buildings to look almost any way the consumer can imagine.
Before deciding on any type of building or on any particular builder, however, it is important for consumers to educate themselves. And now, consumers who may be considering a steel building have an exciting new resource at their fingertips: Standard Steel Buildings’ new, easy-to-navigate Web site, which provides a variety information on types of steel buildings and options available to consumers.
In addition to Web-based research, it is suggested that consumers ask potential builders several questions before finalizing their decision. Questions may include:
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What quality standards do you strive to meet?
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What is your proposed delivery date and what assurances do I have that it will be met?
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Is there a warranty? What is covered and for how long?
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What is your customer service like? Where can I go for help?
Some builders, like Standard Steel Buildings, assign its customers a project manager to help through all stages of the process.
“Quality, customer service, cost, on-time delivery and warranty are key factors in every building we sell,” Kissire says. “Most builders – of both conventional construction and steel buildings – should also uphold these standards and work to help their customers from concept to delivery to assure the project is completed in the least expensive way possible.”