concrete-construction-tips

Prefabricated steel buildings are designed to meet the code and load requirements of the customer?s area. It is the customer’s responsibility to find out the information needed by the steel building companies in order to properly design and fabricate the metal buildings properly, first so the customer can obtain their building permit and second so the building itself can withstand the forces of nature that are common occurrences where the customer lives and will be erecting his steel barn.

To help the engineers at the factory, where the steel buildings are designed, better determine the best design for your metal barn, they have composed a list of questions to be answered by the customer to guide them and to give them a better understanding of exactly what type of conditions exist in the customer’s area with regards to the amount of snow and wind exposure the prefab steel buildings will be exposed to. The following are a list of the questions asked by the engineers with the answers shedding light on conditions that could affect the snow load and wind exposure requirements:

1. Will the new steel building be located within 20ft of any existing building structures? If YES, please provide a sketch showing the distances of all existing structures to the new building. Indicate also the eave height, width, length, roof slope and ridge orientation of the existing buildings.

2. Will the new steel garage tie-in to any existing building structures? If YES, provide a sketch and a detail common wall condition. Indicate also the eave height, width, length, bay spacing, roof slope and ridge orientation of the existing buildings.

3. Will the metal garage have roof insulation and be used continuously as a heated structure?

4. Is the building unheated, but insulated?

5. Is the building unheated and without roof insulation?

6. If the metal storage buildings are greenhouses, will they be continuously heated at a maintained temperature of 50