Olympia Steel Buildings Completes Twelve-Thousand Square Foot Metal Building For Local Pittsburgh Company

Universal Steel Buildings Corp. recently announced supply and construction of a twelve-thousand three-hundred square foot warehouse metal building for Pennsylvania company, Metalico, Inc. The eighty-two by one hundred fifty foot pre-engineered steel building with a twenty-foot eave height will be used for a warehouse for non-ferrous scrap metal sales. The order was placed on December 12, 2011 and the building was delivered on January 7 2012. The new building, an attractive pearl gray with rustic red trim and 1:12 pitch screw-down Galvalume roof will be attached to an existing building at the company’s Neville Island site. Construction is slated for completion by April 1, 2012

“They were very easy customers to work with,” stated Victor Gutierrez III, Universal Steel Buildings sales manager, speaking about Metalico, Inc. “Once they met with us, toured the metal building factory and saw the quality and precision engineering, they were sold on Olympia Steel Buildings.”

Metalico operates both ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal recycling facilities in New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio, serving U.S. and Canadian markets.  All forms of metal scrap are purchased from manufacturers, small scrap dealers, demolition contractors and peddlers. Metalico Pittsburgh is a full-service metals recycling company that plays a leading role in scrap metals recovery both in the U.S. and abroad. They emphasize that recycling of metals saves natural resources, energy, and consumption of scarce landfill space.  Metalico scrap locations are positioned to offer easy access to peddlers and local residents, and encourage recycling of metal scrap, such as siding, window frames and doors, which typically end up in landfills.  They are one of a handful of companies in the U.S. that own and operate the state-of-the-art Texas Shredder model 80/104 for the shredding of scrap metal. Easy access to the facility by barge from the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers allows Metalico to handle the largest demolition and recycling jobs. The POHC Railroad also services their Neville Island facilities.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized the company's use of renewable wind energy and named Metalico as a Green Power Partner. Metalico continues to contribute to efforts to use renewable energy, reduce pollution and encourage recycling. 

“Because Metalico prides itself on being a Green company, the decision to go with Olympia was easy,” Gutierrez observes. “Pre-engineered steel buildings are inherently Green, and since the steel building factory itself is located just a few miles away from the construction site, it meets Green building requirements of sourcing materials locally as well.”

 

 

Olympia Steel Buildings Are GSA Approved

GSA approved Olympia Steel Buildings, GSA Contract GS-07F-0312V, set themselves apart by using better materials, better quality control, exceptional customer service and industry-leading warranties. Our prefabricated steel frame buildings come standard with galvanized girts and purlins and extended weather tight PBR roof panels, or you can opt for our patented Zeus-Shield® standing seam metal roofing system.  Olympia pre-engineered steel buildings are precision engineered and expertly erected to give you a “tight” building that reduces air infiltration into the building saving on HVAC costs. We offer 12 energy efficient colors for metal buildings to reduce cooling costs. Our “cool” paint coatings come with a 40-year warranty against chipping, cracking, peeling or blistering. Because of such key features, Olympia pre-engineered steel buildings can qualify under LEED Green Building guidelines with five of six LEED categories applicable to Olympia Steel pre-engineered buildings.

Olympia Steel Buildings® key environmental features:

• Environmentally sustainable
• "Cool" metal roofing
• 70-72% recycled content
• FEMP Energy Efficiency Item - Meets Federal Energy MGMT Program energy efficient levels as required by EO 13123 and 13221.
• Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPG) compliant - Meets/exceeds EPA Recovered Material Advisory Notice (RMAN) standard

Pittsburgh To Host Steel Buildings Construction Conference

The 2011 North American Steel Construction Conference will be held at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center – the world’s first “green” convention center - in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania May 11-14.  The North American Steel Construction Conference is the premier educational event for structural engineers, fabricators, detailers, educators, and others involved in the design and construction of fabricated steel buildings, pre-engineered metal buildings and bridges.

Conference highlights include Clifford Schwinger speaking on “50 Tips for Designing Constructible Steel Buildings”. New to the conference this year is the Sustainable Steel Conference focusing on a wide range of issues including LEED, green building design and construction. If you are interested in attending visit www.aisc.org/nascc. for more information on the 2011 NASCC, including conference agenda and registration.

Olympia Steel Buildings prides itself in quality materials and outstanding customer service

Olympia Steel Buildings Saves the Day for Keystone Foam Manufacturing

On August 2nd of 2007, a massive fire destroyed a 160,000 sq. ft. family owned manufacturing facility in a small town east of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One hundred firefighters from 12 companies in Westmoreland County, PA battled the blaze. Thankfully no one was injured and the company set-up a temporary workplace within weeks of the disaster. The fire may have destroyed the building and its contents, but not the spirit of the owner and his drive to succeed.

The first thing the company did was contact Olympia Steel Buildings. The owners of Keystone Foam were eager to re-build and knew they could count on Olympia for fast service and the right price on a pre-engineered steel building to replace their lost industrial manufacturing plant - both important factors in the rush to rebuild their facility. The Olympia steel buildings designers and metal buildings estimators listened to their needs and worked with them every step of the way to ensure their new building would be exactly what the business required. The new industrial steel building went up quickly, constructed on the original building site and the owners were pleased to see their manufacturing business up and running again at full capacity in no time.

Olympia Steel Buildings prides itself in meeting customer needs with quality materials and outstanding customer service. Olympia’s pre-engineered steel buildings, with their clear span interiors, are a perfect fit for industrial use and Olympia steel buildings comply with regional building codes, wind load (hurricane), snow load and seismic (earthquake) requirements. Olympia delivers pre-engineered steel buildings and metal buildings systems to all 50 states and every country throughout the world. Delivery time varies because we design every project individually for each customer’s exact specifications. Your estimating consultant can give you a better idea of your delivery time after understanding your requirements.

Since Olympia provides an easy to follow metal building erection manual with every building shipped, many customers erect their buildings themselves. If you would rather have someone else erect your building for you, ask about Olympia Steel Buildings Construction and Turnkey Building Erection Services.

Retail and Industrial Steel Buildings

How Olympia Steel Buildings helped one company achieve their dreams.

Olympia Steel Buildings offers affordable steel buildings that are versatile, fully customizable and can be unique, like this 27,000 sq ft. pre-engineered steel building in Easton, Maryland. When the owners of Seger Glass contacted Olympia, they knew what they wanted, but they weren’t sure they would be able to afford a building that had office and retail space and an industrial area for manufacturing their products all rolled into one, or whether such a building design would be possible to achieve. After looking at all their options, they decided that pre-engineered steel buildings were the only way to go, and with Olympia’s help, they were able to have it all. Olympia’s steel building design technicians, metal buildings estimators and consultants showed them how they could achieve the building they desired while saving up to 50% off the cost of conventional construction. Plus with pre-engineered steel building construction they would have all the clearspan space their growing business would require.
Their new multi-use building is both attractive and functional, showcasing the best of metal buildings design and technology. The building is divided into four distinct areas, featuring a 5,000 sq. ft. retail showroom and including four offices and a lunchroom. Behind the showroom is an industrial space with 30’ ceilings. Nine overhead doors provide easy access for bringing in raw materials and taking out finished goods. Several large cranes were easily accommodated in the building design and make for easy transportation of materials inside the building.
Olympia has helped hundreds of growing businesses like Seger Glass build multi-functional buildings. Olympia understands that your company has specific space requirements and budgetary constraints and will work with you every step of the way to design a building that meets your business requirements.
Whether your need is for a new building or you are expanding your existing facility, Olympia offers steel buildings and metal building systems that are fully customizable with a variety of options including: ceiling lights, windows, doors, building colors and more. You can choose from 12 panel and trim colors available in a variety of color combinations.
Olympia’s steel building design technicians and cost estimators will listen to your requirements and custom design a steel building or metal building system to your exact specifications. From purchase to completion, your Olympia Steel Buildings representative will stay with you throughout your building project.

Green Reasons to Build With Pre-engineered Metal Buildings

Green reasons to build with pre-engineered steel buildings and metal buildings systems for your next building construction project:

• Steel is the most recycled material on the planet
• Steel is sustainable
• Steel is a cost-effective, durable option for building construction
• Steel buildings are a part of all major Green buildings ratings programs and standards programs,  including the National Green Building Standard (ICC-700) for residential buildings, ASHRAE Standard 189.1 for commercial construction, and the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) program.
• Using pre-engineered metal building construction reduces the amount of construction waste at the job site. Steel construction waste is recyclable into other steel buildings construction
• Reflective metal roofs on pre-engineered steel buildings keep the inside of metal buildings coolr and can save up to 40% in energy. 
• Because they do not absorb heat as do other roofing materials, reflective metal roofs can also lower urban air temperatures, reducing urban smog.

Standard Olympia Steel Buildings Warranties

Olympia Steel Buildings® are supplied by Universal Steel Buildings Corp, an industry leader in pre-engineered steel buildings for over 40 years and sole supplier of Olympia Steel Buildings to commercial, industrial, agricultural, residential, government, military and civilian agencies. Flexible building design, professional engineering, top commercial grade U.S. steel, 25-year warranty protection, over 40 years of experience, and 100% American steel make Olympia your number one choice for pre-engineered steel buildings and metal building systems. As part of Olympia Steel Buildings commitment to quality, the following features and warranties come standard with every Olympia Steel Building:

• AZ55 Galvalume PBR roof sheeting, 26 gauge, 80,000 psi - 25 year rust perforation warranty
• Stainless steel capped fasteners - Lifetime rust warranty
• Siliconized polyester baked-on enamel paint - various colors available -- 40-year warranty
• Purlins, girts, base angles - secondary framing - hot-dipped mill-galvanized coating for long-life rust protection
• No posts, no beams, all clearspan - complete usable space
• Standard at no extra cost: cable X-bracing provides enormous strength for wind protection
• Optional accessories: wall lights, sky lights, insulation, ridge vents, cylindrical vents, gutters and downspouts

Steel Price Increase To Impact Building Prices

The price steel impacts the price of pre-engineered steel buildings. Please be aware that USA steel mills are rapidly raising the price of raw materials. There are several factors causing the increases, including a shortage of scrap metal, high scrap metal prices, shortage of coke which is used to fuel the blast furnace during the steel making process and a higher steel demand, caused in part by China. Contact your steel building dealer immediately to stay ahead of any possible steel price increases that may impact pre-engineered steel buildings prices.

"Steel City" to Host Conference For Steel Building Fabricators

Pittsburgh will play host to more than 3,500 steel construction professionals from May 11th 2011 to May 14th 2011 during the 2011 NASCC: The Steel Conference presented by the American Institute of Steel Construction.

The conference features presentations from top industry leaders, more than 90 technical sessions, practical seminars on the latest design and construction techniques, extensive trade show exhibits featuring products and services ranging from engineering software to the newest fabrication equipment, and plentiful networking opportunities.

NASCC is the premier educational event for structural engineers, fabricators, detailers, educators, and others involved in the design and construction of fabricated steel buildings and bridges. In addition to conference seminars, attendees have many opportunities to exchange ideas with their peers at networking events including the annual Fabricator Roundtable and newly added Steel Industry Roundtable. Conference attendees can earn up to 28 Professional Development Hours while learning from leaders in the design and construction industry such as Lawrence Griffis from Walter P Moore and Duane Miller from The Lincoln Electric Company.

The conference kicks off with a visual tour of Pittsburgh’s architecture and engineering heritage presented by David J. Vater, RA, trustee at the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation. From its founding in 1758 and the construction of Fort Pitt – the most elaborate British fortress in North America – to the world’s first “green” convention center, Pittsburgh has been a city of building innovation. This keynote session will highlight Pittsburgh’s historic iron and steel industry and some of the country’s remarkable places built with Pittsburgh steel, engineering expertise, and technology.

Among the can’t-miss sessions include: "The Construction Market: Rebounding from a Recession or Mired in a Depression?” by AISC Vice President John Cross; “50 Tips for Designing Constructible Steel Buildings” by Clifford Schwinger, The Harman Group.

More information on the 2011 NASCC, including a full conference agenda, can be found at www.aisc.org/nascc

Steel Buildings, Aircraft Hangers, Metal Buildings

Keeping your aircraft and airplanes sheltered form damaging weather has never been so easy and affordable. That is because Olympia Steel Buildings will design aircraft hanger steel buildings to meet all of you aviation storage and airplane repair shop needs. Olympia’s airplane hangers and aircraft hangars are fully customizable and reasonably priced and are sold direct to you from the steel buildings factory – saving you up to 50% off of conventional construction with brick, block or wood. With our column-free interiors that can be up to 200 feet wide and unlimited lengths, an airplane hanger is the perfect application an Olympia steel building.
Olympia Steel Buildings specializes in high quality, 100% steel aircraft hangars. We have assisted many aviation businesses design versatile aircraft hangars and airplane hangars.
What sets Olympia apart from other aircraft hangar manufacturers?

• Decades of airplane hanger metal building experience designing high quality steel buildings at economical prices.
• Trained metal building technicians will respond to your inquiry, discuss your requirements and price an aircraft hangar 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.
• Metal Airplane hangar building designs that meet or exceed industry standards.
• Olympia's aircraft hangars are manufactured with the highest grade commercial steel available to ensure the best quality and workmanship.
• Olympia’s airplane hangars come standard with galvanized girts and purlins and extended weather tight PBR roof panels.
• Efficient scheduling, delivery, and share-loading of our 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.

Prefab Steel Garage Metal Building Kits

A prefab metal building, provided by Olympia Steel Buildings, is an excellent and economical alternative for constructing truck garages, truck repair shop or trucking terminal building. You'll save time and money erecting a prefabricated steel building compared to a conventional building constructed with brick, stone or wood because a steel building erects in less time, thereby saving you money on your trucking company's budget. All of Olympia's metal buildings are designed with column-free interiors having widths of up to 200 feet and unlimited lengths. Olympia Steel Buildings are also fully customizable with various building features for the trucking industry, such as garage doors, windows, ventilation systems, insulation and more.
Because our prefab metal buildings are manufactured and sold directly to you from the factory, you'll save your budget up to 50%! You'll also save yourself time and more money because of Olympia's efficient share loading delivery system.
Olympia Steel Buildings specializes in top quality truck storage steel metal buildings. We have helped many trucking companies build steel buildings, garages, storage facilities, metal buildings and trucking buildings.
What sets Olympia apart from other prefab garage kit metal building manufacturers?

• Decades of storage facility design experience with high quality steel buildings at economical prices.
• Trained steel building technicians will respond to your inquiry, discuss your requirements and price a truck storage building 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.
• 50 year warranty against defects with materials and workmanship in the main frame of the steel building.
• Lifetime warranty on the stainless steel roof fasteners.
• Garage building designs that meet or exceed industry standards.
• Olympia's prefab garage buildings are manufactured with the highest grade commercial steel available to ensure the best metal building quality and workmanship.
• All of Olympia's truck garage steel buildings are standard with galvanized girts and purlins and extended weather tight PBR roof panels.
• Efficient scheduling, delivery, and share-loading of our 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.

Welding Shops and Pre-engineered Steel Building Construction

Does your welding business need a building that is expansive but not expensive? Olympia Steel Buildings can design a metal shop building that will accommodate all of your needs for a welding business. Olympia's pre-engineered steel buildings are safe, fire resistant and backed with a 25 year limited warranty. Your welding shop building can also be customized with various steel building accessories, such as doors, windows, insulation and more. The clear-span interiors featured with an Olympia steel building can provice safe column-free interiors with widths up to 200 feet and lengths as long as you need to give you the space you need to weld materials safely.
Olympia specializes in designing steel buildings to meet any requirement. We have helped many customers build affordable, multi-functional prefabricated steel buildings. Call today for discount pricing on a steel building

Olympia Steel Buildings: Made of Steel, Built on Service™

Save time and money with Olympia Steel Buildings

• Steel building manufacturing leaders of quality, prefabricated steel buildings
• Construction of a steel metal building will save you 60% less than conventional building construction
• Steel building construction is much stronger and more durable than traditionally built buildings
• Solid steel I-beam frame building construction ensures stability, strength and durability plus the building is resistant to weather and rust
• Our steel buildings are backed by a 25 year steel mill warranty
• We utilize a state of the art steel metal building manufacturing facility and employ superior engineers and building designers
• Olympia Steel Buildings has more than 40 years of metal building design experience
• We engineer superior pre-engineered metal steel buildings that are available factory-direct with incredible savings
• We design the best pre-engineered metal steel buildings available at great steel building prices
• Our metal buildings are manufactured with only the highest grade commercial steel available in the U.S.
• Our prefabricated steel buildings come with galvanized girts and purlins, which hold the frame together, and extended weather tight PBR roof panels
• Money is saved and delivery costs reduced with efficient scheduling, delivery, and share-loading of pre-fabricated buildings
• Our pre-engineered metal buildings are completely customizable - perfect for warehousing, manufacturing, pole barns, metal pole buildings, steel commercial buildings, truck terminals, farm buildings, riding arenas, sport arenas, horse arenas, gymnasiums, metal horse barnsL, steel garages, commercial metal buildings, industrial buildings,agricultural buildings, mini-storage buildings, Fire & EMS
• Our unique truss less design provides the greatest amount of clear span open space possible, ideal for commercial building, industrial building and other applications that require a great deal of open space, such as riding arenas, heavy equipment garages, agricultural storage buildings, metal church buildings, sports arenas, gymnasiums and riding arenas
• We custom design all steel metal buildings for almost any application you can dream of!

Because Olympia all steel metal buildings are designed and sold directly to you, our valued customer, you save time and money by getting the best steel building price up front. Call toll free 1.888.449.7756 or visit us for a free metal building price quote.

Self Storage Metal Building Systems By Olympia Steel Buildings

QUALITY STEEL SELF STORAGE BUILDINGS WITH RELIABILITY

The self storage and mini-storage building industry has grown into a large and profitable business all around the country. From residential neighborhoods to industrial parks and also in rural and urban areas, many self storage businesses are forming and growing. Olympia Steel Buildings can fulfill all your storage building needs because the mini-storage business requires that buildings meet and exceed industry standards for quality, reliability, convenience and accessibility.

CONFIDENCE & ASSURANCE COMES WITH OUR SELF STORAGE BUILDINGS

Olympia Steel self storage buildings have confidence built into every unit. Olympia has superior metal building engineering and components compared to other storage building designers. With a 26 guage AZ55 Galvalume® roof and 40 year warranty on the paint, and meticulous care in the design of the metal building to prevent leakage, rust and corrosion, not only will your storage buildings look nice for many years to come, your customers we'll be able to lockup their belongings and lockout their worries.

GREAT SELECTION OF SELF STORAGE BUILDINGS

As the owner of an Olympia Steel metal storage building you will love the features and benefits that Olympia offers. From a variety of options including eleven panel colors and four matching trim colors to the virtually maintenance-free, durable materials used in our self storage buildings, you will be pleased with Olympia's quality, selection & great customer service.

Olympia Steel Buildings Factory Is CSA-A660 Certified For Canada

It is mandatory that U.S. manufacturers selling steel buildings into Canada have CSA-A660  certification. Steel Built Corp., the manufacturer of Olympia Steel Buildings has invested time and money to ensure that Olympia steel buildings meet all Canadian standards for steel buildings and metal building systems .

All preengineered steel buildings and metal building systems bought out of the U.S. should have a factory of origin written on all purchase contracts along wtih a copy of the A660 certificate for that factory. Steel Built Corp. is proud to meet all requirements of the CSA-A660 Quality Certification for Steel Building Systems in Canada. CSA-A660 Certification assures any Canadian purchaser that an Olympia Steel Building is a quality certified building and is manufactured to adhere to the standards of the CSSBI: Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute.

Not all steel building system companies are able to meet the high standards of quality set by CSA-A660 and the CSSBI. Buyer Beware: there are steel building system manufacturers selling steel buildings and metal building systems in Canada that DO NOT have CSA-A660 Quality Certification.

Olympia Steel Buildings Set Themselves Apart

Olympia Steel Buildings® set themselves apart by using better materials, better quality control, exceptional customer service and industry-leading warranties. GSA approved Olympia steel buildings come with Olympia's outstanding weather-resistant PBR roof, or you can opt for their patented Zeus-Shield® standing seam roofing system for metal buildings.