Prefab Buildings

Commercial Prefab Buildings

What are prefabricated buildings?

Available prefabricated steel building sizes

Commercial steel building applications

The advantages of prefabricated steel buildings

How much do prefabricated steel buildings cost?

Steel building components

Allied’s Prefabricated Commercial Steel Buildings

What Are Prefabricated Buildings?

The term “Prefabricated buildings” refers to one of the biggest categories of off-site manufactured buildings. To better understand prefabricated buildings, we must understand the term prefabrication.

Prefabrication refers to a building, or piece of furniture, that is manufactured in sections to enable quick and easy assembly on site. The sections are manufactured in a factory setting or factory-like setting. The pre-built elements are then delivered to the construction site and assembled together.

If you’ve done any preliminary research about steel building construction, you have likely seen the term “prefab” thrown around. In short, “prefab” is just an abbreviation for “prefabrication”. When a steel building is designated “prefab”, it means that the structural components of the frame have been pre-engineered, designed, cut, drilled & painted before they ship and deliver for on-site assembly.

Available Prefabricated Steel Building Sizes

Metal building kits come in all shapes and sizes. The lighter gauge tube-frame kits may come in pre-designated sizes but the more commercial grade materials such as cold form & I-Beam structures are designed & engineered to your specific needs & most importantly, local building codes & conditions.

There are, however, design efficiencies that should be considered for each material. That may mean optimized bay widths, lengths or floor heights. For larger buildings, that’s usually 20-25’ bay width increments for maximum system efficiency.

BUILDING UNDER 3K SF. Common small metal building sizes include: 30×40, 30×50,40×40, 40×50, 40×60, 50×100. If you’re looking for a metal building kit under 3,000 SF, check out our 3D Building Designer for real-time pricing with a self-checkout option.

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