Low Rise Construction

Information for the building professional on buildings above ground level, less than three stories in height, generally non-residential in nature.

Crew foreman of the month: Kole Kroft

FBi Buildings foreman challenges his crew, a ‘well-oiled machine’  / “Take his extraordinary level of drive and passion, add a crew truck pulling a trailer full of tools, point it at any project an architect can dream up or a … Read more »

Posted in FN June 2013, Frame Building News, Low Rise Construction, Post Frame | Tagged Crew foreman of the month, FBi Buildings, Kole Kraft | Leave a comment

Post-Frame R&T: Fall arrest system testing

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By Daniel P. Hindman  Ph.D., P.E., LEED Green Associate  / A fall is one of the most traumatic events that can happen on a jobsite. The effects of a fall, much like those of a wave spreading from a pebble … Read more »

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PFMI Update: Educate your post-frame customers!

Let the Post-Frame Advantage website work for you  / By John Ryan, NFBA Director, Market Development  / Have you visited the website postframeadvantage.com lately? It’s worth a visit, a bookmark and a link from your company site. Here are some … Read more »

Posted in FN June 2013, Frame Building News, Low Rise Construction, Post Frame, Post Frame News | Tagged nfba, Post-Frame Advantage, post-frame building | Leave a comment

Safety Update: Fall protection and heat stress

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has recently addressed two significant safety and health issues of great importance to post-frame contractors: fall protection and heat stress. Fall protectionAn effective discussion of how fall-protection requirements affect the post-frame contractor cannot begin … Read more »

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There’s more to plane hangar doors than what you may realize

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- By Sharon Thatcher, Rural Builder magazine – Many people who fly for a hobby would like to take their planes home with them, and increasingly they are. Whether they’re building a personal hangar on a rural piece of property, … Read more »

Posted in Doors & Windows, Featured News, Low Rise Construction, Metal Builder, Metal Buildings, Post Frame, Products, RB May 2013, Rural Builder Magazine | Tagged Cool-Air, FoldTite, hangar doors | Leave a comment

Hangar door tips for builders
: Some pointers for proper installation of 
plane hangar doors

- By Sharon Thatcher, Rural Builder magazine – Ag and aviation doors are not created equally Builders who think that one-size-fits-all for both markets would be making a mistake. David Coolman, owner of Cool-Air/FoldTite Systems, offers pointers on how to properly … Read more »

Posted in Low Rise Construction, Metal Builder, Metal Buildings, Post Frame, Post Frame Products, RB May 2013, Rural Builder Magazine | Tagged Cool-Air, FoldTite Systems, hangar doors | Leave a comment

Storage for corrosive conditions: Tension fabric popular for buildings needed for harsh environments

By Sharon Thatcher, Rural Builder magazine – A popular choice by municipalities for the storage of salt and similar materials is tension fabric. The reason simply comes down to the harsh interior environments that a good fabric can handle. “In … Read more »

Posted in Construction Industry News, Low Rise Construction, Post Frame, Post Frame News, Post Frame Products, Post-Frame Technique, Products, RB May 2013, Rural Builder Magazine | Tagged legacy buildings, ODOT, Oklahoma Department of Transportation, tension fabric | Leave a comment

The possibilities of post frame: Ohio DOT project helps move style beyond pole barns

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- By Sharon Thatcher, Rural Builder magazine – Municipal projects offer many opportunities for contractors who have the patience for the challenge. But for post-frame builders, the potential opportunities may not even be offered due to a lack of understanding … Read more »

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NBS introduces new hybrid metal building open-web rafter system

Waterloo, Ind. – Nucor Building Systems, a leading manufacturer of custom-engineered metal building systems, is pleased to announce the expansion of its framing system product line to include Nucor TrussFrame, a hybrid metal building open-web rafter system. Nucor TrussFrame combines … Read more »

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INDOT opens new fabric salt storage structure from Legacy Building Solutions

WABASH, Ind. — The Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) has added a new facility for winter de-icing operations and salt storage in Wabash, Ind. The new tension fabric building, which provides enough capacity to store 3,600 tons of salt, was … Read more »

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