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Rural Builder provides the news, features, products and how-to’s geared towards builders and suppliers of primarily low-rise agricultural and small retail and municipal structures. Published seven times annually, Rural Builder serves a horizontal market targeting all types of low-rise construction in cities of 250,000 or less population.

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

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher
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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

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher

- 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

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher

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

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher
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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 »

Posted in Construction Industry News, Featured Magazine, Frame Building News, Low Rise Construction, Post Frame, Post Frame News, Post Frame Products, Post-Frame Technique, Products, RB May 2013, Rural Builder Magazine | Tagged Ohio Department of Transportation, pole barns, post frame | Leave a comment

NBS introduces new hybrid metal building open-web rafter system

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher

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 »

Posted in Construction Industry News, Low Rise Construction, Metal Builder, Metal building systems, Metal Buildings, New Products, Products, Rural Builder Magazine | Tagged custom-engineered metal buildings, metal framing, Nucor Building Systems, TrussFrame | Leave a comment

INDOT opens new fabric salt storage structure from Legacy Building Solutions

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher

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 »

Posted in Construction Industry News, Low Rise Construction, Products, Rural Builder Magazine | Tagged Indiana Department of Transportation, INDOT, legacy building solutions | Leave a comment

Simpson Strong-Tie sponsors Building Safety Month

Posted on May 8, 2013 by Jim Austin

Simpson Strong-Tie is proud to once again join other industry associations and organizations in supporting the International Code Council’s (ICC) 2013 Building Safety Month in May. As a Supporting Sponsor, Simpson Strong-Tie is encouraging the industry and the general public … Read more »

Posted in Frame Building News, In the Industry, Metal Roofing, Metal Roofing Magazine, Rural Builder Magazine, Supplier News | Tagged Building Safety Month, International Code Council, Simpson Strong-Tie | Leave a comment

New innovative Schweiss Moving Gate

Posted on May 6, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher

Schweiss one piece hydraulic and patented lift strap bifold doors have been on themarket for years. Schweiss now has a newcomer on the scene — the Schweiss MovingGate. The Schweiss Moving Gate still utilizes the patented liftstraps, but instead of … Read more »

Posted in Construction Industry News, Doors & Windows, New Products, Products, Rural Builder Magazine, Supplier News | Tagged schweiss doors, Schweiss Moving Gate, The Paw Resort | Leave a comment

Virginia Tech researcher supports campaign to reduce construction falls

Posted on May 1, 2013 by Jim Austin

Falls in construction represent 14 percent of the fatalities on the job and are estimated to cost construction firms approximately $27,000 in direct costs per incident.  Daniel Hindman, Virginia Tech associate professor of wood engineering in the College of Natural … Read more »

Posted in Construction Industry News, Frame Building News, Horse Barn Builder, Low Rise Construction, Metal Roofing, Metal Roofing Magazine, Rural Builder Magazine | Tagged Daniel Hindman, fall protection, post-frame, safety, Virginia Tech | Leave a comment

F+W Trade Division gives Red Cross donation for Project Sandy

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Sharon Thatcher

The Trade Division at F+W Media has donated $2,240 to the American Red Cross through its Project Sandy effort. F+W Media, owners of Rural Builder, Frame Building News, Metal Roofing Magazine and other Trade and special interest properties, established a … Read more »

Posted in Building Components, Commercial/Institutional, Construction Industry News, Doors & Windows, Fasteners, Gutter Products, Low Rise Construction, Metal Builder, Metal building systems, Metal Buildings, Metal Roofing, Metal Shingles, Post Frame, Post Frame Products, Product Guides, Products, Reroofing, Residential, Roofing Products, Rural Builder Magazine, Supplier News, Underlayments, Vertical Panels | Tagged building resources, f+w media, hurricane sandy, project sandy, superstorm sandy | Leave a comment