Manufacturing and Installation Partnerships Yield Huge Client Benefits

New building projects must choose between a large variety of materials, much like in the story of the three little pigs. While no reasonable person would recommend using straw, wood and brick materials remain very popular. Brick may have withstood the attacks by the wolf at the end of the story, but the updated version would build the best structure with invincible steel. Modern pre-engineered steel systems provide Canadian and American industry with affordable, comfortable and eco-friendly commercial and industrial low-rise or multi-story construction.

If you think industrial buildings are all carbon copies of each other because they use standardized pre-engineered components, you haven’t explored what contemporary modular construction can do for your business. Steel’s high strength-to-weight ratio means your building can have wide open spaces, exciting architectural design, such as cantilevers and building-wide windows, that only pre-engineering allows. Steel construction creates beautiful retail and office spaces that are comfortable and accommodating to your skilled workforce and professionals. These commercial building designs are also used for data centers, warehouses, fulfillment and logistics and distribution centres. Regardless of end use, standardized pre-engineered steel components mean your building will be built quicker and more affordably – the result of partnerships between component manufacturers and construction companies, like Double Black Construction.

Double Black Construction works with the industry’s top pre-engineered building manufacturers, such as Summit Steel Buildings, Behlen Steel Buildings, Toro Steel Buildings and Olympia Steel Buildings, just to name a few, to be the general contractor and see that building projects are completed in an expedited time at a very affordable price. Their modular construction process shortens project design and engineering time, reduces costs, improves construction productivity and provides endless possibilities for easy and affordable future expansion. Building installation uses pre-engineered wall and roofing systems to be more cost-efficient, safe and eco-friendly compared to traditional brick-and-mortar construction. If you haven’t considered using pre-engineered buildings for your next capital project, you are missing out on the extensive benefits of this form of contemporary construction.

Working with manufacturing partners that control their own inventory, Double Black is able to meet client deadlines and get new buildings constructed on time without interruption by supply chain disruptions. Even with supply- and labour-constrained markets, the company’s expanded capabilities have allowed them to produce at their regular, predictable rate. Customers have received their final building solutions without delays experienced by other markets, especially in residential houses where lumber shortages and skyrocketing prices have caused considerable chaos.

Part of the reason for Double Black Construction’s reliability during the pandemic crisis has been due to the advantages of relying on pre-engineering components made and inventoried domestically. Regardless of final architectural design, a certain degree of engineering standardization provided an assured source of critical building components. Standardization does not mean “sameness”. No matter the final building’s architectural design, dimensions, size or aesthetic finishes, the internal engineering uses similar panels, materials and components – all made from the finest cold-formed steel for durability.

“Standardization is a concept some people misunderstand,” says John Lohan, President at Double Black Construction. “Every project, and every final building, is unique, customized to the client’s exact needs, using a fair proportion of similar parts. If we compare pre-engineered buildings to a car’s essential components, each company’s engines perform to different specifications and the exteriors are different, yet the internal bolts, structural supports and casings are made similarly, often by the same parts supplier. It’s a similar relationship to what we have with our pre-engineered panel manufacturers.”

While floorplans, roof designs and internal finishes are different, steel buildings also use standard electrical and cooling systems for the most part. Standardized structural parts offer greater resiliency and dependability to the construction process. When clients order a building that features pre-engineered components from Double Black Construction’s domestic manufacturers, they are assured the final design and building construction will be done on time and on budget to the highest dress by their skilled and certified professionals.

John Lohan has over 15 years of experience designing, engineering and installing over 500 metal buildings for architects and clients across North America and the globe. He’s managed all aspects of steel building construction, including material logistics and managing local and foreign construction teams. John also has special expertise in concrete foundation and excavation. He can be contacted at Double Black Construction at (833) 322-2722, by email at john@DoubleBlackConstruction.com or on LinkedIn.