Florida Steel Buildings Weather The Storm

Hurricane Season 2015 is upon us and NOAA is forecasting an below-average number of storms. It’s important to remember that it only takes one Category 5 storm to inflict immeasurable damage to a wide-spread area. It’s also important to remember that for Florida residents, the statistical odds of taking a direct hit is substantial as it has been nearly a decade since the state was last impacted by a major hurricane. Florida’s string of luck in avoiding the impact from a major hurricane is the longest on record dating back to 1851.

Florida Steel Building Codes

Buck Steel are the Florida steel building code experts. The codes for building in Florida are some of the most stringent in the countryflorida-steel-buildings-2 and there’s no better company to engineer your next Florida metal building project than Buck Steel. You see, we are Floridians ourselves. Our corporate headquarters is on the border of Palm Beach County and Broward County. We know Florida like the back of our hand; we live here, we work here, we play here, we raise families here, we help our clients build here.

Whether a steel church in Tampa, a metal warehouse in Vero Beach, a riding arena in Homestead, a backyard shop in West Palm Beach, a retail strip mall in Orlando, or a roof only building for hay storage in Ocala, we have successfully designed and erected hundred’s of Florida steel buildings over the past decade, and in the process have gained an immeasurable amount experience with Florida steel buildings.

While the different regions of Florida all pose their own unique steel building challenges, South Florida – by far – is the most challenging. It’s not uncommon for a South Florida steel buildings to be engineered to sustain 180+ mph wind loads. At 180+ mph, the pressures placed on Florida metal buildings and Florida steel buildings are enormous and the pressures placed on the doors and windows in the buildings are equally impressive.

Florida Metal Building Accessories

A South Florida metal building designed for 180+ mph wind load is only as strong as it’s weakest link and often the weak link is it’s doors. If the doors installed in a steel building fail during exposure to high wind, they allow a tremendous amount of rapidly moving air into the structure and this air will find a way to exit the structure – often by blowing-out an opening in the roof, endwalls, or sidewalls (the picture above is a perfect example of this).

Standard Windlock Certified commercial rollup doors will not be sufficient under these kinds of pressures, and instead rolling steel, sectional, or hydraulic doors will need to be used. Such doors are very costly and can sometimes surpass the cost of the metal building itself. Likewise, a similar situation exists for both personnel (walk) doors and windows.

Proper selection of these items can help guarantee that after the next hurricane – your steel building will be in the same condition as it was before the storm. Due to our extensive experience here in Florida, you can rest assured that the design advise and guidance provided by Buck Steel will prove a valuable contribution toward the success of your next building project and will help your Florida metal building weather the storm!

The Buck Steel Advantage

Whether you are considering a 40′ x 60′ metal garage, a 10,000 sq. ft. steel warehouse, a 3,000 sq. ft. airplane hangar, a 30,000 sq. ft. open steel riding arena, or a new steel church for your congregation, a steel building project can sometimes be intimidating to navigate alone. Whether for personal or business use, you want to minimize the cost of your steel building project while maximizing the benefit it provides.

Why not give yourself The Buck Steel Advantage and have a reputable metal building supplier, serving the steel building customer for nearly 20 years, with 1,000’s of completed projects guide you through the metal building process?

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