Metal Building Foundations

Pre-engineered and pre-fabricated metal buildings and steel buildings are a good option for an easy, fast way to have a building structure erected quickly. Small backyard metal storage units or large business structures need to be engineered in order to be effective in their ultimate end use. Jones & DeMille Engineering structural engineers and des... igners know exactly what needs to be done to design and construct a pre-engineered and pre-fabricated metal building. Knowing what you want is the beginning and from there the Jones & DeMille Engineering (J&DE) structural engineers, designers and construction project manager team will design and construct a functional pre-engineered or pre-fabricated building to suit your needs. Is your pre-manufactured or pre-engineered metal building going to be an office building, a gathering/meeting house, a large storage unit? Will there need to be plumbing and restroom facilities? How about electrical outlets and lighting? Will the electrical outlets and lighting be only on the inside, or do you also need security lighting and power sources on the outside of the premanufactured or pre-engineered metal building? Will there be landscaping involved? Once you have answered these questions, the structural engineers and designers at Jones & DeMille Engineering will design your building, procure the building permit and address any zoning issues that might arise, over-see the bidding process and award the bid to the contractor. Once the bid has been awarded to the contractor, J&DEs construction project managers will monitor the project to make sure that all of the specifications are adhered to and the building is built to the exact specifications designed by the structural engineer. The foundation is the most important part of the project. After deciding what size building you need Jones and DeMille Engineering structural engineers and designers, with eight offices located throughout the state of Utah, will calculate the load that the foundation will need to support and the structural ...Read More