Pre-engineered metal buildings are a long-term investment that retain value

Cost-effective industrial buildings made from pre-engineered panels earn you money even at the end of their lifespan.

By Darren Sperling

If you’re looking to add a new facility to your industrial business, whether it be for large- or small-scale projects in the lumber, mining, agricultural or manufacturing industries, Summit Steel Buildings metal structures are a better cost-effective alternative to traditional building. You can achieve a better rate of return on your lifelong investment by using steel construction. Pre-engineered metal buildings provide a valuable cradle-to-grave high rate of return on investment even after you’re finished needing the building.

Save when it’s time to expand

You never need to worry about outgrowing your building space. Metal buildings are designed to be expanded at either end and make future expansion quick and inexpensive by adding onto your length with additional modular units. You’re assured you’ll be able to address future capacity without being locked into an existing concrete foundation. It’s one way you can address future needs without compromising current operations.

Modern businesses need the capability to pivot and modify how they conduct their operations. Pre-engineered designs are created in a modular fashion that allows you to adapt and alter layouts, structural components and even add upper floors as needed. Builders will have little trouble reconfiguring any area, so you’ll get your operations back into full capacity with a faster build time, less downtime and less interruption to your regular production schedule.

Steel panels can easily be combined with other materials, not just for aesthetic appeal, but also to become a flexible engineering option when merging buildings or different construction components. Steel is incredibly flexible and can be combined with efficient materials whether you are expanding upwards or to any side.

Your building is a valuable asset, not a sunk cost

Should you no longer need your building at its current location or with its present use, you have so many possibilities to get even more value from your original investment. Once you are done with your building in its current capacity, it can be deconstructed and moved or modified in its layout to adapt to a new purpose. Why build another facility when you can transform the one you already have into another use, even if it requires a different layout? Imagine taking a production building in one location and within a couple of weeks have a warehouse facility in another province – at a fraction of the cost of building new.

And, if the building is no longer needed at all, your pre-engineered building can be sold in its entirety to another company and easily shipped to their property site. Steel buildings also offer endless recyclability. The well-established, high demand for steel scrap means every piece of your former building can be sold and recycled. Its high salvage value and all-steel components make pre-engineered steel buildings an investment that retain their immense value.

Contact Summit Steel Buildings when you’re ready to build

Company planning officers tend to only look at the cash outlay at the beginning of a project rather than at the long-term investment value some of these opportunities present. Doing the net present value calculation to learn how soon the purchase will pay for itself yields incredible value. The payback period is quicker than with traditional construction methods, at a lower total cash outlay. Pre-engineered metal buildings offer incredible annual operation savings, endless usage and a high rate of return.

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Contact our team at Summit Steel Buildings at 877-417-8335 to receive a free quote so we can get started on your next project. We’re sure you’ll like what we can do for your growing business.