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Watch Out for Hucksters: (cont. from Mon.)

Some prefab steel building websites allow you to design and order a building online. Will the building you are ordering meet all building codes and load requirements? Will you be able to comply with your local zoning ordinances? You will have to be the one to ask because the steel building company you select may not have the information on your particular location. Did you know that if you do not specify precisely, your building will be built according to generic standards? Make sure then that you do in fact specify exactly what you need to have for your organization. Very often when asking some of these hucksters to incorporate the codes you need for your building may only increase the price of the pre-engineered building. Some of the pricing systems of these websites do not include the building codes of every area. As a result, they may not be able to build the quality of building that you must have for your project. One online company, priding itself on its “online purchasing ease”, specifically states that it will not sell into certain areas of Florida or California. It turns out that these are frequent hurricane and heavy seismic activity areas. (We at General Steel provide durable structures to these areas every year.) Therefore, do not allow yourself to contract with a company that is not suitable for your requirements.