Butler Metal Buildings

Butler Metal Buildings – You may have heard the term “Butler Building” before, but you weren’t quite sure what it meant. Maybe you do know what Butler Buildings are, but aren’t fully aware of how this type of construction could work for you. Let’s walk through a few key points.

Just like Levi jeans are the brand leader in blue jeans, Butler pre-engineered buildings are the brand leader in the pre-engineered metal building industry.

Butler Manufacturing Company built its first rounded roof car garage in 1910 and the first rigid frame building was developed by Butler and erected in 1939.

Although most of these early 20th century structures are no longer standing it is not uncommon to see a Butler building from the 1940’s or early 1950’s still being utilized today.

What is a Butler Building?

Butler Manufacturing is the preeminent brand for pre-engineered buildings. They design and manufacture metal building systems for a number of markets ranging from commercial to community, and industrial to agricultural.

These buildings are pre-engineered, so the entirety of a project is stream-lined traditional construction can often take up to 30% longer due to the separation of the design and the construction phase.

What makes a Butler Building so identifiable is the factory-punched steel construction of the building. Once you know what this type of building looks like, it’s hard not to start noticing it everywhere!

What makes a Butler Building the best choice?

There are many benefits of a Butler Building construction process. You can save time and money, have a more accurate cost pre-determined at a sooner date, and have the building designed specifically to work best with your individual needs.

With Butler pre-engineered buildings, many of the materials and costs are determined at an earlier stage than you could expect in a traditional construction project. This means less room for surprise expenses during the construction process.

Butler Buildings also offer a lot of flexibility. Buildings of any size and shape can be supported through Butler’s Design-Build process. With exterior options like stucco, brick, glass, and Butler’s classic metal wall panels, the options are many! Additionally, you have the option of one of the industry’s finest watertight roof systems, the MR-24.

How do you get a Butler Building?

Butler Buildings are found all over North America. You may think this sounds like a difficult thing to achieve, but Butler has an excellent group of partner construction companies spanning the continent.

Abcott Construction is your Butler partner! We specialize in the Design-Build method, and have a large portfolio with a great variety of unique clients.

Whether it’s a car dealership, heavy industry or a public school, a Butler Building may be the right type of building for you!