As a leader in the steel building industry, United Steel Building is dedicated to provided the precise type of structure that our clients are in the market for.

With that in mind, we offer a wide range of steel building frame models. Take a look below to learn about a few examples...

Clearspan Frames: Offers unmatched strength, durability and versatility. We recommend this design for those that need large areas of unbroken space. How come? Because it requires no interior supports. It's typically used in factories, warehouses and almost any type of metal storage building. The limits on this type of design include: As width increases, the steel building frames must become proportionally heavier to bear the greater loads; down the line, the cost per square foot will begin to rise. Cost-effective for buildings as wide as 150 feet..

Modular Frames: Unlike clearspans, modular frames do employ interior columns. By more evenly distributing the load, they reduce the cost of both the frame and foundation of extremely wide metal buildings. The wider a building is, the greater the savings (which typically begin around 80 feet wide). Consequently, almost all buildings over 150' wide have interior columns. Modular designs are often used for factories and similarly large structures.

Single Slope Frames: Single slope frames have different heights on each sidewall so that the roof of the building "slopes" up from front to back. To describe a single slope design, you specify the eave height of the lower side and then define the pitch or slope of the roof. This is known as "roof pitch" and it's expressed as the number of inches a roof rises vertically for every 12 inches it runs horizontally. Most single slope commercial steel buildings employ a ½ :12 pitch, but they can be steeper. Single slope designs are commonly used for strip shopping centers, offices, and mini storage complexes.