Advantages of Cold Formed Metal Buildings

By Anna Lockhart.  

Becoming a cold formed building contractor or distributor can be a great opportunity to expand your business! 

Since 1963, McElroy Metal has been providing contractors across the country with quality metal roofing products and systems. In particular, McElroy Metal has found great success in partnering with contractors and distributors by providing them with a solution that is easy to install with minimal time and labor requirements, the cold formed metal building.  

Cold formed metal buildings are made with 100% factory roll-formed parts, which significantly reduces the need for on-site fabrication for its assembly. Cold formed buildings are changing the way American contractors do metal thanks to the many benefits it provides compared to traditional metal buildings. With this type of building, there is no longer a need to spend additional weeks and months welding frames and assembling endless parts as were needed in traditional pre-engineered metal buildings.  

Cold formed metal buildings from McElroy Metal provide contractors with many advantages, such as:  

• 20% - 25% less concrete needed 
• Drill-in anchors  
• Quick and easy installation 
• Precise, roll formed components  
• Shorter lead times 
• No aesthetically displeasing weld lines or blemishes  
• Lower equipment fees  

Relying on a quick and easy to install building like this is essential in today’s tight labor market, when it’s hard to extend available labor crews for one project. With a shorter fabrication process, this alternative is ready to go without the need to fabricate or weld frames!  

Another major advantage of cold formed metal buildings is the aesthetically pleasing interior look. Compared to traditional metal buildings, which often sported dark red coating, cold formed buildings have a sleek and contemporary look with the galvanized materials used in their design. In a market where building owners are looking for stylish and modern interiors, cold formed buildings are the way to go! 

McElroy Metal has been a trustworthy provider and manufacturer of metal resources for the industry for over sixty years, and with fourteen manufacturing facilities, twenty-eight service centers and forty-four Metal Mart store locations, they’re ready to help get you and your team ready and equipped with quality metal materials and solutions that consumers are looking for!  

Learn more about McElroy Metal and how you can become a McElroy Metal distributor or contractor today!