Cheap shortcuts. That’s how the uninitiated tends to sum up the concept of prefabricated buildings. One shape fits all, and you can have it any footprint configuration you want, as long as it’s a box. Okay, it might be true of some prefab steel buildings—but in...
What comes to mind when you think about the State of Michigan? Detroit, perhaps? That tops pretty much everybody’s list. Motown is the metonym (a word, name, or expression used as a substitute) for the city of Detroit—claimed by both the American automobile industry...
If you’re new to the idea of DIY building kits, you might think it’s all about low-quality, temporary, shed-like structures that look like cookie-cutter boxes. That would be a fair assumption – and some are. There are some steel building manufacturers that make...
There are many reasons why we love the State of Illinois — besides the fact that we’d be next door neighbors if it weren’t for Iowa and Wisconsin. One of the biggest reasons is that Illinois is home to the world’s largest catsup bottle. What, you may wonder, does...
If you’re going to open a successful auto shop, you need open space both on the floor and above. It means you either have to find a building already constructed that way—or you have to build one yourself. The former takes luck and patience. The latter is easy to do,...
The entire country has a lot to boast about, but Wisconsin just might be able to crow a little louder. Or maybe we should say, moo a little louder. The Swiss Cheese capital of the world is not—as you might think—Switzerland. It’s none other than Wisconsin. We’d like...
