Safety Features of Your Future Steel Building
A steel building has many advantages over other construction materials, among them strength, affordability, ease of installation and the ability to move your building without demolition and subsequent construction work. None of those advantages mean much when personnel, livestock and equipment are put at risk, though. Happily, enhanced safety is yet another way in which a steel building outdoes its competition. Fire Resistance This is an important factor as far as many buyers and building designers are concerned. Gasoline burns at 495 degrees Fahrenheit (at standard atmospheric pressure); diesel at somewhere between 126 and 205 °F. Steel won’t melt until it reaches at least a 1,000 degrees F. You need non-combustible material for all your farm, ranch and residential building needs; whether housing livestock, produce, expensive machinery or workplace tools, demand the ultimate in fire resistance. Furthermore, hazardous materials housing may attract special restrictions from code enforce