Why Steel is the Best Material for Oil and Gas Buildings

Pre-engineered steel buildings for oil and gas companies are the best material for new construction. Oil and gas companies, like all businesses, need to ensure manageable construction and long-term costs for the success of their businesses. They must also strive to create a safe work environment, both for the well-being of the workers and to avoid the costly consequences of employees’ illness, injury, and even death. 

Prefabricated steel construction can help ensure oil and gas company’s financial success through lower construction costs. The strength and durability of steel will also help reduce long-term utility expenses, maintenance, repairs, and insurance costs. The Allied Steel framing system will easily adapt to your business’s changing needs, extending the building’s lifespan, saving time and money to deconstruct or rebuild.  

Construction Cost-Savings Of Steel Construction 

Disclaimer: Construction prices’ current drastic fluctuations require us to advise using the following information as a general guide for clear span building prices subject to change due to material costs, supply chain issues, and consumer demand.

Reduced Material Expenses

Allied Steel Buildings lessens building costs by efficiently managing their supply chain, including material buying, manufacturing, and assembly, aiming to save their customers on the final cost of building an oil or gas building. 

By buying steel in bulk, Allied Steel Buildings qualifies for a discount that they pass down to their clients.

Precision cut Allied Steel Buildings minimize construction waste, reducing material cost. 

Lower Labor Costs

Prefabricated building kits arrive at the construction site ready to assemble in hot or cold weather. Gas or oil buildings take about 33 percent less time than other building methods. Allied Steel Pre-Engineered Buildings hastens delivery time by cutting each piece to fit precisely, creating an efficient construction method that ensures a smooth building with clean lines. Ready to assemble, precision-cut kits quicken the construction timeline and lower labor costs for oil or gas buildings.

Easily Expandable Steel Buildings

Allied Steel Buildings allows for oil and gas companies to economically expand or adapt their building’s size as their business needs change. Adding frames to the long side of the building provides the most cost-effective and practical way to extend the building since it only requires installing an extra frame to the end of the building. In comparison, adding width widens the structure along the entire length, requiring you to lengthen each supporting rafter by equal feet. Furthermore, you must increase every support rafter to support the more significant roof load.

Lowering Long-Term Costs With Steel Buildings

The strength and integrity of a well-maintained Allied Steel metal building will lower long-term costs by limiting maintenance and repairs due to moisture, natural disasters, and pests, ensuring the integrity and strength of the structure for as long as the owner needs. An insulated steel building will lessen energy and insurance expenses. In addition, paint finishes provide multiple-decade warranties, protecting against peeling, blistering, cracking, chipping, further contributing to the structure’s longevity. 

Moisture-Resistant

Allied Steel does not contract and expand when exposed to moisture. Moisture-resistant steel also stops the growth of unhealthy and structurally damaging mold.

Hurricane And Tornado-Resistant

Allied Steel buildings stand up to severe winds. With the proper engineering, steel buildings can resist a blast of wind of 180 mph and snow loads of 120 lbs per ft2, saving on costly repairs.

Earthquake-Resistant

Steel buildings will absorb earthquake energy without adverse effects, like collapsing. 

Pest-Resistant

Steel naturally resists structurally damaging pests, like termites.

Energy Savings

Precision cutting the pieces minimizes gaps in the doors, windows, and other areas susceptible to air infiltration, lessening HVAC costs. Steel structures lack adequate insulating properties. To maintain the inside temperature of a prefabricated steel building and lower the cooling and heating costs by at least 50 percent, you can install an insulation material like batted insulation or a thermal insulated metal panel. 

Reduced Insurance Costs

Insurance companies base their premiums on a building’s resistance to damage. Allied Steel Buildings provide disaster, moisture, and pest-resistance that can lower insurance rates significantly compared to wood-framed buildings. 

Some experts predict an increase in property insurance prices of 10 to 30 percent this year due to recent floods, wildfires, hurricanes, and tornados, emphasizing the need to control insurance rates by building steel gas and oil buildings. 

Building Safe Oil And Gas Buildings With Steel

Fire-resistant Allied Steel Buildings provide superior ventilation, ensuring the safety and well-being of the occupants of the buildings. 

Fire-Resistant

Fire-resistant steel also will trap flames, preventing the spread of the problem.

Proper Ventilation

Allied Steel Buildings offer ventilation systems designed to meet the stringent requirements of the gas and oil industries. The systems control the movement of fresh air through a building while removing hot, contaminated, and stagnant interior air, creating safe indoor air quality inside the gas and oil building. 

Steel Design Options For Oil And Gas Building

Allied Steel Buildings offer endless design options to accommodate many gas and oil industry sectors, including oil and gas equipment fabrication. Steel allows for further and higher framing spans than other building techniques, allowing for the specialized equipment and machinery utilized in the gas and oil industries.

Allied Steel Building Framing Dimensions

WIDTHS: 10’ to 300’ or more of unobstructed space with a clear span design; up to 600’ and wider possible with minimal interior columns

HEIGHTS: 8’ to 60’ and more

LENGTHS: Limitless 

Fast and straightforward steel building assembly means you can quickly get your gas or oil company up and running. Allied Steel building experts will help you design your oil and gas building to exceed local building codes, protect against snow, wind, salt-air, and earthquakes, and resist rust, lighting, fire, termites, and mold. 

Why Allied Steel Buildings Is The Best Deal For 

Oil And Gas Companies

Allied Steel Buildings help oil and gas companies maintain their profits through lower construction and long-term costs than other building methods. The steel framing system easily adapts to new loading conditions and vertical and horizontal expansion, providing new life beyond the structure’s original design, eliminating the cost to move or rebuild as your business grows. 

Steel construction helps promote safe work environments, protecting the workers and the company’s finances from severe winds, fires, earthquakes, and unhealthy air. Call us today at 1.877.997.8335 or fill in our contact form here to learn why Allied Steel Buildings are the best deal for oil and gas buildings.

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