Architect Jim Delmont and Bob Lotspeich of SL Construction and Lester Building Systems, are on a roll. They have collaborated on over two dozen highly successful post-frame construction projects. They received honors such as the Lester Award of Excellence and an honorable mention for Building of the Year by the National Frame Building Association.
One of their post-frame construction...
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“Winter was rapidly approaching,” recalled builder Glen Thomsen. “Lawrence Township, in Michigan, needed to retrofit its old brick and block fire station to house a new fire engine”
Thomsen considered using block and steel for construction. But, given the cold weather and the longer building processes of those methods, the project would have taken an estimated...
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Municipal projects offer many opportunities for contractors who have the patience for the challenge. But for post-frame builders, the potential opportunities may not even be offered due to a lack of understanding of modern post frame. Indeed, as post frame continues to grow and mature, the challenge of educating consumers to its many new possibilities remain.
Employees, visitors, and four-legged residents were not exactly working or living in comfort at the Saratoga County Animal Shelter in Ballston Spa, NY.
The 5,000-sq-ft facility had been expanded many times; some sections were in poor condition, and the entire structure had inadequate insulation. When an all-new $5.1 million facility was announced, the proposals started to roll...
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