Steel Framed Farm Buildings

The Ultimate Guide to Steel Framed Farm Buildings

Sunnyda is the answer to your problem if you are looking for cost-effective steel framed farm building. Either you need it for your business or personal needs, Sunnyda will meet your special project needs.

Sunnyda can provide steel framed farm building which easy to assemble, durable, affordable, and cost-effective rates, and many more advantages.

Sunnyda versatile and well-designed steel framed farm buildings are designed to protect your equipment and different purposes. It also provides a long term uses for your livestock.

Sunnyda manufactured steel framed farm buildings perfect for harsh conditions like heavy rains, strong winds, snow, and different temperature. It is more durable and sturdy steel framed farm buildings compared to traditional buildings.

It is offered in many useful spaces. Sunnyda can offer this per square foot. It is perfect for your expandable business since Sunnyda steel framed farm buildings are less maintenance that can let you easily handle other important work.

Sunnyda can suggest perfect sizes for your ordered steel framed farm building. It can be 10ft x 10ft, 40 x 60 and larger, 30ft x 40ft, etc. according to your business needs.

Steel framed farm buildings can use for storing vehicles and different types of equipment, livestock, and storing food or vegetables. We ensure that your stored foods or equipment will be safe and secured from any harsh conditions. We made a perfect size and foundation that withstand up to 50 years of life span and more years.

Steel framed farm buildings at Sunnyda offer 50 years life span and more. A well, engineered and well-designed farm buildings to offer for your business to helpyou grow faster.

Sunnyda steel framed farm buildings have different designs and different options.

It is professionally engineered that Sunnyda did to ensure the best quality. Sunnyda assured your business safety and help you save money and lessen your effort.

If you have your own idea for your steel framed farm building, Sunnyda can make it based on your design. Send us directly your inquiries!

Steel Framed Farm Buildings

Table of Contents

Introduction
Q1: What Is Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q2: What Are The Applications Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q3: Why Steel Framed Farm Buildings Are Used?
Q4: What Are The Benefits Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q5: What Are The Types Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q6: What Are The Specifications Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q7: Does Manufacturer Provide Insulated Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q8: Does Manufacturer Provide Steel Framed Farm Buildings Design?
Q9: Can Steel Framed Farm Buildings Be Customized?
Q10: Is Planning Permission Needed For Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q11: Are Steel Framed Farm Buildings Compliant To Local And International Building Code?
Q12: How Steel Framed Farm Buildings Are Erected?
Q13: What Type Of Foundation Is Required For Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q14: Are Steel Framed Farm Buildings Safe & Secure?
Q15: What Is The Wind Load Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q16: Do Steel Framed Farm Buildings Leak?
Q17: Are Steel Framed Farm Buildings Environmentally Green?
Q18: Are You The Manufacturer of Steel Framed Farm Buildings Or A Trading Company?
Q19: What About The Delivery Cost Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q20: Do you work with other Architects, Builders, and Developers?
Q21: How Much Cost Steel Framed Farm Buildings In China?
Q22: How Long Will It Take To Deliver Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q23: What Is The Warranty On the Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q24: Why Choose Sunnyda Steel Framed Farm Buildings?
Q25: Contact Us Now For Your Free Quote?

Introduction

This guide is designed to answer frequently asked questions about Steel Framed Farm Buildings, it provides readers with a thorough understanding of steel-framed farm buildings’ applications, benefits, specifications, design, customization, cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and more.

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Q1: What Are Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Steel framed farm buildings are structures that are made from vertical structural steel, columns and horizontal I-beams, they are widely used because they to offer wide span  and large open spaces at an economic cost, they comes in all sizes, in single or multi-bay. Best quality materials and high strength steel are used to offer excellent structural stability and durability. They are prefabricated at factory in short period and delivered ready for a quick and simple erection on-site. They are referred to as portal framed building and steel frame buildings.

Q2: What Are The Applications Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Steel framed farm buildings are widely used in the following agricultural applications:

• Livestock shed.

• Cattle shed.

• Lambing shed.

• Sheep shed.

• Poultry Houses.

• Swine Houses.

Animal stables.

• Barns and equestrian riding arenas.

• Dairy & Milking parlors.

• Straw barns.

• Implant sheds.

• Packing and distribution facility.

• General Purpose Barns.

• General commodities storage.

• Garaging for Tractors/Machinery,

• Maintenance buildings and workshops.

• Farm Residences.

Q3: Why Steel Framed Farm Buildings Are Used?

Steel framed farm buildings are used for the following purposes:

Sheltered Livestock

Steel framed farm buildings are designed to provide farmers with a healthy environment where they can accommodate safely their livestock (cattle, chicken, pigs, sheep, etc.) and keep them protected from any illness or death danger usually caused by predators or by extreme cold and hot temperature.

Space to Store Feed & Product

Storing farm products such as grain, feed, straw and hay in steel-framed farm buildings keeps them protected from different elements such as water, moisture that may make them wet and unusable, it plays also an important role in keeping stored agricultural products away from wild animals that may eat and cause unexpected damage to them.

Protects Farms Equipment

Farm equipment and machinery such as tractors, ploughs, harvesters, trailers, baler’s and back-hoes constitute a valuable investment to farmers, using steel-framed farm buildings as garages, keep them protected from weather-related damage that may cause severe damage such as corrosion, weathering and UV harmful effects. Thus, steel-framed farm buildings reduce depreciation, increase machines’ durability and eliminate any seizing of equipment or particular parts.

Q4: What Are The Benefits Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Steel framed farm buildings are essential today for any agricultural structure, they offer unmatched benefits, below are top of them:

Long-lasting

Steel framed farm buildings are very durable; they are constructed from high-strength tensile steel frames treated by galvanization process to deter the formation of corrosion and make the steel structure stronger and resilient. Top-quality materials are used to ensure the building will withstand extreme weather conditions and have a long lifespan anywhere from 75 to 100 years.

Maintenance-free

Compared to wooden buildings, steel-framed farm buildings can be used in the most challenging environment without any clear signs of failure or maintenance needed, this is due to the weather-resistant steel used, and the hot-dip galvanizing zinc and powder coating applied to protect the steel structure from rust caused by the effects of water and weather.

Furthermore, unlike farm buildings made from wood, steel being inorganic resist mold and doesn’t attract termite. Steel is also immune to the degrading effects of pests and insects which can damage the wooden frame and require periodic pest control.

Steel framed farm buildings are a cost-efficient solution to save farmers money and time, while it reduces the stress of maintaining the agricultural facility.

Affordability

Steel framed farm buildings are fabricated off-site and all components are delivered ready to be erected on-site, this saves construction time, and reduces costs of labour, materials, equipments, while it allows a quicker return on investment and eliminates adverse impact of many variables that can delay the project. Compared to traditional construction methods like wood-framed timber farm buildings, steel-framed farm buildings have proven to be more economic and durable. In addition to that, the steel-framed farm buildings weight ratio makes it relatively lightweight and economical to handle and transport.

Flexibility

Steel offers more flexibility in design; steel-framed farm buildings can be aesthetically designed and formed into any shape. Moreover, when compared to other traditional construction methods which use wood, brick and concrete, steel is the most stronger, durable and economic alternative, steel frames are 70% lighter than a comparable frame of concrete, this offers more flexibility in unloading the components, and makes installation easy, fast and safe.

Fire Resistance

Steel framed farm buildings are highly resistant to fire, the most advanced fire-engineered design, flame retardant material and intumescent coatings are used to act as a barrier that preserves the building structural integrity in the event of a fire. Also, the whole structure can be made from robust steel with high-temperature resistance properties that can resist up to 2 hours to elevated temperatures.

Q5: What Are The Types Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Steel framed farm buildings are available in a variety of stand-alone structures types that can be designed as fully enclosed or open-sided structures:

Clearspan frame

Clearspan frame is appropriate for small and medium-size steel-framed farm buildings, it can offer a clear span of up to 150′, a high-strength rigid frame which does not require any interior columns or bracing supports is normally used to provide an open space with more interior design versatility.

Multi-span frame

Multi-span frame suit largest steel-framed farm buildings with low-sloped roof design, this type of framing require 300 feet in width or more, the primary structural frame is made from straight or tapered column steel to hold up the structure and support the axial loads, Adding more columns to the interior structure can lower the overall building weight and cost, but on the same time it limits the clear space available.

The Simple Shed Type

Due to its economic cost, the simple shed steel framed farm building is widely used in localities where the winds are very constant in their direction.

The Open Shed Type

This type of steel framed farm building is opened on both sides but both ends can be enclosed. It is well designed to protect livestock from extreme weather conditions and keeps machines away from damage.

The Wide Enclosed Type

The wide enclosed steel farm buildings are used for general farming purposes, it is sufficiently large to house livestock and all farming machines and equipments in one floor space.

The Mezzanine Type

Mezzanine floors are a cost-effective solution for farmers looking to add more floor space for storage purpose or as a workspace, Steel framed farm buildings with mezzanine offer double floor space under the same roof, a wide selection of decking, steel partitions, OSHA compliant stairs, handrails, swing gates, sliding sections and more.

Q6: What Are The Specifications Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Steel framed farm buildings can be designed and engineered to suit all applications and environments:

Building Types: Pre-engineered steel framed farm building system.

Building Dimensions

Width: 24′

Length: 48′

Height: range from 10’ to 40’.

Clear span: up to 300’wide.

Code: IBC 2012

Structure

Steel frame: high tensile steel and heavy gauge steel beam sections are used.

Cold Rolled or Hot Rolled steel framed farm buildings

Frames are protected by hot-dip galvanizing, primer, shot blasted and painted with a protective finish.

26 gauge steel panel standard.

Seismic Category

Wind Load: 150 mph

Roof Snow Load: 5 psf

Live Load: 20 psf

Q7: Does Manufacturer Provide Insulated Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Yes, absolutely. Manufacturer can provide the Pro-Value fiberglass insulation systems and Spray foam insulation that can fit perfectly to any farm building application. The insulation is used for the objective to create a comfortable interior environment with the right temperature to accommodate livestock or to store any product. Insulation can significantly maximize the thermal performance and reduce the energy costs of cooling and heating, on the meantime, it can control condensation, moisture and help reduce and noise.

Q8: Does Manufacturer Provide Steel Framed Farm Buildings Design?

Bespoke steel framed farm buildings can be designed to suit customers functional and aesthetics requirements, a detailed CAD drawing and 3D design that shows exactly the project appearance is provided, the latest BIM technology are used to design the most efficient steel framed farm structures that enhance the daily agricultural operations. The space is relationally designed to incorporate a place for all needed functions for livestock facilities, equipment, crop storage, etc.

Also, customers can choose from an extensive range of materials, finishes and colours that suit respond to their needs and specifications

Q9: Can Steel Framed Farm Buildings Be Customized?

Yes, definitely. Regardless of the size or specifications required, steel framed farm buildings can be customized to meet the unique needs of farmers; thus, whether you are looking for a small or large size steel framed farm building for livestock, or for storage purpose, manufacturer can provide a climate controlled buildings that fit exactly to your business requirements and environment. Customers can choose from various attractive interior and exterior finishes, customization options includes but not limited to the following features:

Steel Frame

Lean-to frames, clear-span frames or multi-span frames.

Cladding

Available in single-skin fibre-cement sheets and composite insulated steel panels, with or without insulations, corrugated steel cladding to roof and walls. A wide range of styles and colours are available.

Walling

Concrete or galvanized metal grain walling.

Roof

Different roof styles can be designed to suit the application climate conditions, including the simple single pitch shed roof, the ordinary double pitch gable roof, etc. A wide range of fibre cement sheets, box profile metal sheets, standing seam roof panels and other types can provided.

Trim and Flashing

Colour coded trim, corner trim, eave trim, gable trim, window trim, framed opening trim, and base trim can be used.

Doors

Steel personnel doors, steel curtain roll-up doors, self-storage doors, roller shutters or double sliding doors, insulated slide-over doors and electrically operated slide over doors, etc.

Windows

A complete line of high quality commercial windows are available.

Accessories

Down spouts, gutter flashings, PVC down pipes, netting and paper in roof.

Liner panels

Light gauge steel framing for interior walls and partitions or as per customers specifications.

Colors

Customer can select its colors of choice for the steel framed farm building roof, walls and trim.

Other customization options:

Mezzanine floor systems; ventilation systems; skylights and wall lights; protective coating and paint.

Q10: Is Planning Permission Needed For Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Yes, absolutely. Steel framed farm buildings require a planning permission to be issued from the local planning department after a site survey. Manufacturer shall provide all drawings, plans, structural calculations and material specification that fulfill the local building requirements. For more information about the application process, we advise you to contact directly the concernment department office.

Q11: Are Steel Framed Farm Buildings Compliant To Local And International Building Code?

Yes, definitely. Steel framed farm buildings are designed and manufactured in compliance with local and international building code in terms of technical performance of the structure, design, materials, foundation, fire prevention and all regulations related to safety, public health and welfare.

Q12: How Steel Framed Farm Buildings Are Erected?

Steel framed farm buildings are designed and engineered for an easy installation, all erection drawings and instruction manual are provided along with everything needed to get the job done simply and safely, all the steel sections are accurately pre-cut to sizes with fixing points predetermined. However, cold rolled steel is more recommended than hot rolled steel because its light weight, it require less heavy lifting equipment, this shortens the construction time and lowers the erection costs.

Manufacturer provides customers with all guidance to ensure the building is successfully installed.

Q13: What Type Of Foundation Is Required For Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

To ensure durability and prevent the risk of any structural deterioration, a solid foundation should be well designed, 1m2 per stanchion is recommended for steel framed farm buildings. The most common type of foundation used for steel framed farm buildings are pad foundations, which require a concrete foundation for each steel column and strong bolts to anchor the building. Other types of foundation such as footing, pier, floating foundation and grade beam foundations are also used.  However, building load, soil type, wind speed, are important factors to consider before deciding what type of foundation best suit the application.

Q14: Are Steel Framed Farm Buildings Safe & Secure?

Short Answer is Yes! Steel framed farm buildings are extremely safe; they are designed and engineered to the strictest safety requirements of international building code. Moreover, the highest strength-to-weight ratio steel is used to support maximum load of heavy snow, high wind pressure, and earthquake seismic activities. Steel framed farm buildings are proven to be resilient in disaster-prone areas. In addition to that, the strongest tensile steel is used to ensure high fire resistance; while, all structural materials used are non-combustible.

Q15: What Is The Wind Load Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Wind load is a critical factor to take into account when designing steel framed farm buildings, it is calculated based on the location wind speed, wind direction, topography, altitude and exposure conditions, distance to sea and building height. Wind normally can affect the building structures through uplift load, shear load and lateral load, such dynamic forces can cause serious damage to roof overhangs, roof decking, walls doors and windows, for this reason, steel framed farm buildings should be designed to resist to the highest wind loads of 150 mph plus, steel thickness and wall studs spacing should be also carefully selected to ensure maximum wind load resistance.

Q16: Do Steel Framed Farm Buildings Leak?

To keep the steel framed farm buildings free from any inside or outside leaks, the overall building systems is made from waterproofing materials. However, to protect the building structure, metal roofs and walls against rain and snow damage, high-strength rigid steel framing and 26-gauge purlin bearing rib (PBR) steel panels are also used, in addition to rust-resistant self-drilling screws with washers for more sealing protection.

Q17: Are Steel Framed Farm Buildings Environmentally Green?

Steel framed farm buildings are environmentally friendly, being made from steel frame and steel cladding which can be 95% recycled and reused for an infinite number of times. Furthermore, steel framed farm buildings are truly sustainable structures, which are completely prefabricated in a controlled manufacturing environment that uses less natural resources and minimize waste.

Q18: Are You The Manufacturer of Steel Framed Farm Buildings Or A Trading Company?

Synnyda is the sole manufacturer and designer, over the past 20+ years we exported thousands of steel framed farm buildings worldwide. When you purchase directly from us, you will guarantee the best price, quality, contract terms, warranty, on-budget and on-time delivery and after-sales customer service.

Q19: What About The Delivery Cost Of Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

We deliver steel framed farm buildings to customers all over the world; delivery costs are dependent on destination, we provide the best shipping rates through our partners. Cost for worldwide delivery is available upon request.

Q20: Do you work with other Architects, Builders, and Developers?

Yes, we have a large business network with steel builders from all over the world; we design, manufacture and export steel framed farm building projects to customers from public and private sector including farmers, agricultural projects owners, engineering consultants, contractors, and more. We provide fully integrated solutions including turnkey projects. For more details, drop us an email about your project.

Q21: How Much Cost Steel Framed Farm Buildings In China?

The average cost of a steel framed farm building in China is $16 – $20 per square meter, if customization included, the building can cost up to $40 per square meter. Price may vary according to many variables such as size, design, specifications, etc. However, a complete quote will be generated based on customers’ requirements and includes freight cost.

Q22: How Long Will It Take To Deliver Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Steel framed farm buildings lead time takes 2 to 3 weeks from the date of receiving a confirmed order. Steel framed farm buildings can be delivered on time as per customers’ delivery schedule.

Q23: What Is The Warranty On the Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Manufacturer offers a life time warranty of 35 years on steel structure; other components are warranted as follows:

Rust: 2 years for 12 and 14 gauge frame.

Sheeting and Trim: 1 years limited warranty.

Panel Siding: 1 year

Roof collapse: 1 year

Paint: 1 years.

All warranties are subject to manufacturer normal terms and conditions listed on the finale purchase contract. More details are available upon request.

Q24: Why Choose Sunnyda Steel Framed Farm Buildings?

Sunnyda is a privately held company, founded in 2000, its main activity is focused on structural steel industry, we executed projects totaling over $5M. We have manufactured steel buildings and structures for international market for many years. We’re one of China’s leading manufacturers of highly engineered steel framed farm buildings; we provide one-stop shop for all of your agricultural steel building solutions, we can design, manufacture and customize the most durable and cost-effective steel framed farm buildings for our local and international clients. We use the most advanced engineering technologies to offer top-quality steel framed barns, poultry sheds and cattle sheds. Large steel farm buildings for storage purpose, steel horse stables and riding arenas can be designed.

We work together with our customers through all the project stages – from the design and planning phase, to the engineering and manufacturing to delivery of the project.  We supply our customers with premium steel framed farm buildings at competitive prices, every steel framed farm building is individually designed to high standard to ensure you get value for money; the very latest structural codes are applied.

We offer the strongest and most robust durable tensile steel framed farm buildings, which are made from high strength treated and galvanized steel beam sections and high quality steel purlins, timber eaves and side rails. Our steel framed farm buildings are weather resistant, they are designed can withstand harsh weather conditions, such as extreme temperatures, strong winds, heavy snow, etc. All of our steel framed buildings are fully engineered to the specific site location wind zones, topography and distance from the coastline.

Thus, whether you are looking for a steel framed farm building to house your livestock, grains, or machinery, we will design and manufacture the most durable building to meet your exact needs and specifications in terms of in size, design, configurations, finishing, accessories and customization.

We can ensure steel framed farm buildings made in conformance with the following international recognized standards:

• CE Marking Certification
• ISO9001:2015 – Quality Management System.
• ISO14001:2015 – Environmental Management System.
• Bureau Veritas Certification.

We welcome the opportunity to serve you, and help you realise your ideal steel framed farm building, contact us now.

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