| Many developers are increasingly choosing to | | | | Metal buildings typically use a highly heat resistant |
| construct their buildings out of metal for various | | | | metal such as steel for the building frame, structural |
| reasons. Metal buildings are stronger and less | | | | supports, interior columns, and included in the slabs |
| vulnerable to the ravages of time and weather. | | | | used to form the building for added support. This |
| Because metal is inorganic, the owner does not have | | | | makes the most vital areas of the building extremely |
| to worry about the structural supports of the building | | | | heat resistant and lessens the possibility that the |
| being damaged by termites, mold, rot, or fungi. Using | | | | structural stability of the building will fail in the event of a |
| metal to construct the building also lessens the risk that | | | | fire. In fact, a typical building fire would not generate |
| the building will become warped during construction, | | | | nearly enough heat for the structural features of the |
| allowing the building to be built with right angles and | | | | building to be greatly damaged in any way, even |
| ensuring that all of the windows and doors in the | | | | though the walls and furnishings of the building may be |
| building will open and close properly for the life of the | | | | completely destroyed. There are very few things that |
| building. One feature that has many individuals | | | | can damage a metal building to the point of structural |
| clamoring for a metal building is the building's ability to | | | | failure. |
| withstand the impact of heat. | | | | Many individuals choose to construct buildings out of |
| A metal building is better able to withstand the intense | | | | metal because it is very rare that the entire building will |
| heat of a fire or explosion better than many other | | | | need to be replaced because of damage. Walls and |
| types of building materials. This is because the metal | | | | furnishings can be replaced easily and usually within a |
| has a burning or melting point that is much higher than | | | | matter of weeks, but individuals that have constructed |
| building materials such as wood. It is also an inorganic | | | | a metal building typically will not have to worry about |
| substance, so the fire cannot feed off of the metal like | | | | replacing the entire building due to some unforeseen |
| it would be able to off of organic building materials. It is | | | | event. Metal buildings not only have the ability to |
| very difficult for a fire to reach the temperatures | | | | withstand the heat of a fire, but can also withstand |
| needed to severely damage or destroy the structural | | | | small explosions, earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and |
| supports of a metal building to the point where the | | | | tornadoes. All of these natural and man-made |
| building would collapse. On the other hand, buildings | | | | disasters can cause a great deal of damage to the |
| made out of wood or other organic materials actually | | | | building and its contents, but the building will not be |
| feed a fire and help it to race through the structure, | | | | destroyed. In many cases, it is mainly the metal |
| destroying everything in its path. | | | | buildings that are left standing after a disaster. |