Overview
American Buildings Company
American Buildings Company, known as American Buildings, is a manufacturer of custom pre-engineered metal buildings and a brand of Nucor Corporation. Nucor is described as the largest steel producer and recycler in North America. American Buildings states that its buildings are designed, detailed and fabricated in the United States using American steel from Nucor. Full-service plants are located in Illinois, South Carolina, Texas and Utah.
The company sells through a builder network of nearly 1,000 design-build contractors across the United States, Canada and the Caribbean, called the Authorized Builder Network. Its Find a Rep listing covers the United States and Canada. Accreditations listed are IAS AC472, CAN/CSA-A660 and CWB W47.1 certification, and the company is a member of MBMA.
The product range includes custom pre-engineered metal building systems, the R-Boost roof insulation system, Metl-Span insulated metal panels, Nucor Steel Store components, the ShakeoutPro+ staging app and seamer rental. The company’s pages cover metal building systems for various applications, national accounts, BIM 3D technology and energy code solutions.
American Buildings describes itself as a custom steel building manufacturer, and it states that its custom engineered steel building systems range from simple to complex. Its Company Profile page and its Find a Rep section list the United States and Canada. The plants in Illinois, South Carolina, Texas and Utah are full-service plants. Nucor Steel Store components and Metl-Span insulated metal panels are listed among its products.
The markets it lists are maintenance and service, education and institutional, manufacturing and industrial, warehouse and distribution, aviation and hangars, agricultural and farm, athletic and recreational, commercial and retail, and office buildings.
The American Buildings Long Span III roof profile is the product from this manufacturer in the library. The company promotes sustainable metal building systems and green building services.
Relevant manufacturer history
American Buildings was founded in 1947 in Columbus, Georgia, as Steel Builders, Inc. The company was later renamed American Buildings and relocated in 1964.
The company describes itself as having served the industry for more than three-quarters of a century. It is now a brand of Nucor Corporation, a Fortune 500 company.
Manufacturing is carried out at plants in Illinois, South Carolina, Texas and Utah, and the Authorized Builder Network supplies its buildings in the United States, Canada and the Caribbean. Its range has grown from steel buildings to include roof insulation systems, insulated metal panels and builder tools such as a staging app and a seamer rental service.
