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Thanks to the engineering departments of the steel building companies there are several types of buildings to withstand extreme weather and high seismic forces. Its common knowledge of the seismic activity that resides in California.

But a lot of people are not aware of the small pocket earth quake areas throughout the entire United States, such as Tennessee. Not even a week ago there was an earthquake that was right on the border of Colorado and New Mexico, with a magnitude of 3.0 or less. So what does this have to do with Prefabricated Steel Buildings?

According to the American Heritage Dictionary, an earthquake is the sudden shift of the earths crust due to the release of stress accumulated along geological faults or by volcanic activity.

As the seismic waves make the ground move underneath a structure, they pass on kinetic energy into that structure. Through it’s design, a steel building must absorb and control this kinetic energy as it dissipates throughout it. For years, metal building engineers have known how to design the prefab steel buildings to withstand these seismic forces.

There are several rules to be followed when designing residential and commercial steel buildings that will be erected in the high seismic areas across the country with respect to the kinds of bracing that can be used for the prefab metal building.

There are only two types of braces that may be put in a steel barn. And remember that it is not required to brace every wall in the structure to resist lateral winds and seismic activity. In a small version of a steel barn only one wall needs to be braced. In a steel structure that say has more bays, two bays at each wall needs to be braced. The first brace is called a Diaphragm Brace or panel shear. This brace is not as expensive and is used in areas where threat of these seismic activities and winds are the lowest. Diaphragm Bracing is something attached to the walls to absorb and withstand these types of activities.

In areas of very high seismic activity, all engineering departments of the steel building companies and factories require that a prefab metal building be braced using cable bracing (also called x-bracing). This type of bracing uses rod or cable structural support diagonals connected to the eave strut and the columns on each side of the designated bay to be braced.

So if you live in California or one of the other high seismic activity areas and you are ready to buy one of the many discounted steel buildings from Price A Building, you can be assured that it will be designed to stand up to earthquakes.

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Jack Speer, Bizwatch Publisher, in the contents of his article labeled “What Is The Definition of Customer Service” definitely comes with a definition of a standard of customer service that most if not all companies that provide residential and commercial prefabricated steel buildings should try to obtain.

Mr. Speer defines customer service as follows…”Excellent customer service is the process by which your organization delivers its services or products in a way that allows the customer to access them in the most efficient, fair, cost effective, and humanly satisfying and pleasurable manner possible.”

In my several years dealing with the customer service of steel buildings, there can always be a problem in which the customer has some issue during the process of providing a steel building. Not meaning necessary that it is a problem when doing the paper work or delivery of the building, or even the customer installation of the building. There are just so many steps and procedures that the client needs to be clarified on during the whole process to ensure a good delivery of the system.

The steel building salesman takes the majority of the questions at the beginning of the process from the customer, during the initial sales call. But even when the purchase has been done, say a metal barn, there are much more questions that may arise from that point on. Example, the customer might want to know when they will be receiving their blueprints or what type of insulation to use for the building. Many of these questions may be avoided to save time by adding a “Frequently Asked Questions” or FAQ page on the website.

When a company that provides prefabricated steel buildings follows these steps described by Mr. Speer not only will you get a satisfied customer but much more may be obtained.

One of the best perks of having happy customers is that they will tell all of their friends about the wonderful experience they just had when the purchased their steel barn from your company. Word of mouth is one of the best and least expensive forms of advertising. Here’s an example of a glowing customer testimonial provided by a customer who purchased his metal building from Price A Building:

“We would like to thank you and your staff at Price A Building for the building that I purchased through your company. The process from the first phone call making the purchase to keeping me informed clear through to the final delivery date went very smooth.”

“The steel frame building package was labeled clearly making it quite simple to follow with the engineered drawings plans and building manual. I had never erected a steel building before and in six days three of us had completed the framing of a 40′x60′x16′ tall building. Thanks again, we look forward to enjoying our added space.”

Danny & Dana Cutler, Commerce City, CO

Yes in a perfect world all customers will be 100% satisfied. So remember having a great and caring customer service department is key when you are buying a steel building.

So we hope you know a little more about how steel building companies such as Price A Building should service the customer to bring in more business more than ever! Click here to get your own unique version of this article with free reprint rights.