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Our
Steel Building DIY Kits (See
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The
ease of erection of our portal frame
steel structures makes it possible for
you to purchase your factory in DIY kit form and erect it yourself. A
variety of commercial operations can
take advantage of these DIY steel
building kits as the structures can be
pre-configured to be appropriate for
your special uses. (See Some
Photo's of A Building Being Erected by
clicking on the link.)
And
what's more, we will supply you with a
comprehensive erection manual to assist
you in your venture.
But,
it gets better: we're also accredited
with the Southern African Development
Community (SADC).
So,
if you're importing into:
you'll
pay no import duties because
these
countries are all members of the SADC.
Perhaps,
Madagascar which was also a member – but
was suspended from the SADC in March
2009 after the country’s president was
forced out of office - will again come
into the fold sometime in the future. Click
here to read our very condensed outline
on the SADC, titled 1
More Money Saving Fact.
You
should also take a good look at
our pages About
Concrete (fifth from the top on the
left) to ensure that you do the initial
stages of the erection correctly.
Great care
must however be taken to ensure that we
understand your requirements so that we
can supply the right structure and
accessories for the purpose intended. Our
DIY factory building kits have been
developed to provide you with rapid
deliveries at the most competitive
pricing possible. This service is
available throughout Africa via our
Buildings In A Box System.
You
can of course construct your end walls
using steel or brick construction; frame
in doors and windows as necessary and
get any finished look to suit your
taste. You can also use conventional
insulation methods to insulate the
building for heating and cooling
efficiency.
Each
DIY kit comes fully protected with
red-oxide primer. The water-based,
environmentally friendly red-oxide
primer is designed to protect the steel
before it is erected. When properly
applied, it holds up against all but the
worst abuse (like allowing water to pool
for weeks on un-erected parts). As a
result, any exposed red iron inside your
building will look good for years, and
you can finish it to look even better.
Every
DIY building is made at our
state-of-the-art factory – so you enjoy
factory-direct savings. Dealing
directly with the factory saves you time
and money, and ensures that you get
the lowest price available anywhere.
Once
manufactured, the building is then simply
loaded into a container and shipped to
you.
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Buildings
In A Box System Kits
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Our
export buildings are individually containerized
for delivery to any
building site on earth. Each
shipping container has all of the
material needed to assemble the building
in the field. A building can be erected
quickly upon delivery provided that a
foundation is already in place and the
necessary utility services set up onsite
(when applicable).
The
unique modular structure also allows for
rapid development and cost-effective
expansion.
Your
steel erection crew will need to have
appropriate tools available to complete
the building assembly (but, it's not
much - take a look at right!). If
needed, we can even provide the
necessary tools in the shipping
container.
Our
standard structures are supplied
with 0,5 Full Hard Galvanised IBR Roof
sheeting and all fasteners, including
foundation bolts.
And
includes all the instructions needed for
easy, simple, and fast erection.
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can also check out a very brief slide
presentation showing a building being
erected by clicking here. |
Warning:
Safety requires a commitment from everyone
involved. Although erecting a bolt-together
pre-engineered steel building does not require
specialized skills like carpentry or masonry and
many of our customers do it themselves,
construction work is dangerous, and larger
buildings bring larger hazards.
Everyone
at the site should wear appropriate protective
clothing, including:
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Hard
hats
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Gloves
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Rubber-soled
shoes
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Eye-protection
On
the up side, your erectors will have an
outstanding set of clear common-sense drawings
and can call on us for support if necessary.
These
kits are suitable for:
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All
farming requirements from simple
storage to house farm implements,
hay, grain, poultry, livestock or
other agricultural products to
animal feeding and breeding
buildings, like poultry
housing
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Broiler,
breeder, laying and rearing
houses
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Commercial
laying houses and pullet rearing
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Egg packing
stations, hatcheries and bio-security
facilities.
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Food
processing factories
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Meat
packing plants
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Diesel
workshops
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Boat
lockers
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Essential
oils distillation plants
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Various
small manufacturing operations
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A
precision engineering workshop
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See
also Image Gallery.
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Farm
sheds
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Live
chicken retail outlets
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Warehousing
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Church
halls
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Shops
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Large
Carports
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Indoor
Swimming Pools
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Conference
Halls
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Studios
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Fitness
Centres
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Retail
Showrooms
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Automobile
Dealerships
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Garages
(service facilities for trucks and
other vehicles)
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Trade
Shops
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Industrial
Shops
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Convenience
Stores
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Small
aircraft hangars
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Boat
building or storage sheds, farm
sheds, and any other kind of storage
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Please
take some advice from us on the point of
DIY kits. Don't just focus on price:
focus on cost.
If
the first question you're asking is
"how much is it?" you may be
guilty of focusing on the price instead
of the cost. Depending on how you want
to use your building, the cheapest purchase
price may not be the cheapest overall
cost. (Price and cost are
different!).
For
instance, our
price includes the design, the drawings,
and the materials for the basic
structure. But the building will also
need some type of foundation (see also
page A
Little Gem About Foundations),
and its construction will require
labour, some tools, and in some cases
with bigger buildings, even a crane.
After that, the project cost will depend
on your finishes. As you add features
like electrical, heating and cooling,
plumbing, flooring, landscaping, etc.,
the costs rise accordingly.
There
are a wide variety of additional extras
available to compliment our buildings:
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Alucushion
Insulation under Roof Sheeting
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Chromadek
sheeting
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Side
cladding
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Ventilation
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Sliding
Doors
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Roller
Shutter Doors
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Personnel
Doors
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Windows
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Bull-noses
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Gable
Cladding
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Clear
polycarbonate sheeting
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Apart
from being able to house overhead
cranes the buildings can be designed
to provide additional support for
the crane structure. We can also
provide the additional steel for any
building utilizing overhead cranes.
If
you are not to sure on what the
above list is all about or how the
things mentioned actually look -
then see also: Accessories
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Here's
a sketch plan showing the various bits and
pieces in a typical small industrial building:
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