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Hurricanes Are Getting Worse, But Steel Buildings Continue to Stand strong Hurricanes are known to leave a trail of destruction in their wake, and the trends are pointing towards hurricane season getting even worse over time. The 2020 hurricane season was the most active season on record; it came to a cataclysmic close with Hurricane Iota ripping through Central America as a strong Cat 4 storm in mid-November! As storms…

Steel Is a Fantastic Economic Construction Material You must at least be considering the possibility of going with a metal building, or else you probably wouldn’t have clicked on this article in the first place. So let’s start by congratulating you for being a progressive thinker! Sure, you could be like a lot of people and just settle for a wood-framed building because you don’t know any better. But clearly…

Enter the Barndo Are you a seasoned “barndo” fan? Or perhaps you’re not yet familiar with the term “barndominium.” Either way, barndominium homes continue to trend and are becoming wildly popular across the U.S. The barndominium craze first took off in Texas several years ago, but that momentum has now carried around the Southwest, Midwest, and Southeast, among other areas. If you’re new to the topic, a barndominium or barndo…

The walls are going up, and the foundation anchors are in place, everything is looking great - that is until the sky clouds over. Thunder rumbles, and a flash storm scatters the installation crew from your installation site. The storm disappears as quickly as it came, and then the crew gets back to work. All is well until they realize that the metal building insulation got wet during the storm.…

Getting a brand-new prefab metal building is exciting. However, we have to talk about something that most customers don’t find exciting at all - building codes and permits. These permits and codes are often confusing and overwhelming. There’s no need to worry about that, though! Here at Carport Central, we want to make sure you understand your metal building from start to finish. That means we want you to understand…