Manufacturing and Engineering

Engineering – Accu-Steel Cover Buildings are independently designed by a licensed professional engineer to meet the International Building Code (IBC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the Uniform Building Code (UBC) in your geographical location. Accu-Steel Cover Buildings Rafters are designed and manufactured to allow the rafter centers to be adjusted to meet the exact loading required in your location. This innovative feature allows Accu-Steel to offer buildings that meet the customer’s exact needs at the best possible price. The adjustable rafter center feature also allows for conveyors and augers to be attached directly to the rafters. This allows for economical loading of bulk materials into buildings without the need for conveyor towers. Another innovative design that Accu-Steel has developed is the Rub Rail. The Rub Rail is a building purlin placed on the outside of the base plate of the truss rafter. The Rub Rail provides a smooth consistent stand off for the cover in wall mount applications and gives more stability in ground mount uses at the base plates.

Accu-Steel Inc. supplies reactions at the base plate for all Accu-Steel Cover Buildings on the installation prints at no additional charge. The reactions on Accu-Steel Cover Building prints are necessary for engineers to correctly calculate and supply foundation designs. This allows for efficient foundation engineering that provides value to Accu-Steel customers. Accu-Steel Inc. can also supply an Engineer’s Wet Seal on the installation drawings for the state where the building is located. The Engineering Seal on Accu-Steel prints provides proof that your complete building (including base plates, purlins, and end walls) at the elevation of your foundation in your location has been reviewed by a licensed professional engineer of record for your state.

Components – Accu-Steel Cover Building Trusses use steel square tubing rated at 50 KSI yield and 55 KSI tensile strength. Accu-Steel’s covers are produced from five layers of woven polyethylene fabric or Poly-Vinyl-Chloride (PVC). Accu-Steel offers woven polyethylene material in the weight of 14.0 oz. All five layers of woven polyethylene have been treated with Ultra-Violet (UV) stabilizers and can be combined with a Fire Resistance (FR) treatment. There are many colors to choose from including clear and blackout fabric. Accu-Steel’s woven polyethylene covers absorb sounds for a quiet interior and allow sunlight in the building. Accu-Steel Cover Building end walls are made from galvanized cold-formed channel or rectangular structural tubing. Cold-formed channel or tubing allows the end wall to be completely engineered and ready for any type of commercial door, ventilation system, HVAC, or other end wall option. There are many other components that make up an Accu-Steel Cover Buildings. Accu-Steel continually researches these components to insure engineering properties, corrosion resistance, and functionality in all the products Accu-Steel Inc. produces.

Coatings

Hot Dip Galvanizing – Accu-Steel products are designed to be hot dip galvanized. Accu-Steel Cover Buildings use a Hot Dip Galvanized finish after the manufacturing and welding process is completed (click here for image). The Hot Dip Galvanized flow through process gives Accu-Steel parts a 3.9-mils of zinc plating on the outside, inside and over the completed welds. Hot Dip Galvanizing gives the maximum protection on the inside of the Truss Rafters Tubes for use in corrosive environments. Accu-Steel Cover Building products are Hot Dip Galvanized to ASTM-A-123 Standards.

Painted Finish – Accu-Steel Cover Buildings also offers Powder Coat painting as an option to the Hot Dipped Galvanized Finish. The Powder Coat electrostatic painting is offered in many colors. The painted finish will not protect the metal components in an Accu-Steel Cover Building as well as a Hot Dip Galvanized finish, but will provide a less expensive option to the Hot Dip Galvanizing. Powder Coated products from Accu-Steel Inc. will be eligible for structure warranty as long as the structure is not used to store corrosive materials such as salt or fertilizer where Hot Dipped Galvanized is recommended.