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A Classic Builder Who Builds Classic™ Buildings

Jim Ware of James Ware Construction

A Classic Builder Who Builds Classic™ Buildings Consistency Has Driven Success For This Michigan-based Butler Builder. Nearly everyone in the construction business has a story about how and when their business changed based on new or bigger opportunities. Typically, those stories include a significant adjustment to the type of buildings or the materials used to…

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The Best In The PEMB Business!

The Best In The PEMB Business! Thirty-Seven Butler Builders Recognized In Metal Construction News Top 100 List  No one stays sharper or works harder to build the best metal buildings than Butler Builders! In fact, Builders that partner with Butler Manufacturing™ stay on the leading edge of progressive building practices and continue to make us…

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Design Systems Builders Finds Success Through Partnership

Design Systems Builders Finds Success Through Partnership For Nashville-Based Butler Builder, Collaboration Is Key Assertions of being a “good partner” or the “right partner for you” have been popular in sales and marketing jargon for decades. Unfortunately, these claims have been diluted by too many companies proving – through action or inaction – that they…

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What Types of Buildings does Butler® Manufacture?

What Types Of Buildings Does Butler® Manufacture?   Many applications are well beyond the traditional “steel box.”   There’s a reason a large, single-story, steel structure is almost universally referred to as a “Butler Building.” That’s because Butler’s innovation and insight created the pre-engineered metal building category more than 120 years ago. And, as we continued to…

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How to Minimize & Avoid Commercial Roof Leaks

How to Minimize & Avoid Commercial Roof Leaks Don’t get soaked installing the wrong roof on your metal building. Let’s get this out of the way: no commercial roof is 100% leakproof or weathertight all the time. With that said, we have decades of documentation that show a wide disparity in the performance of the…

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A Winning Partnership Since 1957 — Butler Manufacturing & Rice Companies

A Winning Partnership Since 1957 — Butler Manufacturing™ & Rice Companies Conventional Steel and Pre-Engineered Steel are key to the success of this Butler Builder®. There’s a construction company in Minnesota that has been building partnerships with customers for nearly seven decades. Still family owned, Rice Companies got its start in 1953 and became a…

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Is A Pre-Engineered Metal Building Or Conventional Steel Building Right For You?

advantages of pre-engineered metal buildings

Is A Pre-Engineered Metal Building Or Conventional Steel Building Right For You? Steel Building Construction Methods Explained—Pre-engineered Metal Building (PEMB) or Conventional Steel Building  If you’re more than one step into the planning of a steel building for a commercial construction project, someone’s probably asked if you’re going with a pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) or a conventional steel building. Some people…

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