About Portable Metal Buildings

Cost

• Costs vary based on options chosen and whether you purchase your portable metal building new or used. For example, a 10-by-10-foot portable aluminum shed available at your local home improvement store for $400 will appear and be used very differently than an $80,000 luxurious portable steel home.

Durability

• Most portable metal buildings are made of reinforced aluminum or steel, designed to be strong and withstand extreme weather. These modular structures are tough enough to be repeatedly assembled, torn down, and moved between job sites for use as temporary housing and/or field offices.

Applications

• Portable metal buildings may be used for business, industry, secure storage or shelter livestock, crops, vehicles and construction equipment. They provide an attractive, cost effective alternative to mobile homes for either log-term, short-term, emergency, individual or communal housing. Suitable for any situation where a durable shelter is needed but permanent construction isn't practical, portable metal buildings may be compact enough to fit on small city lots or large enough to shelter and feed range cattle.

Portability

• Portable metal buildings are made from components that may be broken down and loaded in a pickup truck, or they may be moved fully assembled and packed using a forklift, crane or semi. Contractors are available to design your portable metal building to your specifications, move it, assemble it and tear it down.

Flexible, Sustainable Design

• Portable metal buildings may resemble boxes, modern architecture, classic barns, luxury homes, or bare steel arches. Modules may slot together to provide multiple living or work areas. Vaulted ceilings and porches are options of portable metal buildings designed as homes. Using solar technology and recycled commercial steel make some portable metal buildings green and sustainable.