Steel buildings in Washington

Located in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States, the Washington climate varies a lot from west to east. The Cascade Range creates a barrier that has a powerful effect on the climate. In the Puget Sound lowlands, steel buildings are appreciated since they are highly suited to the cloudy and rainy winter weather. A moist environment, especially when combined with mild winters, favors the growth of mould, mildew and other destructive fungi that can attack more traditional building materials.

The western slopes of the Cascades receives really large amounts of precipitations, and if you plan on erecting a steel building at higher elevations in the mountains you should ideally pick a steel building design capable of withstanding heavy snowfall. The western slopes of the Cascades are receive some of the heaviest annual snowfall in the entire United States and some places get over 200 inches per years.

In the eastern parts of Washington is covered with grassland and shrub steppe due to the low amount of annual precipitation. This is caused by the rain shadow effects of the Cascades, which are especially strong at the fairly low elevations of the central Columbia River Plateau. The annual precipitation for the area east of the Cascades is no more than 6 inches. In this region the arid climate calls for fire proof constructions and steel buildings is a common sight in the landscape. 

Washington is a flourishing agricultural state and it’s famous for growing fairly delicate fruit that needs secure storage facilities to keep its freshness. Washington is for instance the source of 90% of the total United States production of red raspberries. Other popular fruits such as Niagara grapes, Concord grapes, sweet cherries, apricots and plums also need reliable storage facilities that will shelter them from harm until they can be transported to the rest of the country and abroad. Ready made steel buildings come at a very competitive price and even small scale farmers can afford to house their produce in top-notch storage facilities.

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