Cold-Formed Structures

What You Get in an Draco Cold-Formed Building

100% Clearspan

Draco Metal Building Systems are able to span long distances without interior columns or trusses taking up your valuable floor and ceiling space

Fully Customizable

Work with your Draco building consultant to choose your ideal size, footprint, framed openings and engineering specs to match your exact needs

Cost Effective

Highly cost effective relative to conventional construction in terms of material and construction cost

Extremely Durable

Roll-formed from high-strength, heavy-gauge galvanized steel, your Draco cold-formed building is far more durable and long-lasting than lighter-duty pole barns, tube-steel buildings, and carports — with no welding required.

Fast and Easy

Your Draco Steel Building kit is fully “pre-engineered,” pre-drilled and ready to go. That means expedited construction time and easy installation and fit up. In fact, many of our kits can be assembled at home with minimal equipment

Raise the Roof!

Your Draco Steel Building can be designed to support a variety of different roofing slopes and connections – gable, single-slope, gambrel, hipped – to create just the right look and allow for proper water management and diversion at your site

Low Maintenance

By design, your Draco Steel Building System is custom engineered for you to enjoy decades of virtually maintenance free use.

Industry-Leading Features Come Standard with Every Draco Building

Standard stamped, sealed engineering drawings by a P.E. licensed in your state
Standard hot-dipped galvanized mainframes, purlins and girts in heavy-duty 12-, 14-, and 16-gauge steel
Standard Galvalume® coatings on all sheeting to provide high resistance to rust
Standard 26-gauge "PBR" roof and wall profile provides wider overlap between sheets to prevent leakage
Standard durable baked-on SMP finishes standard on all 26-gauge sidewall panels
Standard complete 26-gauge commercial trim package around all openings
Standard stainless capped fasteners with neoprene washers that won't rust or tarnish

Why Draco

That’s the Draco difference.

How It's Made

Always innovating, Draco now offers entire steel building systems made from cold-formed steel. We’ve developed a method of joining heavy-gauge, cold-formed Cee channels back-to-back to fabricate highly durable column and rafter sections.

When To Use Cold-Form Frames

Our cold-formed buildings are just as durable as similarly sized welded frame buildings and meet all the same building codes and load characteristics. This style of building is ideal for structures up to 50’ wide and where speed of execution is critical.

What's In A Name?

We use the term “cold-formed” because Draco uses an advanced manufacturing process to turn coils of steel into roll-formed framing members (cee’s and zee’s) without applying any heat. Traditionally, “hot rolled” structural steel beams, tubes and angles are formed at the steel mill when the steel is extremely hot. At Draco, we form the metal in-house and pass the savings on to you.

Top-Notch Warranties

Whatever style of building you choose, Draco has you covered for years to come.

Build Upword, Not Outword

Many customers choose to add a second level in the same footprint with a Draco Mezzanine System.

Not Our First Rodeo

Check out our completed projects to draw inspiration from our other clients’ buildings!

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What else can I add to my Draco Steel Building?

Draco supplies a full suite of accessories and components to make your building truly yours.

Insulation System
Standing Seam Roofing
Insulated Metal Panels
Roll-Up Doors
Service Doors
And much more – See the full line of Accessories Here

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Commercial

Manufacturing & Industrial

Retail

Warehousing

Garage & Workshop

Build-to-Lease

(Flex Space)

Agriculture

Large clear-span agricultural steel building with sliding doors

Aviation

Residential

Municipal

Military

Sports & Recreation

Churches

Data Center

Mini-Storage

Equestrian

Power & Utility

Indoor Agriculture

Draco Steel Buildings Cold-Formed Buildings vs. The Competition

		The Competition
Mainframes	Cold-Formed Heavy Gauge Steel (10-16ga.)	Lighter-gauge steel stud system providing lower durability and strength
Secondary Framing	Minimum 8″ depth just like a heavy-duty Rigid Framing Building	Uses light-duty 4″ and 6″ framing members to cut costs and sacrifice durability
Exterior Sheeting Profile	“PBR” profile with extended overlap from panel-to-panel and butyl tape seal to keep water out	Thinner 29ga “R” panel without extended overlap or sealant, allowing water to pass through
Roof Sheeting Coating	Standard Akzo-Nobel® Galvalume® AZ55 coating combining zinc and aluminum to enhance longevity and rust protection dramatically. Standard 40-year rust perforation limited warranty.	Basic coating with inferior longevity
Wall Sheeting Coating	Galvalume® AZ50 substrate with siliconized polyester baked on paint with 40-year limited warranty against peeling/blistering and a 30-year limited warranty against fading/chalking.	Basic coating with basic 10-year warranty
Framed Opening Header Trim	Standard Draco “Deep Well” water rejection profile at header to force water away from structure	Basic “J” profile must be shaped during installation and allows ingress of water over time
Framed Opening Jamb Cover	Standard on all framed openings, this color-matched trim hides the framing system from view	Trim not included or costs extra
Base Angle	Minimum 16ga. concealed fastener deluxe base angle	Lighter-duty 18ga. angle with dangerous protruding screw points
Fasteners	Stainless Steel-Capped with limited lifetime warranty	Zinc-Capped without limited lifetime warranty
Foundation Plan	Standard with every building	Not included and often not offered
Packaging	All Draco trim and hardware comes standard in a durable wood crate to withstand weather	Trim and hardware ship in a light-duty easily damaged cardboard boxes

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