What is a Mezzanine Floor?

A mezzanine floor system serves as an intermediate floor in a building that does not completely cover the entire flooring below. Mezzanines should provide plenty of clear height for foot traffic above and below the deck. In an industrial setting, the mezzanine system is often used for stor...

Modular Wall Systems: Steel Vs. Gypsum

When looking at modular wall systems, there are a variety of materials that can make up the panel, depending on the customer’s needs.  Ranging in colors, sound rating, and insulation level, Panel Built will be able to craft a panel that fits in practically any environment.  How...

What is the Difference Between a Mezzanine and a Work Platform?

A lot of the time, the terms mezzanines and work platforms are used interchangeably. However, this can lead to big problems for potential projects due to International Building Code’s different requirements for each structure.Mezzanines SystemsTypically, a mezzanine is defi...

Bulletproof Walls: Classifications & Applications

Due to recent current events and a heightened state of awareness of potential security threats, more and more people are looking to make their facility as secure and bulletproof as possible.  Schools, government buildings, hospitals, and financial institutions are some of the man...

Perimeter Security Overview: The Basics

  Over the past couple of decades, physical security has risen in technology and in its overall presence in a variety of industries. Valuable assets are always at risk of being a target, including information, goods, services, and people. A fully functional perimeter security system ...

Best Warehouse Safety Tips for a New Facility

Since 2010, the number of employees in the warehousing sector has increased by nearly 400,000, reaching over 1,000,000 total to start 2018[1]. This is a trend that is only looking to continue on in 2018. With the increasing size of the industry, the demand for new warehouse space has never...

How are Prefabricated Buildings Shipped?

Modular and prefabricated buildings have the distinct advantage of having the practically the entire structure manufactured off-site and ready to install at the job site.  However, there is a very important step in-between these two processes, transportation.  In many cases, Pane...

Prefabricated Shelters: Quick Guide

In an urban environment, shelters can be seen off of the sidewalk just about everywhere you look. They play a very important role in a city because of the increase of traveling from place to place on foot and the use of public transportation. The shelters offer a safe (and dry) area for th...

5 Reasons for Your Company to Go Green!

The Green Initiative across the globe has been created in an effort to reduce greenhouse emissions and provide a safer, more environmentally friendly future for our the generations to come. Smog, energy over-consumption, water waste, discarded materials, and other pollutants are some of th...

Best Modular Construction Projects of 2017

Modular construction presents a number of unique benefits over traditional, stick-built construction, and 2017 showed a number of examples of this fact. From time savings to structure durability, project leaders are finding modular construction as a solution more and more. In 2017, the Uni...

Prefabricated Stairs: Cost vs Benefits Comparison

When looking for stair solutions for a commercial or industrial environment, there are typically two options to look at: prefabricated or stick-built. In both cases, the stair system built should be able to satisfy proper building code and can be built/installed using stamped drawings fr...

The Safety of Modular Construction

Out of all major sectors in the United States, the construction industry has consistently been ranked at the top for fatal injuries. In 2016 alone, OSHA recorded 4,683 workplace fatalities with 991 of them coming from construction or roughly 21% of the total. Of these 991 fatalities, 63.7%...