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“WE HAVE ALWAYS TAKEN A LONG-TERM APPROACH TOWARD BUILDING

OUR BUSINESS.”

– RAY NAPOLITAN

While many consider 70 past retirement age, American Buildings Company has just one thing in common with retirees – we are looking forward to the prime

years of our company’s life. From its modest beginning in 1947,

through explosive growth, to combating a fierce economy, ABC is

prepped, ready and eager to experience the exciting opportunities

that lie ahead.

As you will see, our 70 years have been full of hard work,

innovation and dedicated customer service. Our ambitions have

grown with the Builder network as we continue to be an industry

leader in custom-engineered metal building and roofing systems.

Now with more than 850 authorized Builders we have our goals

set even higher.

Our success is owed not only to our outstanding Builder network,

but also to every one of our ABC teammates, who drive the

company spirit and maintain our values each and every day.

They devote hours to training, product and service development,

software enhancements, and compassionate community service.

The goal of every ABC teammate is to maintain our F.O.C.U.S.

statement: Steel that fits, On-time delivery, Competitive

pricing, Unbeatable service and Solutions that work. From our

long career we know what it takes to provide the best, but we

aren’t settled in our ways. We’re always climbing that mountain

without a top. ABC is constantly developing and implementing

new ways to ensure that our Builders and their clients are able

to meet their own goals with a trusted team in the industry. We

look to the past for knowledge, at the present for inspiration, and

to the future for groundbreaking innovation.

There are ten Division Core Values that guide American Buildings Company in taking care of what we consider to be our most valued assets – our customers and our Teammates.

1 Treat people (customers and co-workers) with respect, as you expect to be treated.

2 Take care of our customers - both internal and external customers.

3 Build and value relationships - both personal and professional.

4 Make continual improvement a way of life.

5 In all things have a long-term focus.

6 Continually strive for profitable growth.

7 Always employ teamwork and a win-win attitude.

8 The Repeat Sales Team - an essential key to our future success.

9 Strive to be the best that you can and should be in all that you do.

10 Have fun in the process.

4 A TIMELINE FOR 7 DECADES OF HISTORY

12 RECENT BUILDINGS OF THE YEAR

14 DAYLIGHTING HARVESTING SYSTEM

16 THE FUTURE: BUILDING INFORMATION MODELING (BIM)

18 eQUOTE

19 NUCOR BUILDS AMERICA

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New house $6,000-$7,000Yearly wage $2,950

Gallon of gas 16 centsNew car $1,400

Minimum hourly wage 70 centsPound of bacon 50 cents

Bread loaf 13 centsU.S. stamp 3 cents

Dobbs hat $8.50Kitchen table & chairs $100

Men’s sweater $8.50Bulova men’s watch $52

1947 William B. Joy founded Steel Builders, Inc., forerunner of American Buildings Company.

The headquarters are located in Columbus, Ga., under a viaduct.

1948 Steel Builders begins fabricating gable trusses, bowstring trusses and joists. The manufacturing

facilities are located in Columbus, Ga.

1956 Steel Builders moves to a new facility on

Joy Road in Columbus, Ga.

1956 Steel Builders enters into a marketing

agreement with Atlantic Steel Company and begins manufacturing metal, distributed under

the name Dixisteel.

1947 The Hughes H-4 Hercules is the

largest flying boat ever built and

has the largest wingspan of any

aircraft in history.

1947 The typical family car

1947 ENIAC, one of the

world’s first digital computers, is turned on after a memory

upgrade.

1947 Walter Frederick

Morrison and Warren

Franscioni invent the Frisbee.

1947 The Convair XC-99 was the largest piston-engined

land-based transport aircraft ever built..

1947 Polaroid Land

Camera is invented by

Edwin Herbert Land.

1947 Earl Silas Tupper

patents the Tupperware seal.

1948 French designer

Louis Réar invents the bikini. Ms. Bernardini is the first woman ever to wear the new garment, so small it could fit into

the matchbox that she’s holding.

1947 -81.4º F/-63º C is the coldest temperature ever recorded in

North America in Snag, Yukon, Canada, population 25.

1948 The flying wing Northrop YB-49 is launched in October.

1947 Chuck Yeager is the first man to break the sound barrier on

October 14, 1947, flying the experimental Bell X-1 at Mach 1 (speed of sound 1,116.4 feet/second or 761.2 MPH)

at an altitude of 45,000 ft.

1949 The Zamboni

ice resurfacing machine

is invented by Frank J. Zamboni.

1948 Alfred J. Gross

pioneers Citizens’ Band (CB) radio.

In 1949, he also invents the telephone pager.

1951 Morgan Sparks invents

microwatt junction transistor.

1955 Ray Kroc opens the first McDonald’s

restaurant in Downey, California.

1959 Alaska and Hawaii become the 49th and 50th states.

1953 David Warren invents the black box

flight recorder.

1950 The first credit card (Diners) is invented by Ralph

Schneider and Frank McNamara.

1950 Charles Schulz publishes his first

“Peanuts” comic strip.

1951 Charles Ginsburg at Ampex invents the first video tape recorder (VTR)

retailing for $50,000!

1954 Jonas Salk invents the first

Polio vaccine.

1959 The National Aeronautics & Space Administration is born.

1953 Texas Instruments invents the first

transistor radios.

1958 The first satellite, Explorer I, is launched from Cape Canaveral.

1952 Edward Teller builds the

hydrogen bomb.

1958 Dr. Watson, Francis Crick, Dr. Franklin and Maurice Wilkins

discover the double helix structure of DNA.

1952 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress

Strategic bomber is the largest military aircraft ever to have

scored an air-to-air kill.

1957 John Robinson Pierce invents ECHO 1,

the first communication satellite.

1956 The hovercraft is invented by

Christopher Cockerell.

1954 RCA introduces the CT-100, the first

color TV that retails for $1,000.

1958 The Microchip is developed by Jack Kilby

and Robert Noyce.

1959 Gordon Gould and Charles Hard

Townes invent the laser.

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1960 +The marketing agreement with Atlantic Steel is terminated, and the company changes its name

to American Buildings Company.+American Buildings Company is purchased by

Fulton Industries.

1964 The company moves its headquarters to its

present location in Eufaula, Ala.

1967 ABC is purchased by a group of investors.

1968 ABC acquires Riblets Buildings in Elkhart, Ind.

1972 +American Buildings becomes public.

+Present management repurchases the company from Boise Cascade.

+ABC purchases Shenango Metal Buildings in Southampton, Mass.

+ABC opens the Atlantic, Iowa, manufacturing facility.

1973 ABC enters into joint venture with Austrian company,

Schoedler Hallen Bau, to provide metal building systems to European and Middle East markets.

1976 ABC enters into Canadian joint venture with

Samuel Buildings Systems, Ltd.

1977 ABC is sold to Cronus Industries, Inc.

1978 ABC opens a new manufacturing facility in

Carson City, Nev.

1979 ABC enters into agreement to purchase Midwest

Steel Building Company in Houston, Texas.

1969 ABC is sold to Boise Cascade Company.

1970 The Elkhart plant closes and moves to

Jamestown, Ohio.

1974 Business Week cites American Buildings leadership in computer design of metal

buildings.

1973 Martin Cooper designs the first mobile phone (2.5 pounds, 9" long, 5" deep

and 1.75" wide, 30 min. talk time, 10 hours recharge time).

1979 Sony launches the Walkman TPS-L2, the

world’s first low-cost portable stereo.

1971 Phillips introduces the first VCR N-1500.

1973 ABC expands the Southampton plant.

1976 The Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird holds the world record (Mach

3+) for the fastest air-breathing manned aircraft.

1978 The 117,000 sq. ft. American Buildings Carson City plant.

1971 Intel introduces the 4004, the first microprocessor.

1973 The World Trade Center north tower was opened in Dec. 1970 and the south tower in Jan. 1972; they were dedicated in Apr. 1973.

1976 Montreal, Canada, hosts the Olympic Summer Games.

1965 The Guppy aircraft

designed specifically for NASA by Aero

Spacelines of California makes its first flight in August.

1960 Squaw Valley, Calif., hosts the Olympic Winter Games.

1968 Mexico City, Mexico, hosts the Olympic Summer Games.

1969 July 20th, Neil Armstrong is the first human to set foot on the moon and

utters the immortal words, “That’s one small step for man,

one giant leap for mankind.”

1969 Woodstock is the most famous

music festival of modern times, with more than 400,000 people.

1969 ARPAnet (Advanced

Research Projects Agency), precursor to the Internet, is created and deployed by the U.S. Department of Defense

from UCLA to Stanford.

1965 Edward Higgins White, United States Air Force officer and NASA astronaut, becomes the first

American to “walk” in space.

1965 Digital Equipment

Corporation (DEC) unveils the PDP-8, the first

commercially successful minicomputer, for $18,000

— one-fifth the cost of a low-end IBM/360

mainframe.

1962 Motorola Handie Talkies HT-200, with its rugged

hi-impact plastic housing, is favored by

the police and the armed forces.

1967 Dr. Christiaan Barnard

and Hamilton Naki perform the first

successful human-to-human heart

transplant.

1963 George Heilmeier invents the LCD

(Liquid Crystal Display).

1964 Douglas Engelbart creates the first computer mouse.

1964 Hasbro launches GI Joe

action figures.

1977 American Buildings President James Murphy Jr. and Carson City mayor, Harold Jacobsen, break ground for American’s fourth plant, with Jack King, Carson City Chamber of

Commerce president.

1976 Concorde enters service.

1977 Jim Murphy, president of American Buildings Company, praises American’s dealer network for making 1976 the

second best sales year to date.

1977 Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak launch Apple Computer, Inc.

1978 ABC sets new standards with their Standing Seam Insulation System.

1974 An engineer’s humorous

take from an ABC newsletter.

1969 Buzz Aldrin is the lunar module

pilot on Apollo 11, the first manned lunar landing in

history, and second man to walk on the moon.

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1992 +ABC erects the world’s northernmost settlement

for the Canadian Atmospheric Environmental Services at Alert, Canada, just 450 miles from

the North Pole.+ABC Transportation adds 30 trucks to its fleet. +American’s El Paso, Illinois, plant completes

a much needed 60' x 500' expansion.

1980 +American Buildings receives the metal buildings industry’s highest award for accident prevention

out of 35 companies in the U.S.+ABC enters the crane building market with

runway systems and framework.

1994 +American Buildings to open a new plant

in Virginia.+ABC’s Eufaula, Ala., plant receives again the highest safety award from the Metal Buildings

Manufacturers Association. +Other ABC plants in El Paso, Ill., and Carson City, Nev., are cited by the MBMA for superior

safety performance.

1981 American Buildings launches a new direct mail

campaign.

1982 American Buildings takes the lead with a new

structural design program, giving the company a giant lead over competition.

1994 Canadian specifiers, builders and roofing

contractors praise American Buildings for its top- quality information and presentation at a roofing

seminar in Toronto.

1983 +American Buildings introduces the Standing

Seam II Roof System.+ABC Standing Seam Roof Systems are used with pre-engineered steel construction in a 170,000-sq. ft. correction facility near Birmingham, Ala.

1988 ABC’s Eufaula plant clocks in 1,002,199 man

hours without a lost-time accident and is awarded the top spot in safety by the Metal

Buildings Manufacturers Association.

1984 +Jim Murphy, president of ABC, announces the

merger of American Buildings to Metallic-Braden of Houston. Scott Lewis, president of Metallic-Braden commented that American Buildings

Company has long been noted as the industry leader, and this merger will allow both

organizations to virtually cover and better serve all major markets in the U.S.

1996 +American Buildings dedicates a state-of-the-art

188,000-sq. ft. manufacturing facility in La Crosse, Va.

+American Buildings provides 911 tons of steel for the new $10 million Buffalo Bills indoor

practice facility, the largest fieldhouse of its kind in the NFL.

1998 CICP Training is introduced.

1999 ABC is acquired by Onex Corporation.

1990 NASA launches the Hubble Space

Telescope (HST) into orbit with the Space Shuttle.

1994 The Boeing 777 is the world’s largest twinjet

aircraft, with a capacity of over 300 passengers.

1993 Ty Warner creates Ty Inc. and launches

the Beanie Babies.

1981 The Space Shuttle makes its maiden voyage.

1982 Sony introduces the Compact Disc player for $730.

1980 Although invented in 1974,

Rubik’s Cube gains huge popularity.

1980 Pac-Man, developed by Namco, becomes an instant social phenomenon, synonymous with video games,

and an icon of 1980s popular culture.

1986 A network of 159 Weather Surveillance Radars Doppler (WSR-88D) is deployed

throughout the U.S.

1980 Cabbage Patch Kids dolls, created by art student Xavier Roberts, are quickly becoming one of the most popular toys.

1984 Los Angeles, Calif., hosts the Olympic Summer Games.

1988 Calgary, Alberta, Canada, hosts the Olympic Winter Games.

1981 Space Shuttle Columbia flew 28 flights, spent 300 days in space,

completed 4,808 orbits, and flew 125,204,911 miles (201,497,772 km) in total.

1981 Osborne Computer Corporation creates the first true

portable computer.

1981 IBM Personal Computer releases its first

PC, the model number 5150.

1986 Fujifilm introduces the Utsurun-Desu, or Quicksnap,

the first disposable camera.

1987 Klaus Schmiegel invents Prozac.

1988 Craig Venter is the first to sequence the human genome

and to create the first cell with a synthetic genome.

1991 The A-10 Warthog fighter plane

proves to still be the best fixed-wing aircraft for close-air support.

1990 Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web.

1998 Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

Their mission statement was “to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful.”

The company’s unofficial slogan is “Don’t be evil.”

1996 Dolly the sheep is the first mammal to be cloned, by Ian Wilmut and Keith Campbell in Scotland.

1995 Ebay is founded and launched

by Pierre Omidyar.

1995 The Digital Video Disc (DVD) is invented.

1996 Atlanta, Ga., hosts the Olympic

Summer Games.

1992 Mall of America, also called MOA or Megamall and

owned by the Ghermezian brothers of Canada, employs

12,000 people.

1997 The Toyota Prius is the world’s

first mass-produced hybrid vehicle. 1984

Astronaut Bruce McCandless makes the first

untethered free flight on Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU), becoming the first

person ever to make an untethered spacewalk.

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Insulated Panels from ABC combine attractive styling and

cutting-edge energy efficiency. Designed with some of the

latest in scientific breakthroughs, our panels are lightweight,

durable and still maintain their ease of installation and visual

appeal. Now is the best time to build with ABC insulated panels

because the benefits have never been greater.

• Attractive & Lightweight: Insulated panels enhance the visual appearance of your buildings, and their remarkable light weight reduces struc-tural requirements and installation costs.

• Sturdy & Durable: The composite action resulting from a chemical bond between the poured-in-place foam core and steel skins creates a lightweight, rigid unit with exceptional spanning capacity.

• Easy to Install & Affordable: Lightweight and simplified fastening systems deliver quick instal-lation and reduce labor costs. Panels can even be installed in adverse weather conditions.

• The Ultimate in Energy Efficiency: You get 100% reliable thermal performance and insula-tion continuity – no cavities, no gaps, no crushed insulation and no cold bridges. Insulation values can be easily increased by simply increasing the thickness of the panels.

• AdobeTexture® Insulated Wall Panels: This breakthrough technology utilizes a factory finish coating that offers a low gloss, multi-textured pro-file and finish system. You get a troweled stucco appearance in both look and texture.

Standing Seam Roof Panels

Heavy Embossed Flat Profile

Striated Profile Plank Profile AdobeTexture™ Wall Panels

AMERICAN BUILDINGS COMPANY 1150 State Docks Road, Eufaula, AL 36027 TOLL FREE 800.574.1301 FAX 334.688.2261 www.americanbuildings.com

BUILDING TOMORROW®

Insulated Panels from American Buildings CompanyThe Ultimate Combination of Brains & Beauty

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2007 +American Buildings is one of the first

companies in North America to switch to 100% “cool” coatings for all roof and wall panels. +Builder Website program is introduced.

+American Buildings is acquired by Nucor Corporation.

2008 +Nucor Safety Culture is introduced to ABC.+Pay-For-Performance bonus programs are established for all ABC & AMS teammates.

+ABC introduces SP Cool™ Coatings.+Project Tracker® is introduced.

2001 Architectural Metal Systems (AMS) is formed.

2009ClearBay® Roof Joist System is introduced.

2009New Insulated Panel Wall and Roof program

is introduced.

2003TALON® Estimating Software is introduced.

2010+ALL ABC Divisions receive IAS Accreditation.

+All ABC Divisions achieve ISO 14001 Certification.

+ABC building survives the Haiti earthquake completely intact.

2012Building Information Modeling (BIM) is

introduced using Tekla Structures software.

2014ABC is detailing virtually all buildings in BIM 3D

using TEKLA Structures software.

2015ABC introduces an industry-leading Daylighting

program featuring an Integrated Standing Seam Prismatic Skylight, Curb Mount Prismatic Skylights, LED Lighting and Lighting Controls.

2016ABC launches eQuote, a proprietary industry-leading pricing system for the most accurate, detailed scope documents to quote projects.

2001 NASA X-43A unmanned aircraft is

the fastest free-flying air-breathing aircraft in the world at speeds

exceeding Mach 7.

2002 Salt Lake City, Utah, hosts the

Olympic Winter Games.

2002 The U.S. government launches the Homeland Security Agency.

2007 Apple Inc. releases the first iPhone.

2004 Mark Zuckerberg launches Facebook.

2001 Microsoft releases the Xbox game console.

2007 The Tesla Roadster becomes the

world’s most efficient electric car.

2011 DEVGRU Red Team (Seal Team 6) undertakes

covert operation code-named Operation Neptune Spear and successfully eliminates

Osama bin Laden.

2011 NASA Curiosity, Mars Science

Laboratory, is the last of seven Mars probes launched, traveling 8

months before landing.

2012

London, England, hosts the Summer Olympic Games.

2014 Sochi, Russia, hosts the Winter Olympic Games.

2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, hosts the Summer Olympic Games.

2001 NASA launches the Mars Odyssey, a robotic spacecraft

orbiting the planet Mars, on a Delta II rocket.

2008 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC)

is the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, 17 mi. in circumference and 574 ft. beneath the earth’s

surface.

2005 YouTube is founded by Chad Hurley,

Steve Chen and Jawed Karim.

2004 Spaceship 1, developed by Mojave Aerospace Ventures, is the first privately funded manned

and reusable spacecraft to exceed Mach 3, at 62.13 mi. altitude.

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TOTAL AG INDUSTRIES

Location: Hillsboro, North DakotaBuilder: JP Structures, Inc.

SOUTH SEATTLE TRANSFER & RECYCLING STATION

Location: Seattle, WashingtonBuilder: PHI Construction, Inc.

2012 2015

2016

2013

2014

WHITE RIVER VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE

Location: Branson, MissouriBuilder: Williams Construction, Inc.

FORD ICE CENTER

Location: Nashville, TennesseeBuilder: Choice Construction, Inc.

SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY ENSLEY ATHLETIC CENTER

Location: Syracuse, New YorkBuilder: The Hayner Hoyt Corporation

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DAYLIGHTING IS THE CONTROLLED ADMISSION OF NATURAL SUNLIGHT INTO A BUILDING VIA DIFFUSED SKYLIGHTS. DONE CORRECTLY, IT CAN SAVE ENERGY* AND MONEY BY REDUCING THE NEED FOR ELECTRIC LIGHTING DURING DAYLIGHT HOURS WITHOUT CAUSING HEATING OR COOLING PROBLEMS.

*According to Jon McHugh, PE, LC, and technical director with

the energy consulting and research firm, Heschong Mahone

Group, Inc., America could reduce its peak load electrical demand

by 24,000 megawatts just by daylighting existing buildings that

could utilize daylight using toplighting or skylights.

As industry leaders in today’s engineered-

building technology, we offer high-

performance daylighting components for

new construction and retrofits. By bringing

natural light into engineered steel buildings

and other structures, daylighting systems

enable you to harness the sun so that

electric lights can be dimmed or turned off a

portion of the day, while keeping the interior

pleasant for occupants.

INTRODUCING THE INTEGRATED PRISMATIC SKYLIGHT

Our Integrated Prismatic Skylight the ideal solution

for daylighting in new construction when using the

Standing Seam roof panel. Factory manufactured and

shipped as a complete unit, this skylight is mounted to a

trapezoidal steel panel seamed with the rest of the roof.

CONTACT US TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF LETTING THE SUN SHINE IN.

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ROOF CURB SYSTEM

ROOF CURB FRAMING

The lightweight framing system reduces curb installation weight and allows for the roof curb to be installed in retrofit situations with no additional secondary framing to the structure or after the roof is in place in new construction. The elimination of secondary framing between the purlin or joist members results in significant savings not only in material but also in engineering, detailing costs and erection labor.

Curb exteriors are either painted to match roof panel colors or are primed with galvanized paint. Interior surface custom color trim is available upon request.

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It is important that a roof curb be designed for a specific type of roof. Roof curbs that are effective for flat built-up or flat single-ply roofs can be a disaster when

used with standing seam metal roof panels. In fact, even when working with standing seam metal roofing, a roof curb should be designed for the manufacturer’s specific roof profile. “One curb fits all metal roofs” can be a prescription for trouble. 

ROOF CURB VERSUS A ROOF CURB SYSTEM

Although choosing a roof curb specially designed for a specific metal roof profile is critical, it is only part of a successful roof curb system. The definition of a system is “a collection of interacting, interrelated components that result in predictable, consistent, positive performance.” For a successful curbed skylight installation, it is essential that every roof curb component has been selected to withstand severe weather conditions over a long period of time. Even substandard products can perform in the short term. The key is to select high-quality components that will stand the test of time. Put simply, a quality roof curb system is one of the key barriers against the outside elements for any building.

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QUALITY BIM quality is taken a step further: merging the building components into one before fabrication. By the time a building is erected, BIM has verified that all design elements and materials have been precisely placed.

EFFICIENCYTime is valuable from the estimating process to the job site. Wasting time costs companies money and disappoints the consumer. Using BIM to coordinate after design and while on the job site can save that valuable time.

Providing powerful value, Building Information Modeling (BIM) is driving an unparalleled revolution in the construction trade using digital modeling software to more effectively design, build and manage projects.

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ABC is pairing its proven track record of quality and service with the future of 3-D modeling

to give Builders, general contractors, engineers and architects an edge over competitors in the market. Providing customers with a modeling system that can display an exact replica of their building leads to confidence and peace of mind for the life cycle of the project. Utilizing Tekla as a BIM software solution, ABC has ensured the interoperability of 3-D with 2-D systems to verify that all modeling is cohesive.

At the same time, BIM is chipping away at barriers between industry firms by encouraging the sharing of knowledge throughout the project life cycle and closer collaboration to integrate valuable fabrication, construction and operations expertise into the overall design. This improves constructability, adherence to schedule and budget, life cycle management and productivity for everyone involved.

AS BUILTSimple lines, solid panels and inexplicable renderings have been replaced with a complete building crafted by ABC to represent the “as built” product that will be delivered to job sites. While viewing designs of the framing in BIM, contractors and other parties have the advantage of reviewing the actual size of the frame, girt and purlin layouts.

WHAT YOU SEE IS WHAT YOU GET Being able to plan ductwork, wiring and piping throughout the framing system is essential. Having these elements in place before final design and groundbreaking leads to decreased errors on the job site and saves valuable time and effort by specialty contractors.

ABC has developed primary and secondary framing to fit the needs of any structure. Not only are ABC’s elements well designed and represented in BIM, the measurements and profiles are accurately depicted. Actual holes and slots are included on the ABC frames. Contractors, engineers and architects now know where the connections are located. With this exact information, fabrication time can be shortened and conflicts or errors are reduced.

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18Renderings of finished One WTC

One WTC, previously known as the Freedom Tower, is the landmark skyscraper in the new World Trade Center in downtown New York City. The city’s tallest building stands in the northwest corner of the 16-acre site, occupying the location where the original eight-story 6 World Trade Center once stood.

Completed in 2013, One WTC, the third-tallest building in the world by pinnacle height, reaches a symbolic 1,776 feet, in reference to the year of American independence. Some 170,000 tons of Nucor steel have been used for its construction.

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ACCESSIBILITY • With an internet connection, eQuote is accessible anywhere, anytime • Runs on multiple devices and platforms (PC, Mac, Android, iPad,

Windows) • Web-based—no installs!

COLLABORATION • Ability to access shared list of projects at your company • Streamlined document control • Simple submission process for quoting and ordering

EFFICIENCY • Templates for streamlined input • No more emailing TALON® files • No supplemental forms, all entry on regular screens

ACCURACY• Better scope accuracy • Ability to define products such as: • Insulated metal panels • Mezzanines • Roof framed openings • Cranes • Improved framed opening input • No limitations on bay spacing

VALUE • Improved and expanded drawings • Increased capability as a quote and take-off tool • Clear, concise order documents

As an Authorized Builder, you can count on American Buildings Company to give

you the professional support and specialized tools you need to succeed in the competitive commercial building industry. At the core of the cutting edge technology and solutions we offer is eQuote, a proprietary, industry-leading pricing system designed to provide the most accurate, detailed scope documents to successfully and efficiently quote projects, keeping you ahead of the competition.

Attend one of American Buildings' eQuote training workshops and you will learn how to take full advantage

of the program’s extensive list of features and the versatility of our approach to the design and configuration of products to give you a meaningful, competitive edge on every project.

By enhancing your understating of this important area of your business you will be better positioned to: • Close More Projects • Improve Customer Satisfaction • Increase Your Margins • Boost Project Efficiency

Plus, you will leave the eQuote training workshop fully skilled in using eQuote to design, estimate and order your projects more efficiently.

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American Buildings CompanyMarketing Information Line888.307.4338www.americanbuildings.com

ABC – Atlantic Division501 Golden Eagle DriveLa Crosse, VA 23950Tel: 706.562.8020Fax: 706.562.8017

ABC – South Division1150 State Docks RoadEufaula, AL 36027Tel: 334.687.2032Fax: 334.688.2200

ABC – Midwest Division2101 East Main StreetEl Paso, IL 61738Tel: 309.527.1500Fax: 309.527.1522

ABC - West Division2260 Tenaya DriveModesto, CA 95354Tel: 209.236.0580Fax: 209.236.0588

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