FAQs

Are P.E. sealed drawings and/or structural calculations available for my local / state building codes?

Yes, Kelly Klosure has partnered with professional engineers at Nielsen Baumert Engineering, Inc and McGinnis and Associates, Inc. and are able to provide structural calculations and sealed drawings for all 50 states. While the latest version of the International Building Code is our design standard, we often engineer to specific building codes such as California State Building Code, Florida State Building Code, including Miami-Dade Hurricane Requirements and many others.

Are the foundation requirements for your buildings similar to other metal building systems?

No, Kelly Klosure’s buildings utilize smaller repetitive frames on 3’ centers to create uniform loading around the perimeter of the building. Traditional metal buildings use large rigid frames requiring large column piers and possible cross-ties within the foundation system to support these frames. Kelly Klosure buildings use a simpler thickened edge slab or trench footing foundation without need for any column piers or cross-ties. This makes for a much simpler and less costly foundation system.

Do you offer foundation designs for your buildings?

Yes, if a site specific soils analysis/report by a geotechnical engineer is available for the area, Kelly Klosure Systems can design and deliver complete installation drawings for a concrete foundation and slab for any of our buildings and mezzanine systems.

We would like our building designed to higher loads than is required by local building code.  Is this possible?

Absolutely! While we use the latest version of the International Building Code as our starting point for a project, we will engineer a building to the specific loads you give us. Our buildings have been engineered for loads as high as 180 MPH wind and 200 PSF snow as well as very high seismic loads!

Can you match a specific color on the exterior of your buildings?

Kelly Klosure has a wide variety of colors available including some special colors not shown in our standard offerings.  We will work to find an existing color that closely matches your project requirements.  Truly custom colors are available for larger projects but do require additional lead time and cost.  When a suitable standard color cannot be found on a smaller building or enclosure, it can be built with a primer exterior finish that can be easily field painted to match existing structures.

I have a set of preliminary drawings that accompanied the proposal for my building, but it doesn’t show a lot of detail.  Will I get more information on the building at some point?

Yes. Normally information is received in three phases unless your project dictates otherwise:

1. A preliminary set of drawings are always available to accompany a proposal. These are simply to give a general idea of the size, layout and features included on your proposal.

2. After a purchase order is received, a more detailed set of “Approval Drawings” (sometimes referred to as “shop drawings”) will be submitted within a few days. These drawings will detail all of the features of the building, the foundation plan dimensions required and other pertinent information. These drawings will need to be reviewed, signed and returned to Kelly Klosure before the building is put into production.

3. Before the building is shipped, a complete set of assembly / installation drawings tailored to your specific project will be electronically submitted to you. Paper sets of these drawings will accompany the shipment of the material.

Can I hang things from the roof of my building?

Normal items such as lights, conduits, and HVAC ductwork can always be attached to the structure of the roof. Larger items such as large wet pipes for fire suppression systems, large cable trays, and HVAC units can be accommodated on the front side of the design process. If these larger items are to be added “after the fact”, consult Kelly Klosure, and we can determine the best way to accommodate these loads.

Can a Kelly Klosure building support a monorail or bridge crane?

Kelly Klosure has designed buildings to support paint line track systems, monorail hoists and under hung bridge cranes.  Also, free standing top running bridge crane structures can be easily incorporated into a building design when the crane capacity is beyond what might be supported by a building's roof structure.  Contact Kelly Klosure with your requirements, and we will work to find a solution.

I want to relocate my building to another part of the country.   Will it meet building code in this new area?

Maybe. We have worked on a number of projects where a building is being relocated and is required to meet new building codes. Over time, building codes tend to change and very often become more stringent. It is possible that some retrofitting of the building may be required to meet new building codes in a new locale. For instance, a building in Colorado that is being moved to California may require the addition of lateral bracing to resist seismic loads as required by the California State Building Code.

I need to get a large piece of equipment into a building.  What are my options?

If the building is existing, roof or wall panels can be removed but consideration must be given to the structure of the building when this is happening. Consult Kelly Klosure for safe ways of removing panels.

If the building is a new building you are looking at buying, Kelly Klosure can design features right into the building to allow for getting large items in and out of the building. Roof hatches, removable roof and wall sections and large equipment doors are just a few of the options.

Our building is installed per the instructions included, but there are many holes in the structural frames that don’t have any bolts! What gives?

The Kelly Klosure’s panelized building system is very versatile. For example, a wall panel in a 16’H building is the same design as a wall panel in a 30’W building. Therefore the holes factory punched into each piece accommodate both conditions. The bottom of the sidewall panel on the left side, is the top on the right side of a building, so there are anchor bolt holes and eave connection holes in both ends of the panel. In addition, extra holes are provided to allow the panels to be hung from the manufacturing paint line, bolted into the shipping racks and to allow for the use of spud bars during assembly and erection of the building. There will be many holes that do not receive a bolt or anchor in the finished building. If the bolt spacing instructions and details provided are followed, your building is structurally sound without bolts in every hole!