Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings Built for Recreation

Built for the Sport, Not Just the Footprint

Athletic facilities have structural requirements that standard specs miss. Court dimensions, ceiling heights, sightline clearances, and structural provisions for scoreboards, lighting systems, and bleacher loads all have to be accounted for before the steel is manufactured—because changes after fabrication are expensive, and indoor sports complexes and gymnasiums do not have the budget for expensive surprises.

We spec athletic buildings around what is happening inside them, not around a generic floor plan. Whether it is a multi-court gymnasium, a full indoor sports complex, or a single-sport training facility, the building works for the sport on day one and holds up under the daily use that competitive and recreational programs demand.

Pickleball Courts, Indoor Courts, Clear Span. No Columns in the Way.

Indoor recreation facilities live and die by the floor plan. One interior column in the wrong place changes what you can fit, how many pickleball courts or multi-use courts you can run, and how the space flows for the people using it every day.

Pre-engineered steel gives you the clear span to design the layout around the activity—not around where load-bearing elements have to land. We delivered a 26,000 square foot indoor pickleball stadium for The Pickleball Club in Port St. Lucie, Florida: 121 feet wide, 242 feet long, 26 feet of eave height, open courts with clean sightlines and no columns interrupting play.

Florida’s heat, humidity, and storm requirements were engineered into the structure from the start. It opened on schedule and performs the way a facility that serious players show up to every day needs to perform.

Spec It for the Equipment, Not the Box

Fitness facilities have specific structural requirements a generic building spec will not capture—floor load ratings for heavy equipment, ceiling heights for functional fitness and climbing elements, HVAC coordination for a space that generates significant heat load, and a layout that has to support both the equipment plan and how members move through the space.

When those details are not resolved before the steel is manufactured, they show up as change orders. We work through the operational requirements upfront so the building is spec’d correctly the first time, the price reflects what is actually being built, and there is no value engineering conversation two weeks before delivery.

One Structure. Works for Every Event.

Event venues carry a different kind of requirement—flexible layouts, acoustic considerations, structural provisions for staging and rigging loads, and a finish level that has to hold up to the expectations of people who are there for something that matters to them.

Pre-engineered steel gives you the wide clear spans and structural flexibility to design a space that works for large-format events and intimate ones, without locking you into a layout that only serves one use case. We build event venues that earn their footprint every day, not just on the days you planned for.

Built for the Mission Behind It

Community centers carry more weight than most commercial builds. Budget accountability to a board or a nonprofit, not a corporate client. Timelines tied to community need. A building that has to support programs, services, and gatherings that do not fit neatly into a single layout.

We delivered a 25,000 square foot community center for One More Child in Jacksonville, Florida—a 100x320x18 I-Beam structure housing a front lobby, resource rooms, food intake areas, and warehouse space for a charity organization serving families and children.

Interior wall systems were value engineered to reduce cost without sacrificing layout or performance. Manufacturing and coordination challenges were resolved through close collaboration with the general contractor and erector from our network. Glass wall elements were added to bring in light and create a space that feels open and welcoming. The building opened ready to support the work happening inside it.

That is what we mean when we say the building has to be right.