VMAC INVENTORY STORAGE FACILITY

Inventory Storage Building

Summit Steel Buildings was hired to manufacture and supply a 5,600 square foot metal facility for VMAC’s Nanaimo, B.C. location. It is the second building they have ordered to be constructed through our company. The pre-engineered metal structure rests upon a solid concrete foundation and the building is insulated with a waterproof lining for durability against the location’s wet conditions.


View the construction photo gallery at the Double Black Construction website
and work-in-process videos at their YouTube page.


BUILDING USE: Storing finished products


LOCATION: Nanaimo, B.C., Canada


BUILDING SIZE: 75’ x 75’ x 26’


ROOF DESIGN: Low-sloped screw-down roof
with a symmetrical gable design

About the Client:

Vehicle Mounted Air Compressors (VMAC) is the leader in compressed air design and manufacturing for industrial-use mobile air compressors and multi-power systems. All their products are assembled domestically at their British Columbia facility.

VMAC - Vehicle Mounted Air Compressors

1333 Kipp Road, Nanaimo, BC V9X 1R3

(250) 740-3200 | www.vmacair.com

  • VMAC has hired Summit Steel Buildings twice to install PEMB structures

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  • Concrete foundation pad installed at VMAC construction site in BC

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  • Primary framing gets installed at PEMB project site in Nanaimo

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  • Primary steel framing for PEMB project

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  • Construction crews add steel I-beams as part of primary framing

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  • Primary steel framing adds strength and stability for PEMB structures

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  • Skilled tradesman adds support beams to steel framing

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  • Concrete foundation and steel I-beams work together for building strength

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  • Steel I-beams are supported with girls to create strength for wall systems

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  • Steel crossbeams are lowering into place using elevator lifts

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  • Framing for walls and roofing systems require the strength of steel

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  • Commercial building for VMAC was built using pre-engineered steel framing

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  • Summit Steel Buildings uses the latest technology and tools for their construction

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  • Steel framing is the skeleton that supports the building's final weight

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  • Steel, concrete and muscles are requirements for successful buildings

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  • The first metal wall panels are added using a crane lift

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  • Metal building under construction with one side of wall panels added

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  • Construction crews continue to add exterior wall panels to metal building frame

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  • Sun shines behind a pre-engineered metal building construction site

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  • Construction team uses a life to add more exterior wall panels to PEMB structure

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  • Metal exterior wall components create security and strength for industrial buildings

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  • Construction team stands outside Summit Steel Buildings PEMB project

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  • Waterproof lining being added to PEMB roofing frame

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  • Metal roofing panels being added to construction site using lift.

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  • Metal building ridge cap with Summit Steel Buildings logo

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  • Metal building using pre-engineering construction in Nanaimo, BC

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  • Pre-engineered metal building with roofing panels added

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  • Nanaimo, British Columbia metal building construction project for VMAC

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  • Brown metal building with exterior wall panels

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  • PEMB construction techniques create ideal industrial construction

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  • Completed brown metal building project for VMAC on Vancouver Island

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  • Doors added to brown PEMB project to complete all the work

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Metal building supplied by Summit Steel Buildings

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