DECEMBER 2023 THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE AMERICA - EAST 4 | Morton Buildings Morton Buildings | 5 opposed to conventional applications involving studs. After implanted in the ground or surface-mounted to a foundation, columns support additions in trusses and framing components that include wall girts, roof purlins and more. As an engineered building system, this modality has proven to provide greater savings in costs, greater energy efficiency and greater convenience than traditional building methods, but without forcing compromises in terms of quality or aesthetic allure. This is has been demonstrated time and time again through the building of churches, high-end homes, centers of commerce and a range of municipal infrastructure, in examples so seemingly singular in structural and architectural design that one would never venture to guess such examples are a reflection of the building practices behind a pole barn. “I think we’re one of the best kept secrets in construction,” says Dan Nyberg of Morton Building Company in Morton, Illinois, a more than century-old, family-owned company whose expertise and operational exceptionality has certainly contributed to this building model’s transition from agricultural or farm-based applications to that of more residential and urban settings. Yet, as Nyberg explains, “There’s a certain stigma
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