Are you debating whether to build a pre-engineered metal building or a wood frame building?

Before you decide on this question, you should weigh the advantages and disadvantages of these common building materials.

For hundreds of years, people turned to wood for construction because it was familiar and user-friendly.

A century ago, wood was easily the best building materials, and there was an abundance of it all over the world.

Wood was inexpensive, readily available, and owners could design and build their own structures because the wood was flexible and had a very forgiving erection process.

Over the years, though, steel frame construction has become more popular and presents significant advantages over wooden buildings.

Because of the several benefits of steel, pre-engineered steel buildings are now the method of choice for most commercial, industrial and warehouse projects.

Below we compare how the two materials stack up against each other in a match of wood buildings versus commercial metal buildings.