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Shipping & Logistics
The excitement of ordering your new steel building comes with questions about what happens next.
From the factory floor to your build site, understanding the journey of your investment helps for a smooth delivery and setup.
Let’s walk through the essential steps after you order, including direct factory shipping benefits, packaging specifications, and what to expect when your building arrives.
The panel design of metal Quonset huts makes shipping easy. The panels are stacked on top of each other and often covered with a tarp for additional protection. The heaviest arch panel in 22-gauge is about 40 pounds.
Once fabrication is complete, the panels and necessary hardware are loaded and secured on a truck to ship to your destination. Several buildings can fit onto the truck depending on the size of the buildings. If you have additional parts and accessories, most, if not all, of these items will be shipped with your building.
For overseas shipping, the panels are stacked on top of each other and, if required, can be crated, framed with wood, and then covered with a metal case for additional protection.
The panels are placed in a shipping container for shipment to your destination.
Several buildings can fit into a 20′ or 40′ container, depending on their size.
From order to delivery, the quickest you can get a Quonset hut delivered is between 4 – 6 weeks. That said there are number of factors that will impact how long it takes to get your building delivered:
The bigger the building, the longer fabrication and packing may take.
Buildings are fabricated per each order, so your building will be in queue for production and will be made as soon as possible.
If your project is very complex, it may include custom materials that might take a bit more time to obtain. Standard building designs are often produced faster than highly customized projects.
Weather, especially in areas that receive a lot of snow in the winter, can cause delays in shipping due to ice and snow impacting travel.
You can buy your building weeks or months in advance of needing it delivered. Please consult with your building specialist.
So long as a remote location within the contiguous United States is reachable by a semi-truck, the chances are a Quonset can be delivered to that location. In rare instances when your Quonset can’t be delivered directly to the build site, SteelMaster works with customers to get the building as close as possible. For places like Alaska, Hawaii, or international locations, delivery options can include:
The big day is here—your SteelMaster Quonset has arrived! Before you begin building, you’ll need to offload and store your materials. Here’s what the process looks like.
When your driver arrives, you’ll go over the delivery paperwork together.
If there’s a remaining balance on your order, it will be settled at this point.
Once the paperwork is complete, the driver will remove the tarp covering your materials so they’re ready to be offloaded.
Next, you can carefully move the panels and parts to your preferred storage spot until you’re ready to start construction.
The amount of time the actual offloading takes will depend on three main factors:
After everything is unloaded, the driver will provide a bill of lading with a detailed checklist of the materials in your order.
It’s a good idea to review this list both during and after offloading to make sure everything has arrived as expected.
Once you’ve confirmed the delivery and signed the bill of lading, the driver will be on their way.
At this point, your materials are ready for storage until you’re set to begin construction.
When you purchase a factory-direct Quonset, you bypass intermediaries like retailers and sales agents, which dramatically reduces the final price of your building. This direct approach means you’re paying exclusively for the materials and manufacturing process, without absorbing the additional expenses typically built into the pricing of resellers.
By removing middlemen and unnecessary markups, customers can often save 20-30% on their total building investment. This means you can either reduce your overall expenditure or upgrade to a higher-quality building with the same budget.
Every dollar saved on unnecessary overhead translates directly into more square footage, better materials, or additional customization options for your Quonset hut.
Perhaps even more valuable than the financial benefits is the direct access to the manufacturer’s expertise. When you work directly with the factory, you gain immediate communication with in-house engineers and building design specialists who have intimate knowledge of the product.
Unlike secondary sales representatives, these experts can provide detailed, technical answers to your specific questions, help you customize your building to exact specifications, and offer professional guidance throughout the entire process.
This direct connection ensures that your unique requirements are understood precisely, minimizing potential misunderstandings and allowing for more tailored solutions. Whether you’re planning an agricultural storage facility, a commercial workshop, or a personal garage, having direct access to the manufacturing team means your vision can be realized with maximum accuracy and efficiency.
By choosing a factory-direct approach, you’re not just purchasing a building—you’re investing in a streamlined, cost-effective, and expertly supported construction solution that puts you in direct contact with the industry’s most knowledgeable professionals.
You will receive a call or text from our factory to schedule your delivery. The timing of this call is based on your approximate ship date, which is specified in your contract.
Everything you’ve ordered from our factory will be delivered in one shipment. This includes the arch panels, needed nuts, bolts and washers. Most of, if not all, additional parts and accessories will be delivered with your building.
As an industry standard, most buildings are offloaded by the customer. For larger buildings, a forklift, front-end loader, backhoe, or boom truck is typically used. Please note that the trucks do not have forklifts or other equipment with them. It is recommended that you wear gloves if unloading by hand.
No. The truck driver is not required to assist with unloading and will not provide any equipment. You’ll need to have your own helpers and any necessary equipment on-site.
Offloading times vary depending on the size of your building, the equipment you have, and the number of people that are there to help with the process.
For example:
After everything is unloaded, the truck driver will give you a bill of lading. This includes a detailed checklist of the materials in your order. Review this list during and after unloading to make sure everything arrived as expected.
