The company recovers discarded nylon and polyester from three Ontario landfills, which it then processes into new plastics for textile use in mainland China and other countries.
Dale says the time was right to expand the business with a new building.
"We're shipping out 400- to 500 thousand pounds of plastic every day, and we store up to five million pounds of it, so we definitely needed more room," Dale says.
Dale began researching options for a new building in June of 2004 - and he found a 60- by 148-foot Canada Steel building that met the company's needs. He put in his order for the building in October, 2004. The building arrived on time in November.
He says on-time delivery was important to him, and Canada Buildings passed the test. Min-Tech had outgrown its existing 15,000 square foot structure and needed more room - and the operation couldn't afford to miss a beat.
"Canada Buildings was price-competitive, for sure, but they got us the building we needed . when we needed it," Dale says.
Canada Buildings provided the drawings, which Dale says he appreciated. Once the concrete slab was prepared in early December, a four-person crew got to work. Due to heavy snowstorms and holiday breaks, construction took "about a month," he says.
He says there was one small problem, the order was missing two pieces of flashing for the gable. But with one call to Canada Buildings, the parts were delivered in two days.
Once the building was completed, Min-Tech immediately started moving in the four or five million pounds of plastic to be temporarily stored in the facility. The plastic is usually either baled or stored as recycled pellets, Dale says.
Dale says the company has contracts for "landfill recovery" at three different area landfills. Min-Tech will remove 140 million pounds of polyester and more than one billion pounds of nylon from the sites for recycling.
After the plastic textile material is converted back into raw plastics, it begins a long journey from its temporary Canada Buildings home to, ultimately, shelves of clothing stores around the world.
Min-Tech loads up to a half-million pounds of plastic every day onto trucks headed for Toronto. From Toronto, the plastic is shipped by rail to Vancouver - where it is loaded onto cargo ships bound for the Orient.
"Then they'll be converted back into textiles that will end up in shirts and all kinds of other clothing you'll buy," Dale says.
He adds that now, thanks to its new Canada Building, his nine-person company is poised for future growth.
"I can't say enough about how great it was to work with Canada Buildings," Dale says. "We wouldn't hesitate to use them in the future if we needed to."
Ted has spent a lifetime acquiring, restoring and enjoying antique automobiles and tractors.
His problem? Running out of room to store his collection.
By his own estimates, Ted owns "35 or 40" vintage automobiles and tractors. These include such rarities as five Model A Fords, a 1922 Nash, an array
of antique farm tractors, a '56 Chevy and a 1929 Pontiac , among many others.
Over the years, Ted's collection had found a variety of homes in a barn and in garages throughout his hometown. He knew that something had to give - and he needed to build a permanent home to get the bulk of his collection under one roof.
So he turned to Canada Buildings.
Ted called Canada Buildings after receiving a mailer from the company. He had already talked to a local building company - as well as a dealer who gave him an estimate to build the structure.
"Well heck, I could have put up three or four buildings for what they were going to charge me," Ted laughed. "I hate to pay anybody to do something for me that I could do myself."
Ted is the proverbial man of many hats. In addition to his hobby of collecting and restoring antique vehicles, he runs several businesses, including a service garage, waste disposal company and a leasing company.
After much research and due diligence on several options for buying a metal building, Ted decided to buy from Canada Buildings. He ordered the building in July 2003 and his materials arrived on-time in the Fall.
"The building actually arrived before we had the foundation laid," Ted said. "Everything worked just like they said it would."
Ted ran into one unexpected snag that Canada Buildings helped him resolve.
"My hometown required a 91-mile-an-hour wind load on buildings," Ted says. "All the other towns require only 80-mile-an-hour loads. Canada Buildings was great on this, though."
Canada Buildings sent along a reinforcement kit that Ted says: "I don't think they charged any extra for," which he says he appreciated.
Ted's three-man crew worked for about two weeks constructing the building, which is 40 feet wide, 70 feet long and 16 feet high. The work was completed on Christmas Eve, 2003. An early holiday present.
Today, he said he plans to add a second floor of storage space for even more cars. "We'll need to put in an elevator."
Ted appreciated the ease and reliability of working with Canada Buildings.
"I got what I wanted, the price was right and it was easy to get built," he says. "I'm glad I went with Canada Buildings."
In fact, Ted recently ordered his second building from the company. To house a waste transfer operation for his disposal business, Ted knew it would be easy and reliable to use Canada Buildings once again.
"I knew that Canada Buildings would deliver what they said when they said. And I needed that."
Bill runs a welding and fabrication plant in the rugged wilderness of Alberta, Canada. Being so up in the Canadian Rockies can have its share of problems such as knowing where to find a pre-engineered building to help expand their business.
Bill then heard about Canada Buildings to the south of him in the United States.
“I read a flier of theirs regarding steel buildings that we needed,” said Bill. “We’ve purchased buildings before in both Canada and the United States. Both has its advantages and disadvantages. With Canada Buildings, we were told that we could get a 60’ X 140’ building at the price we wanted.”
Bill needed a standard building that was larger than what he was previously using to store more products inside. He found Canada Buildings very satisfactory, despite some delays getting the structure across the border.
“Everything was great,” said Bill. “It was a little late due in part to crossing into our parts. Once we had the building, it was fine. There were some minor stuff missing such as some bolts, but Canada Buildings was able to get that over us without delay.”
Having put up steel structures before, Bill replied that their edifice from Canada Buildings was very simple to put up.
“The blueprints were easy to follow,” mentioned Bill. “We’re just finishing up with the electric, and we’ve moved our products that were outside under our new roof.”
With the building intact, Bill said that his plant should be able to increase productivity under the conditions of Mother Nature.
“We’re very pleased. The building should sustain very well, considering how the winters are up here. I would recommend Canada Buildings to anyone I know if they’re in need of a pre-engineered building.”
For purchasing and putting up a steel building for the first time, Steve had no problems.
“I was overall satisfied,” said Steve. “I put it up myself, and altogether it went pretty well.”
At the time when he first spoke with Canada Buildings, Steve wasn’t ready to purchase a building that he was going to use for servicing for his towing company in the mountainous wilderness of Alberta, Canada.
“We discovered them by a flier that they sent. Then they phoned us up one day, but we weren’t ready at the time. Then we got a call back 6 months later that there was a 40 X 50 X 16 building that say said would be of interest to us, and it measured up.”
With two 12 X 14 framed openings, a 3 X 7 door, and upgraded PBR panels, Steve was content with what Canada Buildings sold him, despite some missing pieces when he received the structure..
“We made a check list of all hardware like they told us to,” recalled Steve. “There were some bolts and screws missing, but that was our only complaint. We were able to get that sent. The building was pretty close to what we were looking to spend.”
Despite some delays because they needed to get engineer approval for the foundation by the permit boards, Steve was able to get the building up without any problems.
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“It took a little longer because of the steel structure since we’re used to doing wood structures up here, but it was fine. The building is up and looks great.”
Dana is in charge of North Glenmore Parks Community Association up in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He describes his area as very unique.
“We’re a unique community that’s self-sufficient without the help of taxpayers,” said Dana. “That said, when we were looking for a gymnasium for our community hall, we really didn’t want to spend a lot just based on our budget.”
It was this search that stopped Dana from discarding a flier from Canada Buildings that was offering pre-made buildings.
“Usually, we throw out those kind of fliers, but I didn’t,” laughed Dana as he was recollecting. “I called up the number, realized it was in Bristol, Tennessee. I was hearing country music in the background. It was kind of wacky, wondering where the hell I was calling.”
But any doubt that Dana may have had was quickly erased as the people he dealt with explained the building they had available – a 60 X 140 X 20 that had two 6 X 7 doors,
a 3 X 7 door, a 14 X 14 framed opening, and upgraded PBR Panels.
Dana didn’t delay in the offer he received from them.
“I decided in two days to buy a building from Canada Buildings. ‘The hell with it, I said, I’ll do it.’ We have to fight the city to do it, but it will be built, come hell and high water.”
The amount that Dana said he spent by going with Canada Buildings was a strong factor.
“For groups like us, it really helped dealing with Canada Buildings because otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to purchase the building. We saved a lot of money by going through them.”
When it came down to receiving the building in November 2005, the weather provided a big chill upon Dana and everyone who unloaded the building from Dallas Trucking.
“It took six hours to unload, using a crane with a wind chill of negative 30 degrees Fahrenheit,” said Dana. “Needless to say it was brutal in that weather as you can imagine. But everything went pretty good. Dallas Trucking was great. We unloaded all the beams and everything and practically froze to death, but we did it.
The weather in Alberta can be very chaotic, especially in the winters according to Dana, and this year turned out to be no exception.
“We’ve gotten some wicked weather up here so far. The weather goes back and forth up here. It can be 75 degrees one day and then later on in the week go down into the subzero temperatures.”
Freezing cold temperatures aside, Dana was very pleased with the work Canada Buildings did for his community with gymnasium.
“Mitch Bagger and Mike Anderson were great and very helpful. Some good deals if you can jump on it. They’re fascinating buildings. They’re great structures. We’ve done a lot with Star Building Alliance as well.”
Dana has been so impressed with what Canada Buildings has done for them that he’s been recommending them to anyone he can find.
“In fact, I am working on getting more people to buy your buildings as we speak. I just spoke to someone the other day about a skateboarding park that they needed, and trying to get them to give you a call.”
The Calgary area has been expanding and prospering, according to Dana in his reasoning for getting more people to Canada Buildings for the buildings that they have to offer.
“The area is booming like you wouldn’t believe here in Calgary. We have a major surplus here for spending. The provincial government of Alberta has $8-9 billion, multi-billions alone in the city alone.”
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