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<body> <h1 align="left">Alternate Building Systems, Inc.</h1> <p align="left"><font color="#000000">A graduate civil engineer, Gayton Marks managed the design-build office for an engineered structural products company for several years before founding Alternate Building Systems, Inc. in 1984.  His experience and ability to provide engineering services is what quickly set Alternate Building Systems apart as a supplier and subcontractor for structural building products and architectural metals.</font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000000">The emphasis of Alternate Building Systems, Inc. is on the building structure and its components. We serve general contractors and steel fabricators and describe ourselves as a design-build team partner.</font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000000">Our mission is to consistently outperform the competition with respect to customer service with an end goal of helping our customers achieve the competitive edge they need in today's business environment.</font></p> <p align="left"> <a href="about_abs.htm">About ABS</a> - Design- Build team Partner</p> <p align="left"> <a href="products.htm">Services</a> - The focus of <font color="#000000"> Alternate Building Systems</font> operations is:<br> Division 5 (metals) including Bar Joists, Girders, form Decks, Composite Decks CEE's & ZEE's, Structural Studs & Roof Decks<br> Division 7 (thermal and moisture protection) Industrial Siding, Architectural Siding, Insulated Siding, Standing Seam Roofs, Fiberglass Panels, Acoustical Panels, & Insulation<br> Division 13 (special construction) including pre-engineered metal buildings, wood buildings, and custom engineered buildings.</p> <p align="left"> <a href="projects.htm">Projects</a> - Commercial - Industrial structures and components specialist including:<br> Commercial - shopping centers and any type of retail business; Industrial - such as steel mills and refineries; and Institutional - churches, schools, etc. </p> <p align="left"> <a href="materials.htm">Materials</a> - Cold-formed structurals as well as industrial and commercial roofing and siding including Wheeling Corrugating roof and floor decks..</p> <p align="left"><a href="toibox_buildings.htm">Toibox Buildings</a> - No other building can match the TOIBOX in versatiliy, quality, and cost-effectiveness.  </p> <p align="left"><a href="specials.htm">Specials</a> - A list of materials that will be available at wholesale prices.</p> <p align="left"><a href="residential_roofing.htm">Residential Roofing</a> - Wheeling Loc-Seam Steel Roofing.</p> <p align="left"><a href="grating.htm">Grating</a> - The wide variety of shapes, sizes, materials, and finishes offered make our gratings suitable for all kinds of major construction, manufacturing, distribution, transportation, mining, processing, and commercial products. Stock products can be supplied quickly or custom jobs can be manufactured to your paricular requirements.</p> <p align="left"><a href="stock_deck.htm">Stock Deck</a> - Wheeling deck - Strength and quality that can't be beat!</p> <p align="left"><a href="customer_service.htm">Customer Service</a> - We are in the business of exceeding our customer's expectations.</p> <p align="left"><a href="technology.htm">Technology</a> - The ABS computer system is fully networked and on-line. This allows them to access CAD drawings from their internal network, review other people's work, make adjustments to the books, and handle any in-progress changes to a project.</p> <p align="left"><a href="design_work.htm">Design Work</a> - We have the capability to provide our customers with computer-generated preliminary ideas.</p> <p align="left"><a href="contact_us.htm">Contact Us</a> - We would love the opportunity to discuss your construction needs.</p>