The FBi Blog

Information that gives you insight into post-frame construction and in making your building project a success.

Posts | Videos | Building Tips | Farm Buildings | Building Features

By: Cori Lane
June 29th, 2020

Once you’ve pulled the trigger on building a pole barn, the anticipation sets in, and you can’t wait to see the final product. You start to visualize servicing equipment in your farm shop. You imagine how your combine and grain cart will look sitting side-by-side in your machine storage shed. Envisioning your finished post-frame building is easy. The tricky part is designing your pole barn and deciding which building components to incorporate.

Posts | Building Tips | Comparisons | Pole Barn Builders

By: Cori Lane
June 8th, 2020

Our builder comparison for this week features Blunier Builders. They construct agricultural, commercial, and suburban buildings with a focus on using high-quality materials and craftsmanship. In this blog, we’ll present the facts and strengths of each post frame builder. Our goal is to provide you with a better understanding of how FBi compares to Blunier before making a final decision.

Posts | Building Tips | Cost

By: Courtney Moore
April 30th, 2020

Our daily lives have looked a little different over the past couple of months. Our living rooms have turned to classrooms and offices, we’re cooking dinner instead of dining out at restaurants, and people are getting seriously creative in finding ways to have fun at home. Even with social distancing in place, families and friends are connecting and growing closer than ever before.

Posts | Building Tips | Farm Buildings

By: Courtney Moore
March 24th, 2020

Farming is a significant job and, depending on the classification of farming, can require a great deal of equipment and machinery. Farmers have combines, tillers, plows, tractors, balers, and planters - just to name a few. If you are a farmer or if you have ever been around these types of equipment, then you know they are definitely not small. The equipment and machinery in farming keep getting larger and larger, and the last thing you would want to happen is to run out of storage space.

Posts | Building Tips | Building Features | Cost

By: Courtney Moore
March 10th, 2020

You work hard for your money, so you want to ensure those dollars are properly spent. If there is a way to cut costs and keep the bottom line down, who wouldn’t want to take advantage of that? More and more people are looking to save their money instead of spending it all, and we can’t blame them.

Posts | Building Tips | Repairs & Renovations | Building Design

By: Cori Lane
February 17th, 2020

Pole barn renovation projects have increased in popularity since the start of COVID-19.