Nicholas Studer
PCS Elected Director 2022-2025
I thought I would share some brief experiences with the construction of my "Ambulance Station" last year with Morton Buildings. https://mortonbuildings.com/
I was recommended to utilize them by John Burchfield, who also had one from them. Morton is a national company that builds a hybrid between typical wood-frame construction and metal buildings. In their case, the building's frame is wood, but it has a metal skin. They are known to be very high end. We chose them for the resale value, warranty, and the fact the concrete, electrical, insulation, and building itself would all be handled internally. We appreciated this latter fact in particular as it eliminates the factor of multiple different vendors trying to blame each other if there are problems that arise later.
In the end, the building is extremely well-constructed. It is primarily built at a plant, and then delivered for assembly on-site. Concrete is then poured once the structure is up. The construction team was top-notch and put it together very quickly. The sub-contractor used for electrical was excellent, and I hired him for some odd-jobs following the build. The concrete was very well-done by their sub-contractor. I painted the concrete about a month later, and the asphalt driveway/parking pad was placed by a local contractor.
The main issues we encountered are best related to the local office. The local sales consultant was fired at the tail-end of the handful of days of actual construction. I was told had apparently been feeding mistruths back to his management who of course wanted to salvage the contract with as little expense as possible. Please note the combination of fiber insulation on the walls the thermal panels in the roof is not common for Morton, usually the fiber is only used with a drop ceiling also covered in this fiber. This was specified by the local consultant, and supposedly is a "mistake." However, I ended up happy with it because the fiber cuts out a fair bit of the noise. Additional insulation was put up in the "triangles" shown later by my request. I would be happy to discuss further details off-line with PCS members who are considering purchase of a new building.
In the end, I would consider Morton again but I've learned a fair bit. I am very happy with my ambulances on-site, safe, and easily accessible.
I was recommended to utilize them by John Burchfield, who also had one from them. Morton is a national company that builds a hybrid between typical wood-frame construction and metal buildings. In their case, the building's frame is wood, but it has a metal skin. They are known to be very high end. We chose them for the resale value, warranty, and the fact the concrete, electrical, insulation, and building itself would all be handled internally. We appreciated this latter fact in particular as it eliminates the factor of multiple different vendors trying to blame each other if there are problems that arise later.
In the end, the building is extremely well-constructed. It is primarily built at a plant, and then delivered for assembly on-site. Concrete is then poured once the structure is up. The construction team was top-notch and put it together very quickly. The sub-contractor used for electrical was excellent, and I hired him for some odd-jobs following the build. The concrete was very well-done by their sub-contractor. I painted the concrete about a month later, and the asphalt driveway/parking pad was placed by a local contractor.
The main issues we encountered are best related to the local office. The local sales consultant was fired at the tail-end of the handful of days of actual construction. I was told had apparently been feeding mistruths back to his management who of course wanted to salvage the contract with as little expense as possible. Please note the combination of fiber insulation on the walls the thermal panels in the roof is not common for Morton, usually the fiber is only used with a drop ceiling also covered in this fiber. This was specified by the local consultant, and supposedly is a "mistake." However, I ended up happy with it because the fiber cuts out a fair bit of the noise. Additional insulation was put up in the "triangles" shown later by my request. I would be happy to discuss further details off-line with PCS members who are considering purchase of a new building.
In the end, I would consider Morton again but I've learned a fair bit. I am very happy with my ambulances on-site, safe, and easily accessible.