Facility Builders and Erectors - Who We Are and What We Do

Facility Builders & Erectors Inc. was established in 1993 by Ken Thomson. For over 25 years, FB&E has been successfully providing Industrial and Community construction services in 6 western states to a diverse clientele ranging from Trash and Recycling, Aerospace manufacturing, Aviation, Transportation and Distribution, along with public works operational facilities and community parks. The company's success has been based on understanding our client's needs and delivering projects as promised.

Many of the FB&E projects include a Steel Building component to them. Projects with Steel Buildings have become so numerous it has made sense for us to employ our own steel erection crews in the assembly of these extremely efficient and flexible structures.

As technology continues to advance, so do our customer needs evolve. With these changes, we adapt to these current demands for greener and smarter buildings, specific environmental controlled spaces and address the increased focus on the life cycle costs of a building, not just the low initial costs.

We often define what we do as both a process and a product. As a Design-Build General Contractor, we are responsible for the design phase, permit processing, agency interfaces and the build. The FB&E Team is structured to support each project depending on the unique challenges each one represents. For us every project is different and we adapt our delivery and resources to meet those needs.

Our services are tailored to meet our client's business objectives and deliver the best value for each of our projects.

We deliver these projects in a variety of roles including:

• Construction management
• General contractor
• Design builder
• Metal building contractor and erectors

The types of projects include:

• Ground-up turnkey buildings
• Tenant Improvements
• Occupied facility expansions and modifications
• Private industry and public works
• Alternative energy solutions, CNG, Solar, EV charging stations

The industries and markets we serve include:

• Refuse and recycling.
• Trucking and transportation.
• Manufacturing - simple manufacturing to controlled environments.
• Aviation and aerospace.
• Food processing and production.
• Warehousing and distribution.
• Community parks and recreation.
• City yards and operations facilities.
• Pre-engineered metal buildings.
• Pre-engineered metal building erection services.
• Medical and professional offices and environments.
• Utility company improvements.

The services FB&E provides with its labor force include:

• Pre-construction project management and programming
• Lender support
• Permit processing
• Safety planning and oversight
• Project estimating and bidding
• Project management and supervision
• Scheduling
• Construction site and SWPPP maintenance
• Furnishing and erecting pre-engineered metal buildings
• Project detailing
• Progress payment disbursements
• Lien Release management
• Insurance certificate management
• Project Commissioning and Closeout

We recognize with every project being different, it is important to understand our clients priorities, expectations and needs.

• Some of our clients have very specific guidelines established.
• Others may look to FB&E to provide a single point of responsibility for the design, permitting and construction of the improvements.
• Every municipality has its own version of code standards and zoning ordinances that need to be layered into a project. Sometimes the planning approvals take longer than the construction.
• Buildings we work in and around may be fully occupied, bringing into play safety management issues, ensuring both the operations and constructions teams are working effectively together.
• Many projects have hard deadlines to meet.
• Some building projects need to the GREEN certified.
• Many buildings have specific performance needs including crane loads, equipment foundations and temperature and humidity controls along energy management systems.
• All of them need to be built on time and on budget.

Every project is different. As part of your team, we strive to bring the right solutions to fit your project.