Storage builders
Trachte Building Systems
Trachte Building Systems designs, engineers, manufactures, and erects pre-engineered and customized steel building systems for self-storage owners, developers, architects, and general contractors across North America. It was founded in 1901 in Wisconsin and reports more than 125 years of manufacturing, with its plant and offices in Sun Prairie.
Because it manufactures its own building components and provides its own erection crews, the company handles a project from design through installation under one process rather than splitting engineering, supply, and erection across vendors. It is a 100% employee-owned organization, and now operates as a parent platform for a group of related companies.
The product line covers single-story systems built with post and purlin construction, multi-story systems of two to four stories that can include stairways, elevators, lifts, hallways, and exterior doors, boat/RV/commercial buildings, canopy systems for covered parking with solar panel options, door and hallway systems for new climate-controlled facilities and interior corridors, conversion systems for turning existing buildings into storage, portable storage containers, and smart locking solutions.
Building specifications are configurable: single-story systems ship with full 9-foot doors on 10-foot bays and 11-foot doors on 12-foot bays, roof pitches up to 8 inches per 12 inches, and boat/RV buildings reach 20-foot bay widths, 16-foot eave heights, and 14-foot door openings. Pricing is quoted per project; confirm lead times and erection scope for the market in question.
Best for
Self-storage developers and owners building a new facility, adding boat and RV storage, or converting an existing building to storage, who want the manufacturer to engineer and erect it too.
What they do
- Single-story self-storage building systems
- Multi-story self-storage building systems
- Boat, RV, and commercial storage buildings
- Door and hallway systems
- Building conversion systems for existing structures
- Canopy systems for covered parking
- Portable storage containers
- Smart locking solutions
- Building erection services
- Design and engineering support
Details
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1901 |
What stands out
- Founded in 1901 and reports more than 125 years of manufacturing in steel building systems.
- Operates as a 100% employee-owned organization and as the parent platform for a group of related companies.
- Says its self-storage buildings stand in all 50 states and numerous foreign countries.
- Designs, engineers, manufactures, and erects with its own components and crews rather than subcontracting the whole job.
- Single-story systems come with full 9-foot doors on 10-foot bays and 11-foot doors on 12-foot bays.
- Boat/RV buildings offer bay widths up to 20 feet, eave heights to 16 feet, and door openings as tall as 14 feet.
- Multi-story designs run two to four stories and can include stairways, elevators, lifts, hallways, and exterior doors.