6 | Morton Buildings
some niches have when people think
about building ... when we’re talking to a
church group, doctor or lawyer looking to
build a new office, it’s not uncommon for
them to have a misheld perception ... they
all want something that looks classy, and
they’ll say, ‘We can’t use a pole barn.’
But some do their homework, and we’ve
seen a growing percentage of customers
coming, not simply drawn by perception
of lower costs, but actually understanding
the complete package of advantages.
Beyond the speed in delivery and the
affordability, the advantages of this build-
ing system include performance values,
such as greater energy efficiency. As Ny-
berg explains, “You don’t have cold spots
as compared with stud wall construction
... where for every sixteen or twenty-four
inches you have a stud that’s basically go-
ing to result in a cold spot in the wall.” In
post frame construction, due to the man-
ner in which columns are spaced out and
the framing goes together, full blankets
of insulations can be applied column to
column, creating a more effective barrier
which ultimately reduces cold spots. Like-
wise, in standard stick-built or stud wall
methodology, unless trusses are done in
a special manner, there’s a significant re-
