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have occurred without the support of the
NFBA. As President Jeff Henry explains,
in the late 1960s and early 1970s, contrac-
tors who specialized in this building sys-
tem often found themselves at odds with
building code officials. As it was, codes
had not advanced to recognize this as a
viable system, despite the fact that it had
been used in agriculture infrastructure for
years. Structures in the agriculture market
are exempt from the degree of regulatory
scrutiny that occurs within commercial,
residential and industrial development, so
code official in many jurisdictions were
simply unaccustomed to this methodol-
ogy in projects they typically reviewed.
In 1971, Henry explains that several con-
tractors banded together in a mission to
create awareness and acceptance of post-
frame building. Since that era which led
to its incorporation as a non-profit trade
association, the NFBA has grown to be
comprised by more than 800 member
companies and is the only non-profit trade
association that promotes the interests of
the post-frame construction industry and
its member professionals throughout the
United States.
