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XPRESS ADVANTAGE
Anchor Bolt Plans & Erection drawings will be sent to you immediately upon order
acceptance.

Building delivery as quick as 3 weeks, after order is placed.

26 GA GALVALUME Roof Sheets.

Long Life Fasteners are provided for Roof Sheeting.

26 GA Wall sheets (KR Profile) painted with Kirby’s Premium DiamondKote Fluropolymer (With
70% KYNAR 500 or Hylar 500 Resins) that includes a 35 year Paint Finish Warranty.

26 GA Trim painted with Kirby’s Premium DiamondKote Fluropolymer (With 70% KYNAR 500
or Hylar 500 Resins).
(Note: Gutters and Downspouts ARE standard on every building)

30’ & 40’ Buildings are Flush Frame wall girts that are provided on all walls. This creates,
greater versatility in locating windows, doors and framed openings. Secondly, the interior wall
finishing is simplified due to the flush frame design and the absence of flange bracing up to the
12’4” elevation.

Designed to Current Codes. (Including IBC 2000)

Buildings are AISC Certified.

Xpress buildings are Engineered, Designed, Manufactured & Shipped directly from Kirby
Building Systems manufacturing facility in Portland, TN.

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International Building Code 2000 SIZES
Loading Categories A B C D E F G
Frame/Roof Live Load 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf
Ground Snow Load 15psf 20psf 30psf 40psf 15psf 10psf 70psf
Wind Speed 90mph 90mph 90mph 90mph 110mph 130mph 90mph
Seismic % 200 / 75 125 / 40 35 / 10 15 / 10 150 / 40 166 / 50 15/10

Building Size 30 A B C D E F G
304012_ (30'-0 x 40' 0 x 12'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
304014_ (30'-0 x 40' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
304016_ (30'-0 x 40' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
306012_ (30'-0 x 60' 0 x 12'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
306014_ (30'-0 x 60' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
306016_ (30'-0 x 60' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
308012_ (30'-0 x 80' 0 x 12'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
308014_ (30'-0 x 80' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
308016_ (30'-0 x 80' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

Building Size 40 A B C D E F G
404012_ (40'-0 x 40' 0 x 12'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
404014_ (40'-0 x 40' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
404016_ (40'-0 x 40' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
406012_ (40'-0 x 60' 0 x 12'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
406014_ (40'-0 x 60' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
406016_ (40'-0 x 60' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
408012_ (40'-0 x 80' 0 x 12'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
408014_ (40'-0 x 80' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
408016_ (40'-0 x 80' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

Building Size 50 A B C D E F G
507514_ (50'-0 x 75' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
507516_ (50'-0 x 75' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
507520_ (50'-0 x 75' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5010014_ (50'-0 x 100' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5010016_ (50'-0 x 100' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5010020_ (50'-0 x 100' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5012514_ (50'-0 x 125' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5012516_ (50'-0 x 125' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5012520_ (50'-0 x 125' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5015014_ (50'-0 x 150' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5015016_ (50'-0 x 150' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
5015020_ (50'-0 x 150' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
Prices and Specifications Subject To Change April-03

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International Building Code 2000 SIZES
Loading Categories A B C D E F G
Frame/Roof Live Load 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf 12/20psf
Ground Snow Load 15psf 20psf 30psf 40psf 15psf 10psf 70psf
Wind Speed 90mph 90mph 90mph 90mph 110mph 130mph 90mph
Seismic % 200 / 75 125 / 40 35 / 10 15 / 10 150 / 40 166 / 50 15/10

Building Size 60 A B C D E F G
607514_ (60'-0 x 75' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
607516_ (60'-0 x 75' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
607520_ (60'-0 x 75' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
6010014_ (60'-0 x 100' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
6010016_ (60'-0 x 100' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
6010020_ (60'-0 x 100' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
6012514_ (60'-0 x 125' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
6012516_ (60'-0 x 125' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
6012520_ (60'-0 x 125' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
6015014_ (60'-0 x 150' 0 x 14'-0) **** **** **** **** * **** **** ****
6015016_ (60'-0 x 150' 0 x 16'-0) **** **** **** **** * **** **** ****
6015020_ (60'-0 x 150' 0 x 20'-0) **** **** **** **** * **** **** * ****
Building Size 100 A B C D E F G
10010016_(100'-0 x 100'0x16'-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
10010020_(100'-0 x 100'0x20-0) **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
Prices and Specifications Subject To Change April-03
Items Included in Building Price:
- Roof sheeting - 26 gauge Galvalume KR2, Class UL-90 Uplift Rated.
- Wall sheeting - 26 gauge Kirby RibII ( Standard colors ).
- Trim - 26 gauge ( Kirby Standard colors ) including corner trim, gutter, downspouts and accessory trim.
- Long Life fasteners provided for roof.
- One standard size overhead door framed opening to be field located ( size to be selected by customer ).
- Additional door framed openings are available ( field located ).
- One 3070 ( M ) white or bronze walk door with standard hardware and weather-strip kit ( field located ).
- Erection drawings, including anchor bolt setting plan.

Notes:
1. 30' & 40' WIDE Sidewall girts are flush framed with no flange braces below 12' - 4".
50' & 60' WIDE are BY-Pass Girts with no flange braces below 12' - 4".
100' Wide are BY-Pass Girts with no flange braces below 12' - 4".
2. Buildings are braced longitudinally by cable bracing.
3. Roof slope 1:12 only.
4. End walls are bearing frames with flush framed girts and cable bracing.
5. Optional self framing and flashing, pre-glazed, 1/2 screen, paint dark bronze finish Windows ( 3030 / 6030 ).
6. Optional 3070 ( M ) white or bronze walk door with standard hardware and weather-strip kit.
7. Foundation design is the responsibility of the customer.
8. Anchor bolts not furnished by metal builder manufacture.
9. All buildings are designed for wind exposure " B ".
* These buildings will require two truck loads.

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Basic Terminology

Most metal buildings have four outside walls.

Two of these walls are called sidewalls. This
occurs where the roof meets the walls and aligns
parallel to the flush floor without any increase in
the height of the walls. The other two walls,
called endwalls, show a rising line where the
walls meet the roof and the height of the walls
change.

The point where the sidewalls meet the roof is

called the eave. It often has special trim to
dress it up or a gutter to catch the rain flow
from the roof. The distance from the bottom of
the base plate to the point where the roof and
sidewall intersect is where the eave height is
determined.

If you visualize a straight line across the endwall

by extending the eave line on one sidewall to
meet the eave line on the other sidewall, you
would be creating a triangular area referred to as
the gable. The point where the two rising
halves of the roof meet at the endwall is called
the peak.

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The line where the sidewall meet the endwall is
usually finished out with a special piece of trim
known as corner trim. The peak receives a
plastic or metal cap known as the peak box.
The peak box usually receives an identifying
mark, or the Kirby logo.

The roof pitch or roof slope is usually shown

as a ratio to 12 (i.e., 1:12, ½:12, 4:12, etc.).
When inches are used as a basic unit, a 4:12
roof pitch means that the roof rises 4 inches
in every 12 inches measured horizontally
across the width of the building from the
side to the peak of the building.

Kirby metal buildings have three basic

dimensions: span (width), length, and eave
height. The span is the distance from the
outside of the sidewall girt on one side to the
outside of the sidewall girt on the other side.
The length is the distance from the outside of
the endwall girt on one endwall to the outside of
the endwall girt on the other endwall. Eave
height is the distance from the bottom of the
base plate to the top of the eave strut.

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SYSTEMS, PARTS & PIECES

Once they are erected, metal buildings can

look quite different. There are, however, a
number of standard parts and
configurations that are common to all. This
section concerns itself with standard types
of materials, parts, and systems to show
how they function to make up the entire
building.

All metal buildings are built on top of a

foundation. The foundation is generally a
concrete slab with concrete footings. The
footing is concrete, usually rectangular
shaped, poured and formed under a column. A
footing distributes the load created by the metal
building support member into the supporting
soil. Anchor bolts are set in the footing to
“anchor” the column or structural members.

A metal base plate is a pre-punched metal

plate which comes already welded to the base
of the column or structural member. The pre-
punched plate fits over the anchor bolts.

If you were to take off the outside covering on

the roof and walls of a metal building, you
would see something similar to the illustration
shown here. This is known as the structural
support system, and is divided into the
primary support system and the secondary
support system.

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PRIMARY STRUCTURAL
SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Primary support systems furnish the main

support of the building. The primary
structural support system is more often
called the main framing system and can be
divided in two basic types – clear span and
beam and column. Clear span frames have
no interior obstructions between the
exterior columns. Beam and column or BC
frames have one or more interior columns
between the exterior columns, supporting
some of the vertical load carried by the
frame.

The rigid frame (RF) is probably the most

commonly used clear span frame. The rigid
frame has tapered or straight vertical columns
and tapered or straight rafter sections. A cross
section through either a column or rafter
section would show an H shape. You will note
that typically a rigid frame is deepest in the
knee or haunch area where the column is
connected to the rafter beam.

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SECONDARY STRUCTURAL
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
PURLINS

If we go back to a metal building with the

outside covering taken off the roof and walls,
you will notice in the roof area above the
primary support system, a series of z-shaped
members spanning between the frames.
These are the principal members of the roof
secondary support system and are known as
purlins. The basic structural shape used by
Kirby is an 8”, 10”, or 12” zee section.

Kirby purlins come in a variety of gauges

(thicknesses) and the space between them can
vary, although 5’ purlin spacing is the most
common. There are two basic types of purlins,
a simple purlin and a continuous purlin.

The basic purlin provided by Kirby Building

Systems is the continuous purlin, however, the
definition of both purlins are as follows: simple
purlins provide a 4-1/4 “ lap connection for
alignment; continuous purlin laps vary from 1’2”
to greater according to various conditions. The
continuous purlin design often allows the use of
a lighter gauge and more economical system,
saving the customer money while giving the
same or better structural integrity.

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GIRTS
Looking back at our metal building with the
outside covering taken off, you will notice in the
wall areas attached to the columns are 8’ zee
shaped members similar to the purlins on a
roof. These are the principal members of the
wall secondary support framing systems and
are called girts. Girts, like the purlins, take the
loads imposed on the covering system and
transfers them to the frames which, in turn,
transfer them to the foundation.

The first girt in a Kirby building is usually at 7’4”

and additional girts are spaced at 5’0” intervals
up to the eave line. The spacing of girts,
however, like the gauge of girts, varies with the
loads imposed on them. Kirby offers two basic
types of girt systems – flush and by-pass.
Kirby’s standard is by-pass girts for both
sidewalls and endwalls.

By-pass girts are outset from the columns.

Flush girts have the main frame columns inset
into their line. The advantage to flush is an
increase of usable space inside the building at
the column location.

It should be remembered that by definition the

building width is measured from outside of
sidewall girt to outside of sidewall girt.
Therefore, when using the flush girt condition,
the building frames are moving out into the girt
line. The building does not get wider.

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CABLE BRACING
Wind exerts a force on metal buildings and
one of the primary design features used to
resist this force is bracing. Bracing consists
of sets of cables in the roof, between the
rafters, and in the walls between the
columns.

Specific design criteria that govern a particular

metal building will determine the quantity and
location of cables. Bracing cables are often
called “cable bracing”, “wall bracing”, “wind
bracing” or “X-bracing”.

BAY SPACING

When framing system members or frames are

laid out in a predetermined pattern to provide
the primary support for the building, the
distance between the frames are called bay
spacing. The areas between the two frames
are called bays.

On interior bays the bay spacing is the

distance from the centerline of one interior
frame to the centerline of the next interior
frame. Bay spacing for end bays is measured
from the centerline of the first interior frame to
the outside line of the first interior frame on the
endwall.

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ENDWALL
The most common endwall is called a bearing
frame endwall, and is Kirby’s standard. It is a
modular frame in the sense that it has interior
columns. The interior columns are called
endposts or wind columns. The two side
columns are called corner columns. The
bearing frame is designed to carry only one-
half of a bay.

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