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| This municipal building in Millington, Tenn., which houses an economic development agency, proves that combining metal building systems and conventional architectural elements can create an attractive, long-standing building solution. |
Professional Design Resources, an architectural firm in the Memphis suburb of Bartlett, Tenn. designed the project that applied structural framing and a standing seam metal roof system supplied by Liberty Building Systems, with headquarters and engineering offices also located in Bartlett. The government building underwent multiple rounds of bids before it received an acceptable quote from Greg and Scott Stephens, general contractors based in Paris, Tenn.
Located 12 miles north of Memphis in Shelby County, the Millington Industrial Board has enviable sites to market at one of America’s distribution crossroads. Properties for the transportation and distribution facilities include the 110-acre Millington Business Center and the 1900-acre West Tennessee Regional Business Center comprised of redevelopment sites within the former Memphis Naval Air Station that has the rail and aviation infrastructure to evolve into an intermodal hub. 
Liberty Building Systems, Inc., www.LibertyBuildings.com, is a national company that engineers and manufactures a broad line of metal buildings for agricultural, commercial, industrial and self-storage applications. The company, which employs approximately 130 personnel, operates as a business unit within Butler Buildings North America, a subsidiary of BlueScope Steel. Liberty sells metal buildings nationwide through multiple distribution channels. The company's headquarters and engineering offices are in Bartlett, with manufacturing plant operations in Selmer, Tenn.
