| Although steel structures began popping up in the | | | | airplane hangars are still made of steel today. Steel |
| early 20th century, the largest surge in steel building | | | | buildings are also used to house military vehicles when |
| construction occurred during World War II when | | | | they are not in use or double as garages for those |
| airplane hangars made out of steel were constructed | | | | vehicles that need a little maintenance now and then. |
| for the military. It was around the same time that | | | | The buildings provide the vehicles with a certain |
| Quonset huts were emerging and tens of thousands | | | | degree of protection that they wouldn't have |
| of them were being made because they could be | | | | otherwise in case the area were to come under |
| assembled by hand tools and easily taken apart if a | | | | attack. The steel buildings also protect the soldiers |
| move was necessary. They didn't look very nice nor | | | | inside of them. Although it isn't impossible for damage |
| did they offer a high degree of protection while | | | | to occur to an airplane hangar or a storage facility for |
| soldiers were using them as bunkers. | | | | vehicles, the certain degree of protection that the |
| However, the companies that were building steel | | | | buildings offer give the soldiers a longer window of |
| buildings made their case post World War II when | | | | time to react to an attack. |
| they stated that steel buildings were cheap and quick | | | | Nevertheless, there are more uses for steel buildings |
| to put together. They were no more attractive than | | | | than just housing vehicles. They are also used as |
| the Quonset huts, but what they did do was offer | | | | training facilities for soldiers in order for training |
| better protection for what was inside of them, which | | | | operations to be kept private the way they should |
| is what was most important. However, it was many | | | | be. These buildings can be erected anywhere training |
| years later when steel buildings began being used | | | | needs to take place whether it is here in the states |
| more widely in the military and through time have | | | | or in the deserts of Iraq. There are also the smaller |
| proven to be an inexpensive way for the | | | | steel buildings that are used as offices out in the field. |
| government to protect many of their important | | | | They are easy to transport and they are secure. |
| investments. These investments include vehicles, | | | | They also offer a degree of protection in case the |
| planes, supplies, and even the soldiers themselves. | | | | area in which the office is located is under attack. |
| As stated before, airplane hangars were being made | | | | These buildings have also been known to double as |
| during World War II for the military and military | | | | storage buildings. |