Key West sits at mile zero of US-1, the southernmost point of the continental United States and the most demanding building environment in Florida. Monroe County’s 200 mph wind code is the highest in the country, the salt air is brutal on lesser materials, and freight access is constrained to a single highway with strict bridge weight limits. MBMI has shipped four published projects to the Lower Keys, including a storage building for Naval Air Station Key West on Boca Chica Key. Every one of them was engineered for what the Atlantic and the Gulf actually do to a building over a forty-year service life, not what a national average would predict.
Four engineering and logistics realities specific to Monroe County and the Lower Keys, sourced from four completed Key West projects.
Key West and most of Monroe County design to 200 mph Risk Category II ultimate wind speed under FBC 2023, with Exposure D applied to open-water sites. MBMI drawings arrive pre-stamped to that load with the wind-resistance detailing Monroe County Growth Management reviews against.
Buildings shipped to Key West use AkzoNobel-coated panels backed by the 40-year paint warranty. Salt-fog and marine-coastal exposure are part of the coating’s published rating profile, which is why AkzoNobel is MBMI’s panel supplier.
Freight to the Lower Keys travels the Overseas Highway and its forty-two bridges, including the Seven Mile Bridge. Bridge weight limits and Overseas Highway constraints are realities a Lower Keys buyer plans the delivery around.
One of our published Key West projects is a storage building shipped to Naval Air Station Key West on Boca Chica Key. Government and federal-installation work in the Lower Keys is familiar territory for the engineering and delivery side of an MBMI build.
Storage, warehouse, and covered parking lead the Lower Keys queue because lot constraints favor practical commercial structures over residential metal homes.
Warehouses, federal storage, and government facilities. Three of our four published Key West projects sit here — two warehouses on Stock Island and Big Coppitt plus a storage building shipped to Naval Air Station Key West on Boca Chica Key.
Open-bay carports and enclosed garage bays, designed for hurricane uplift on Lower Keys exposed sites. One of our four published Key West projects is a covered-parking structure with an enclosed bay.
Boat, marine-equipment, and RV storage buildings designed for direct salt-spray exposure with marine-grade coatings standard.
The same clear-span construction also serves Key West International Airport (EYW) hangars and bulk-storage applications under FAA Part 77 surfaces.
Steel-framed sanctuaries, fellowship halls, and assembly spaces engineered to the 200 mph Lower Keys wind code.
Workshop-home combinations for buyers on rural Lower Keys parcels — Big Pine, Sugarloaf, and No Name Key — full residential MEP plus a clear-span shop bay.
Four published Key West projects, including a federal facility on Boca Chica Key. Click any image for the full customer story.
The same four-stage process that delivered four published Key West projects, from a first phone call through Monroe County permitting to delivery down US-1.
One phone call, a custom CAD layout sized for the Overseas Highway bridge weight limits, real Lower Keys pricing.
Florida-stamped 200 mph drawings shipped for City of Key West or Monroe County Growth Management review.
Your building components are manufactured and shipped down US-1 to your Monroe County site, with delivery timed to your erection crew.
You arrange the foundation and erection separately. Lower Keys sites typically use a local concrete contractor for the slab and an erection crew familiar with marine-grade hardware and 200 mph wind bracing.
Click any nearby Florida city to see local lead times and recently published projects from the mainland to the Middle Keys.
“Burt, thank you so much for your customer service and help during the process of acquiring and designing this beautiful building. I realized that dealing with MBMI is a total pleasure and the process of buying a new building is much easier.”
“Brian, we appreciate your help; it’s looking great around here. Thanks, Rey Martinez P.E.”
View the full Naval Air Station Key West storage-building project on the testimonials page for the engineering details and project photos.
Get your Lower Keys design and price in twenty-four hours. We engineer to the 200 mph wind zone, freight down US-1, and deliver direct to your Stock Island, Boca Chica, or Truman Annex job site.
MBMI Metal Buildings
7499 W Atlantic Ave, Ste 208
Delray Beach, FL 33446
+1.800.293.2097
[email protected]
Weekdays 9am – 5pm
Lower Keys permitting through Monroe County Building Department.
