News & Info
North Penn Project Wraps Up in Colmar
(June 23, 2022) Last month, Storage Construction completed its 87,000 square-foot, 3-story North Penn project in Colmar, PA. This new facility required quite a bit of site preparation before we got started with new construction. We demolished and removed a 32,000 square-foot existing building, an existing slab of more than 18,000 square feet, plus several […]
Three-Phase Project Completed in Gilbertsville
Storage Construction is excited to announce the completion of the final phase of a multi-story, 9-building new construction project in Gilbertsville, PA. The entire site encompasses more than 86,000 square feet, and was completed in three phases: Phase I: 56,300 square feet, made up of 5 self-storage buildings and 1 office building. Completed April 2020 […]
Matt DePrato named VP of Preconstruction and Development
(YORK, Pa) — Storage Construction has announced Matt DePrato as its new Vice President of Preconstruction and Development. Matt is a 17-year veteran of the self-storage industry. He has served as the Director of Operations for PFG Capital’s self-storage portfolio, and has overseen the operations of Storage Construction’s affiliate company, Automated Security, a national security […]
All About Upgrades
Curb appeal: The #1 way to attract customers Self-storage facility upgrades can be a clear point of differentiation in a competitive marketplace. Buildings of all ages can be renovated and updated to make a positive impression when customers enter your facility. But how can you tell when it’s time to “freshen things up?” Begin by […]
Nate Jones named Director of Construction Services and Business Development
(YORK, Pa)– Storage Construction has introduced Nate Jones as its new Director of Construction Services and Business Development. In his new role, Nate will be counseling clients at the earliest stages of their self-storage projects, and overseeing our Design-Build process on a larger scale. In addition to more than a dozen years of experience in […]
Storage Construction Announces Rod Lockard Retirement
Storage Construction today announced the retirement of Rod Lockard, Vice President of Business Development and Quality Management. A leading figure in the self-storage industry since 2000, Lockard was one of the co-founders of the company in 2015. He is credited with playing a role in the development and construction of more than 90 self-storage projects […]
Remote work, COVID, and the self-storage sector
Each industry has had to address the challenges posed by COVID-19 and its variants. Beginning in the spring of 2020, businesses in the United States had to find a way to continue to do business while protecting the safety of their staffS. For many businesses, that meant establishing a new remote-work reality until teams could […]
New Project News: Storage Construction Awarded 100,000 sq. ft. Conversion Project in York, PA
Storage Construction announced today that it has been awarded a contract by Moove In Self Storage to begin work on a new 100,000 square-foot self-storage facility in Spring Garden Township, York, PA. Storage Construction provides construction services exclusively to the self-storage industry including construction management, pre-construction consulting, and design. The project will consist of the […]
Storage Construction in the News: ISS Magazine and the importance of Access Planning
In its October 2020 issue, national trade publication, ISS Magazine, published an article co-written by Storage Construction’s Rod Lockard and Matt DePrato on the importance of having a well-planned system of access and access control for your self-storage facility. Find the full article here
Storage Construction in the News: ISS Magazine and “Why Renovate?”
Inside Self Storage, a national trade group for the self-storage industry, recently published an article in their November issue of ISS Magazine on the topic of ‘when is it time to renovate your self-storage facility?’ The article featured recommendations and insights from Rod Lockard, Storage Construction’s VP of Business Development and Quality Management, and Matt […]
Better Value, Fewer Headaches: The Benefits of Design/Build
Our team fields a lot of questions about the advantages of our design/build process. We’ll cover several of those below, but first, a basic description: Traditionally, owners employing a “design-bid-build” or “plan-spec” approach would hire an architect and various engineers during a planning phase, then separately seek bids from contractors, and finally begin construction. With […]
Value Engineering: understanding the cost of design
There’s nothing better than an exceptional building design, but sometimes —when architects and contractors aren’t on the same page —an exceptional building design becomes impractical and expensive when time and materials are brought into the equation. At Storage Construction, we’ve mastered the design-build process so that every project is designed with the builders —and the […]
One contact, one call.
During the design and construction process of a storage facility, a project owner might be on the phone with a project representative up to four times a week for a year or more. Having to guess who to call for answers during that time period can be a frustrating, problematic issue. As an owner, you […]
Anticipating the Problem: Protecting the Pike
Let’s face it: most construction projects run into challenges somewhere along the line. Storage construction projects are no different. Delays in intermediate phases of the project, breakdowns in the supply chain, complications with permits — all are familiar hurdles in the road from design to opening. Where Storage Construction distinguishes itself is in our ability […]
Behind the Scenes
It might be easy to see the progress of any construction project by watching the activity on the actual jobsite, but there’s a lot of unseen activity that happens before the first scoop of dirt is moved, and before the first customer drives through the gate. Here are just a few: Design: working with architects […]