As residential populations grow and construction projects rise, Forge Building Company is undergoing a nationwide expansion to keep up. The company is constructing ten new storage building projects that will include over 600,000 square feet of facilities in six different cities in Idaho. This is in addition to over 35 other projects planned throughout the country — including in Hawaii, Florida and New York — totaling over $200 million heading into 2022.
“We either had to grow to handle the volume of growth, or hand-select (projects),” said co-founder Hamish Bell. “We chose to grow.”
“There’s a fine line; it’s like what jobs do you want to turn down, but when you have clients that you been (working) with for 5-10 years (wanting) to do five projects in a year instead of one, you got to adapt and grow with them, or else they will leave you behind and find someone else,” added co-founder Hayden Farrell.
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In. 2022, the average development takes 10-12 months to complete and can range from $2 million to $10 million. Each development will be a Class “A” development with a mixture of non-climate, climate-controlled and storage for recreational vehicles and boats, with some elements of retail mixed throughout. Since the beginning of the year, the company has added over 50 employees (now up to around 250 people).
“It’s not easy,” said Farrell. “It takes time to train up project managers, drafters (and others) to take on increased volume. I think we had good structure…key players who have been here quite a while — to train up people.”
Founded in 2007 by veterans Hamish Bell and Hayden Farrell, Forge Building Company has become a comprehensive steel building expert and provider. With over two decades of experience as a nationwide storage builder and a portfolio of over 500 projects spanning 50 million square feet of construction, Forge Building Company, the self storage experts, remains privately owned and operated in Boise, Idaho.
