Overnight delivery takes on a whole new meaning

Phillip Wray learned that when Allied Steel says they'll go the extra mile for a client, they mean it.

Wray had ordered a building from Allied for his Liberty , North Carolina farm. But due to a scheduling issue, the building actually arrived a day earlier than Wray was expecting.

The building materials arrived right as daylight was turning to dusk, so he and the delivery truck driver agreed that it made more sense to wait until morning to unload the materials.

Wray assumed the driver would leave and return the next morning. Instead, he was pleasantly surprised to learn that the Allied driver had simply slept in his truck overnight, and was ready to get started early that next morning.

Wray needed a building for the 40-acre farm he calls home. He and his wife raise about 30 head of cattle and grow hay in their fields. He also does some part-time grading and construction projects on the side.

Wray needed a building to store his farm equipment, grading equipment, clearing equipment and other machines. In researching his options, he came across Allied Steel in a magazine. Intrigued, Wray placed a call.

"The building we ordered is 40 by 60 feet, and 16 feet tall," he says. "When it came right down to it Allied Steel had a great price and quality of building."

Plus, Wray says he was impressed with the level of customer attention he received during every step in the process.

"Charlie Kowalski was great to work with," Wray says. "It's not every day I buy a building, so I appreciated all the help I got with anything I needed. Everything about the process went pretty well."

Including how Wray came across the person who ultimately built his building.

While waiting for his building to arrive, Wray says "we saw this guy down the road putting a building, so we pulled over and asked if he would help us put up ours. He said sure."

The man was Mike Lowe, of a company called Mooseworks, and Wray says that Lowe proved to be a good choice.

"I got a couple prices for construction, but they were pretty high. I said 'I can get the whole building cheaper than what you want to charge me,'" Wray said. "I ended up doing all the grading work, so overall, we saved about $4,000 over what we could have spent."

Wray says the concrete pad for the building was finished in mid-December. Lowe and his crew started working on the building in January, and was completed in early February.

"Overall, I was really pleased working with Mike Lowe and Allied Steel," he says. "And now that my building is up, I'm really happy with it, too.