Steel buildings for Panama, Colombia & the Caribbean — delivered in 4 months.

Pre-Engineered Buildings Corp is a full-service pre-engineered steel building manufacturer headquartered in Panama City with offices in Colombia and the Dominican Republic. We design, fabricate (CNC LGS/CFS at our Centro Industrial PEB (Las Mañanitas) plant), ship and erect steel buildings — industrial warehouses, institutional, hospitality, schools and multifamily — across Panama, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Cayman, Trinidad and the wider Caribbean. 350+ projects delivered since 2009.

Typical timeline: design and permitting 4–6 weeks, CNC fabrication at our Centro Industrial PEB (Las Mañanitas) facility 4–6 weeks, shipping 5–10 days to any Caribbean island, site erection 2–4 weeks. Total: 4 months from contract to handover, versus 18+ months for traditional reinforced concrete. We've delivered structures from 2,000 m² up to 40,000+ m² within that window.

Yes. All Caribbean projects are engineered to ASCE 7 wind loads up to 250 km/h (Category 5 hurricane) and designed to IBC 2021, AISC 360-22 and AISI S100-16. Steel is ZAM180 hot-dip galvanized (EN 10346) for coastal corrosion protection. We provide structural engineer certificates and all documentation required for US-based construction financing and Caribbean insurance underwriters.

Yes. We serve US, Canadian and Caribbean developers building in Panama, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Cayman, Trinidad and Barbados. Projects are delivered turnkey: design, CNC fabrication in our Panama Free Trade Zone plant, duty-free Caribbean shipping and full erection with our certified crews. One contract, one PO, one English-speaking project manager, daily updates via email / WhatsApp / Zoom.

Steel buildings are typically 15–25% faster to construct and 8–12% cheaper per m² than reinforced concrete when total project cost is accounted for — labor, financing, waste, time-to-occupancy. Our Centro Industrial PEB (Las Mañanitas) sourcing gives an additional 15–20% cost advantage versus US-based fabricators. We deliver a reference budget with ±20% confidence in 7 business days.

Every project is engineered for multi-jurisdiction compliance: AISC 360-22 and AISI S100-16 (US cold-formed and structural steel), ASCE 7 (wind and seismic loads, Category 5 capable), IBC 2021, NSR-10 (Colombia) and REP-21 (Panama). Structural certification is recognized by US banks for construction financing and by Caribbean insurers for hurricane-zone underwriting.

We offer three delivery models: (1) full turnkey — design, fabrication, shipping and erection (SmartBrix Construction); (2) supply-and-install of LGS or bolted structural steel (NewCon Steel®); (3) BIM + structural design only, for architecture firms that want to subcontract the specialty. All steel leaves our Panama facility fully fabricated, kitted and sequenced for assembly.

350+ projects delivered in 15+ years: Ministry of Defense HQ in Colombia (39,000+ m²), Universidad del Rosario campus (11,500 m² in 100 days), Saint Peter's Academy, Colegio Santa Luisa, Gimnasio Fontana, Ecopetrol remote offices, POB Control Center (24/7 critical operation), industrial warehouses, logistics centers, multifamily residential, oil & gas facilities and government buildings.

Four steps: (1) discovery call to define scope, schedule and objectives; (2) preliminary reference budget at ±20% in 7 business days; (3) design contract producing detailed BIM and a fixed lump-sum quote on shop drawings; (4) construction & supply contract — the design fee is credited against the final contract. This protects capital before committing to the full build.

PEB is the corporate parent — engineering, institutional relations and corporate backing. SmartBrix Construction is the operational turnkey unit. NewCon Steel® is the registered manufacturing brand — LGS/CFS profiles and bolted structural steel. Same engineering standard, same quality program; they differ in operational role and audience.

Excellently. ZAM180 galvanized steel has a very high strength-to-weight ratio, seismic behavior superior to traditional concrete and proven wind performance up to 250 km/h (Category 5 hurricane). Every project is designed to the applicable local code — NSR-10, REP-21, IBC — and audited by a certified structural engineer.

Not necessarily. The system accepts any envelope — EIFS, metal panels, brick masonry, ventilated facades, glass curtain walls. The steel structure can stay hidden or be expressed visually, depending on the architectural intent. Every project includes full coordination with the architect of record.

From single-family homes of ~400 m² up to institutional buildings of 40,000+ m². Our Panama Free Trade Zone plant has regional-scale manufacturing capacity — the bottleneck is never the factory, it's site logistics. We welcome small-to-mid projects, no minimums.

Yes — schools and educational campuses in LGS steel framing are one of our specialties. 3–4 month deliveries allow a school year to open on time. References: Saint Peter's Academy, Colegio Santa Luisa, Gimnasio Fontana and Universidad del Rosario (11,500 m² in 100 days). BIM design, optimized thermal and acoustic performance for classrooms, and compliance with NSR-10 seismic and ASCE 7 hurricane loads.

Yes. LGS/CFS steel framing supports multifamily residential up to 5–6 stories pure, and higher with hybrid LGS + bolted steel (NewCon Steel®). For US and Caribbean developers the benefit is double: accelerated cash flow — revenue up to 12 months sooner — and fixed lump-sum pricing that makes pre-sales more credible. We deliver in Panama City, Bogotá, Medellín, Santo Domingo, Kingston, Nassau and across the Caribbean.

Yes. We work under three models: (1) full turnkey via SmartBrix Construction, (2) steel structure supply-and-install (LGS or bolted) via NewCon Steel®, and (3) BIM + structural engineering only, for architecture firms and GCs that want to subcontract the specialty. Revit and Tekla models at LOD 400, ready for fabrication.