the company was founded in 1983 by dan hansen and ivan rice and is headquartered in nampa, idaho. in 2004, it received national recognition as the top metal building company for the year from metal construction news. that year, it built a distribution center for a large international corporation. it builds a wide variety of buildings, including freezer/coolers, distribution centers, offices and sports fields. these include the idaho sports complex and a state-of-the-art practice field for boise state university.