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Dietrich Metal Framing Partners with Pacific Steel Construction
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Dietrich Metal Framing, a Worthington Industries company, today has formed a joint venture with Pacific Steel Construction. The joint venture, Dietrich Residential Construction, is a limited liability corporation with 50% ownership by each company. Headquarters will be located in Franklin, Tenn. Operations are scheduled to begin immediately, officials said.Dietrich has 38 manufacturing and service locations, including a manufacturing plant in Warren, Ohio.This new joint venture will focus on the residential construction market, combining Dietrich's experience in residential steel framing with Pacific Steel Construction's experience in military housing construction. Dietrich Metal Framing has long been involved in the commercial construction industry and also provides expertise in mid-rise construction, blending a systems-integration approach with design/build methodology, officials said."Dietrich Residential Construction will focus on and maximize key strengths of each of our companies," said Ed Ponko, president of Dietrich Metal Framing. "This joint venture will further our mission to contribute to the growth of the residential steel framing market and the use of light-gauge steel. It will also prove helpful in our mid-rise construction efforts."Since 2000, Pacific Steel has framed over 1,000 military homes out of steel framing members and is recognized as the leader in residential steel framing for U.S. military housing projects. Pacific has completed steel framing projects for each branch of the U.S. military with a focus on military construction and privatized housing projects, according to a news release from Worthington Industries.Worthington Industries is a diversified metal processing company with annual sales of more than $2 billion. Worthington employs more than 8,000 and operates 63 facilities in 10 countries, the release said."