About Us History and Background Recognizing and Promoting Industry Quality Steps to Become MBI Certified Recognizing the Value of Education Costs and Other Details You should Be a Metal Building Institute Certified Contractor About Us The Metal Buildings Institute is a 501 c 3 Educational Institute as designated by the United States Internal Revenue Service. The Institute was founded on July 2, 2001 for the primary purpose of providing educational and training programs for metal building contractors and erectors. The Institute’s Responsibility Statement – The responsibility of the Metal Buildings Institute is to improve the quality of in place metal building construction by providing education and training programs to metal building contractors, erectors, and students in construction programs, for the direct benefit of specifiers, designers, and owners.