Approximate Cost 25x40 Steel Shop

[Greatwhitewing]

Looking to get budgetary costs for a 25x40 maybe 10 feet walls, Gambrel roof, two big doors (sliding or roll-up), pad and decent looking enough for residential hood and insulated. Central New England snow loads and installed.

I feel like a need a shower after visiting the steel building sites or like I am holding a steak walking onto a den of hungry lions so hoping to get some real world costs from those who have been through the process.

If anyone knows a reputable installer serving south central MA be appreciative to get contact info.

Thanks in advance for you help

 

[readhead]

Are you supplying plans with details so everyone is quoting the same building?

 

[Greatwhitewing]

Are you supplying plans with details so everyone is quoting the same building?

I don't have any specific plans, this is budgetary stages right now

 

[readhead]

Even a basic plan will help tremendously. You’re finding out that not everyone hears the same thing you say. You will continue to get prices all over the board until everyone is looking at the same thing.

 

[tez929rr]

If you go to a steel building company like Mueller they will do a design and material cost list for you.

 

[readhead]

Every metal building company can supply a cost breakdown and rendering these days. To get an accurate picture to compare prices all the estimators need to start with the same plan. With the software available now the salesman can be entering items as you speak and have an estimate by the end of the conversation and they are pressing you for a deposit. If you email a plan then you can review the quote and ask questions and make sure you are getting what you want.

 

[Greatwhitewing]

Even a basic plan will help tremendously. You’re finding out that not everyone hears the same thing you say. You will continue to get prices all over the board until everyone is looking at the same thing.

I don't have more detail at this stage.
Was hoping others who have gone through the process can say things like "I had a ?? square foot erected in 20?? at ??$/sf" type of response.

 

[tez929rr]

I don't have more detail at this stage.
Was hoping others who have gone through the process can say things like "I had a ?? square foot erected in 20?? at ??$/sf" type of response.

Sure, but everyone is trying to tell you that you won’t get a lot of meaningful information that way. For example: steel prices vary a lot depending on world markets. Contractors charge more or less depending on how much work that can get. Building design: skinny and long is cheaper than fat and short (main beams are a big material cost and smaller ones save you a lot of money). Telling you that I built a 40 by 60 in 2004 and a 30 by 80 is 2015 in the Texas hill country for $43,000.00 each tells you nothing usable. Yes, that’s correct. The prices were within $100, 11 years apart. A steel building supplier can make multiple designs for you, compare material pricing, and recommend contractors in your area, and the rest of us can’t.

 

[joe_padavano]

I can't answer your question directly, but I'll give you my one data point. I lucked into an unassembled 28 x 32 red iron metal building locally for $5500. It was still strapped to pallets and the seller loaded it onto my trailer. It came with full engineering drawings and certs, including specs for the foundation. The foundation and slab cost me exactly $9000. I probably spent $3000 on gravel, backhoe rentals, and renting a scissor lift. I erected the building myself with help from one other person, using the scissor lift and backhoe to raise the steel and install the roof panels. I spent about $1500 for a 10 x 12 roll up door, which I also installed myself. I spray-foamed the inside myself also using two-part kits I got from ebay (about another $1500). Total it up and you get about $20K doing it myself.

 

[Greatwhitewing]

I can't answer your question directly, but I'll give you my one data point. I lucked into an unassembled 28 x 32 red iron metal building locally for $5500. It was still strapped to pallets and the seller loaded it onto my trailer. It came with full engineering drawings and certs, including specs for the foundation. The foundation and slab cost me exactly $9000. I probably spent $3000 on gravel, backhoe rentals, and renting a scissor lift. I erected the building myself with help from one other person, using the scissor lift and backhoe to raise the steel and install the roof panels. I spent about $1500 for a 10 x 12 roll up door, which I also installed myself. I spray-foamed the inside myself also using two-part kits I got from ebay (about another $1500). Total it up and you get about $20K doing it myself.

Helpful, thanks. Do have snow loads to drive cost?

 

[joe_padavano]

Helpful, thanks. Do have snow loads to drive cost?

I'd have to dig out the plans, which have that data on them. Bottom line is that this building was designed for the northern VA/western MD snow and wind loads. The original buyer ordered the building for Thurmont, MD weather conditions. I'm actually located about 30 miles south of there, so not a lot of difference.

 

[Model A Fan]

My grandpa had one built for him. It is roughly the size you're asking for, but he went with a standard roof (not gambrel), 12' walls (I think), and a cement slab floor. Floor was $7K and the building was $20K built. Total was $27K to have it built in a rural location. It was also fully insulated. After the slab was poured, the guys (three of them) built the whole thing in two days. Two builders, one supervisor and the supervisor is "factory trained" and checked every bolt in the place.

 

[Hubmonkey]

My 24x36 with a 12x36 Lean to with 3 windows, 2 walk doors, 2 10x8 garage doors with a slab inside with bubble wrap. the slab is 3500PSI and at least 4Inches thick but closer to 6. Built 3 years ago was $19,950 + $700 extra for a mistake on the width of the lean to on my part. I have the 10' sheets from the lean to that I made the mistake on asking in my shop waiting to be used on something else.

Hub

 

[Greatwhitewing]

My 24x36 with a 12x36 Lean to with 3 windows, 2 walk doors, 2 10x8 garage doors with a slab inside with bubble wrap. the slab is 3500PSI and at least 4Inches thick but closer to 6. Built 3 years ago was $19,950 + $700 extra for a mistake on the width of the lean to on my part. I have the 10' sheets from the lean to that I made the mistake on asking in my shop waiting to be used on something else.

Hub

Your siggy says OK so you had some snow load to deal with?

Thanks

 

[Hubmonkey]

We dont get much snow here very often. The builder dealt with the trusses and engineering specs for all those calculations. That had to be done to get the permit.

Hub

 

[dcg9381]

I feel like a need a shower after visiting the steel building sites or like I am holding a steak walking onto a den of hungry lions so hoping to get some real world costs from those who have been through the process.

I'm in the south, so YMMV, but the SWAG here is:

1/3 cost of the building kit (steel)
1/3 cost of foundation (note, concrete is $105/yard here) - and this assumes a flat "easy" to build foundation
1/3 labor

That gets you a bare bones shop... At least around here. (No permits, no foundation engineering - more if you need those)

 

[mikegt4]

Lots of similar threads, costs will vary widely as will $ results.

We all start at the dreamer stage which is apparently where the OP is.

I built my 26x48 garage for under $10k, that was almost 30 years ago and I did all the work myself. Won't happen today, in some places you might spend that much on just the permits.

 

[rhythim]

I had a 30' x 60' Carolina Carport building installed November 2019. I'm in the middle TN area. Vertical style roof, horizontal siding. 12' walls, 3 10x10 roll up doors, 1 man door, 1 window. Bare building shell was about $18k installed. The 6" thick 4000psi rebar reinforced slab with 12" turndown footer it sits on was about $13k. Another $3500 to wire it, $7500 for the closed cell spray foam, and about another grand for the foil-backed fire-retardant bubble wrap I put on the walls over the foam.

Then came the driveway...
And the gutters/downspouts...
And the shelving...
And the benches...
And the lift...
And the mini split...
And the RapidAir...



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[nadogail]

IMHO, Any building will cost more than expected and will also take longer than expected to complete.

I know that isn't the answer you wanted to see, but it is the best SWAG I can make with the available information.

 

[Greatwhitewing]

IMHO, Any building will cost more than expected and will also take longer than expected to complete.

I know that isn't the answer you wanted to see, but it is the best SWAG I can make with the available information.

Of that I am certain. Going through a home addition now so I have fresh scars...

 

[NUTTSGT]

So let me ask this question. When you say steel shop, are you talking...

A red iron type of steel beam structure.

A tubular steel type of frame structure.

Or a typical pole bldg, wood poles with steel siding.

 

[Greatwhitewing]

So let me ask this question. When you say steel shop, are you talking...

A red iron type of steel beam structure.

A tubular steel type of frame structure.

Or a typical pole bldg, wood poles with steel siding.

Not familiar with the term "red iron" but not tubular or pole type is what I was looking at. I am not specifically opposed to those but what I see online mostly is a truss type vertical supports and rafters tied together with horizontal members and skinned with steel. I hope my word picture was adequate.

I was looking at steel because the cost appeared to be less than wood stick frame but from the posts here I was under estimating , in my mind, the cost of steel. Foundation and electrical should be very close.

 

[NUTTSGT]

Red iron would be like this or similar

 

[Orionrising]

versatube has an online design and price tool. be aware there sheet metal is generally alot more then local prices, so a bare frame from them might be best.