Steel Building Questions - Getting Ready to Build

[Lip]

At 23.30 a sq ft, did that include dirt work and site prep?

Also, is your foundation engineered with piers? How thick?

3 loads dirt and prep work included. Traditional slab with footings around the perimeter. 4"


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[12RingKing]

3 loads dirt and prep work included. Traditional slab with footings around the perimeter. 4"


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Cool! Good deal.

I need some prep work and dirt work done. Most people only give bids without that.

[Deep_sea]

Cool! Good deal.

I need some prep work and dirt work done. Most people only give bids without that.

12RingKing, around 500-700 a day for someone to do your work is reasonable. If you know how much your land falls off you can estimate how much dirt work you will need. Dirt is sold by the cubic yard (length x width x height) divided by 27 will get your cubic yards. Say you drop off 4' from one side of your pad to the other. Lets say it falls in one direction only, for simplicity, so one side is 0 and the other is -4'. This would give you a pie shape piece to fill in. Well since one side is 0 and will need no dirt, you can actually divide this -4' in half to figure out your dirt needed. So a 30' x 40' slab with a 4' fall will need approx 89 cubic yards. In my area you can get 18 yards per truck, at about $225 per truck for sandy loam. Given this scenario you would be between $2-3k for dirt work. Now I have no idea what your particular pad looks like, but this could give you an idea on how much it might cost. When I give a bid for a building, unless the owner wants it otherwise, I quote dirt work as a line item. I don't like there to be surprises for the owner or me.

[tps7742]

Looking good Lip, congratulations!

[Lip]

Erection has begun.

This Morning:




This afternoon:

[Tmag]

They will have her up quickly. Gonna be nice.

[dbpredator]

Looks good!
I also do that type of work in northeast texas and southeast Oklahoma.

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[12RingKing]

Looks good man!

Congratulations on the progress

[tps7742]

Looking good to see the progress Lip!!

[Lip]

More progress (on the building and the fence ):

[Lip]

Decided to have beams for a loft put in.


...and the door is up.



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[clffrdfdge]

Looking good

[tps7742]

Now putting the beams in now for the loft was an excellent idea!

[Wil Taylor]

Go 14ft tall sides and 12x12 doors u won't regret it

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[Wil Taylor]

Lip, who are you using. I have a house on Lake Murvaul and thinking about buying my in laws place next to me. If I do I want to pull out there old trailer and build a shop like yours.