pole barn/steel building/shop

[EvilRhino]

I'm putting up a metal building right now. Down to trim. 40x60x16 and I've put in every bolt and screw myself.

My neighbor just put up a similar pole barn, dirt floor.

Pros/cons as I see them;
I had to have a foundation engineered for about $500. Concrete cost more than the building, about $21k. He can pour a slab whenever he wants and it doesn't have the deep walls or footers.

Mine is clear span. 16' at the side and almost 20' in the center to the roof sheeting. He had trusses, so a flat ceiling.

This part could be all in the shopping, but I paid about $15.7k for my engineered building with big ass supports and delivery. $16.4k with tax IIRC. He paid about $20k for his, just the wood and metal.

On the exterior, they look almost exactly the same.

ETA neither of us have done any utilities including electric yet.