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Red pole shop with white trim and two overhead doors, a skid steer finishing the dirt work out front

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Barn Builders in Minnesota

Pole barns, barndominiums, machine sheds, horse barns, garages and shops. Call or fill out the form for a free quote.

Based in Cannon Falls, MN · building within 100 miles across Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa

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Licensed builder

Based in Cannon Falls, MN

Our own excavating

Dirt work to the last door

100-mile service area

MN · WI · IA

Free quotes

Tell us the size and the use

Pole barns · Barndominiums · Shops

Barns and barndominiums, from the dirt work up

Minnesota Barn Builders is Olson Built and Excavating, a licensed builder in Cannon Falls, in Goodhue County about 40 miles southeast of the Twin Cities. We build pole barns and pole sheds, barndominiums, post frame buildings, machine sheds, horse barns, garages and shops anywhere within 100 miles: the Twin Cities metro, Rochester, Mankato and the rest of southern Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa.

Every building starts with the dirt work, and we do our own: clearing, the building pad, the drive and the utility trench. Then the posts go in below the frost line, trusses engineered for the snow load go up, and the steel, doors, liner and insulation go on. Every photo marked as our crew's work is from our own jobs.

Tell us what you want to build, whether that's a pole shed for equipment, a heated shop, a machine shed, a horse barn or a barndominium with a shop, and where the land is. The quote is free.

Real work · not stock photos

Our crew's recent builds

Pole barns, shops, truss sets and site work from our own jobs.

  • Long utility trench dug across a rural yard with a backhoe working at the far end
  • Freshly graded gravel drive and building site with a work truck and equipment in the field

Building ideas

Barndominiums, horse barns, machine sheds and garages

  • Red barn-style house with a stone chimney, metal roof and white fence
  • Dark metal-sided building with a gable roof on open pasture
  • Large white barn-style building with a dark metal roof and a timber-framed entry
  • Red barn-style home with a gray metal roof, carriage doors and a covered porch
  • Small black barn-style house with a metal roof in fall leaves
  • Weathered barn with a metal roof and an old orange tractor on the lawn

How it works

Four steps to a new building

  1. 1

    Call or fill out the form

    Tell us the size, what it's for and where the property is. We get right back to you.

  2. 2

    Free quote

    We look at the site, the use and the options, from a pole shed to a turnkey barndominium, and give you an honest quote.

  3. 3

    Drawings, permit & site work

    Drawings engineered for your snow load, the permit, then our own excavating: clearing, the pad and the drive.

  4. 4

    Frame, steel & finish

    Posts below the frost line, trusses, steel roof and walls, doors and windows, finished out as far as you want.

Service area

518 towns within 100 miles of Cannon Falls, MN

Find your town for local details and the buildings we put up there.

Minnesota

Wisconsin

Iowa

Questions

Barn and barndominium FAQs

Where do you build?

We're based in Cannon Falls, Minnesota, about 40 miles southeast of the Twin Cities, and build anywhere within 100 miles: the metro, southern and southeast Minnesota, western Wisconsin and northern Iowa. That's 518 towns with their own page here.

What do you build?

Pole barns and pole sheds, barndominiums, post frame buildings, machine sheds and farm buildings, horse barns and riding arenas, detached garages and shops, metal buildings and commercial pole buildings, plus the excavation and site prep under them.

What's the difference between a pole barn, a post frame building and a metal building?

A pole barn and a post frame building both stand on wood columns, set in the ground below the frost line or bracketed to a frost-protected foundation; post frame is the engineered version used for shops, homes and commercial buildings. "Metal building" usually describes the steel siding and roofing on the outside, and most of what we build is steel-clad post frame. We help you pick what fits the use, the site and the budget.

Do you build turnkey barndominiums?

Yes. We build barndominiums as a dried-in shell you finish yourself or turnkey, finished out to move-in ready. Your call.

Do you do your own excavating?

Yes. The dirt work is half our name: clearing, building pads, gravel drives, grading and drainage, and utility trenches, before and around the building.

Are your quotes free?

Yes. Fill out the form or call (952) 243-8028, tell us the size, what the building is for and where the property is, and we'll get back to you with a free quote.

Do you handle permits?

Yes. We draw the building, get it engineered for the snow load where it sits, pull the permit with your city, township or county, and build to whatever the inspections require.

Ready to build?

Free quotes across the Twin Cities & southern Minnesota and out to 100 miles. Call or fill out the form.