Commercial Pole Buildings in Minnesota

Any business that needs open floor space more than a multi-story building. We build contractor shops, self-storage units, small warehouses, buildings for ag businesses, and church and community buildings. Post-frame construction gives wide clear spans without interior columns, so the floor can be laid out for trucks, racking or rentable bays.

It depends on what the building has to do, so we quote each project for free. Size, wall height and the number and size of overhead doors set most of the cost, followed by insulation and heat, the concrete floor, offices or partitions inside, and what the code requires for how the building is used. Site work counts too: a long drive, a big truck apron or a low lot that needs fill adds to the job. We walk the site and price it once we know the plan.

Usually a zoning approval or site plan review first, then a building permit reviewed under the commercial building code. The site plan covers setbacks, parking, drives and drainage, and shoreland rules apply near lakes and rivers. Farm-building exemptions do not cover a building used for a business. Cities, counties and townships each set their own requirements, so we confirm them before we start.

They shape the foundation, the roof and the door layout. Posts and footings go below the frost line so frost heave does not shift the building, and the trusses are engineered for the snow load where it sits. We place customer entrances and overhead doors so snow sliding off the steel roof does not land on them. If the building will have in-floor heat, the tubing goes in before the floor is poured, so it gets planned at the start.

Yes. We build storage as rows of units with their own overhead doors, or as one large building split into bays for boats, RVs and campers. Since we do our own dirt work, the gravel drive aisles and drainage between rows are part of the same job. Check zoning early, because many towns limit where storage units can go.