Steel buildings

[drsportster]

Anyone know of a steel building installer that will do the concrete slab too. I'm wanting to expand my shop and nobody wants to handle the pour plus the building I want the whole nine yards ,one contractor , one price . I'm in Florida

 

[GChief]

We had the same problem here in SE Va. Never did find one stop shopping.

 

[Stephen Newell]

It wouldn't surprise me that if you found a one stop shop it would cost more. I bet the building installer just hires the concrete work done and then charges a commission on top of their price.

 

[joeysmith]

Id steer clear of one stop contractors

Ime they can do it all sure
But they don't do it all well.

A good building contractor will have a good concrete contractor in his pocket

 

[Twisted_Steel]

Anyone know of a steel building installer that will do the concrete slab too. I'm wanting to expand my shop and nobody wants to handle the pour plus the building I want the whole nine yards ,one contractor , one price . I'm in Florida

I had my shop put up back in the winter. They did everything from concrete to finished building. Love it. Want me to ask if he'll go to Fla?

 

[Tony in SD]

Id steer clear of one stop contractors

Ime they can do it all sure
But they don't do it all well.

A good building contractor will have a good concrete contractor in his pocket

X2
There are 3 things a good contractor knows about concrete; 1) it gets harder, 2) it will crack, 3) hire it done! Im a contractor and when it comes to concrete I sub it out unless it is a simple sidewalk patch,

 

[Stan Coryell]

Anyone know of a steel building installer that will do the concrete slab too. I'm wanting to expand my shop and nobody wants to handle the pour plus the building I want the whole nine yards ,one contractor , one price . I'm in Florida

My property came with a pole barn. The owner had the "Amish " erect it and poor the slab. It got a lot of lows...

I'd hire a local and reputable concrete contractor.

 

[Hobo,NC]

I am gonna add one more question "DO YOU OWN THE PROPPER EQUETIMENT TO DO THE JOB ARE DO YOU RENT IT OUT!!!

Every concrete pour I have had done where they did not own all the tools to do the job I ended up with a mess. "I'd hire a local and reputable concrete contractor" I SECOND THAT !!! and its mandatory they own ALL the equipment needed to do the job. I want to add they have a drivers license, a pickup and don't run a day care on the job site.

 

[Twisted_Steel]

Exactly! Seen a shotty crew like that years back. Made a mess of the guys floor. Glad we were doing the grading.

When I called about my shop, I asked what I needed to have and was told they had what they needed. They rolled in with a dually, a big nnalert trailer and a bobcat. Once the pad was level, they dug the footing. I had a local concrete company come dump out the concrete and since it was late fall it took a long time to set up. They were here at 10am and left the next morning at 7am.
I am very happy with how it turned out. I'd use them again if I needed them.

Hobo,
I see you're in Sanford. I'm in Monroe now, originally from Burlington. Good to see a "neighbor"

 

[drsportster]

Seems like the concrete contractor may have to be separate

 

[rrlund]

No Amish or Mennonites around there then?

 

[GChief]

No Amish or Mennonites around there then?

I wonder

I'm in Florida

 

[da.bees]

It has been my experience that if a metal building erector finds himself without a contract, he will temporarily work part time somewhere welding rather than wing it pouring concrete.

 

[ss55]

Anyone know of a steel building installer that will do the concrete slab too. I'm wanting to expand my shop and nobody wants to handle the pour plus the building I want the whole nine yards ,one contractor , one price . I'm in Florida

Maybe try to find a local contractor to put up the building instead buying directly from a building manufacturer?

Steel building, grain bin, pole barn, and livestock barn manufacturers have construction crews that operate over several states sending construction crews out over a 200 to 300 mile radius or more. Concrete is expensive to ship over those long distances. Most concrete companies deliver mixed concrete over much smaller areas, mostly within one or two counties in a 20 to maybe a 30 mile maximum radius.

 

[m16ty]

You can just hire a general contractor to handle it all. I know we have several around here that do a lot of metal buildings and will do it turnkey, but they sub it all out. They do a good job but it’s going to be the highest price.

If I were having electrical plumbing and all that too I would consider a general contractor, but if all you are wanting is a metal building with a concrete floor I’d just hire 2 separate contractors.

Concrete is not something you want to cut corners on. Once it’s poured you have what you have, and the only way to fix it is to dig it all back up and do it again.

 

[ss55]

Anyone know of a steel building installer that will do the concrete slab too. I'm wanting to expand my shop and nobody wants to handle the pour plus the building I want the whole nine yards ,one contractor , one price . I'm in Florida

Builders rarely handle site grading either, with good reasons.

 

[Keith True]

Around here the builders don't do concrete,and even the concrete guys have it broken down.Foundation guys don't do flatwork,and floor guys don't do foundations.To go even further we have a couple of guys that just do footings.They go in,pour the footings,strip and leave.Then the form guys move in and set up to pour.The form guy that my dad grew up with and used all his life said he hadn't done 500 feet of footings in about 10 years.He loves the footing guys.

 

[NDIHC]

We priced out a Morton building. They would handle everything. They would do the footings and building themselves, but use a subcontractor to do the slab. It was spendy to say the least. We ended up doing our own grading, footings and slab, then hired a local contractor to put up the building. Dad didn't feel like he wanted to tackle that big of a job at his age and I was working full time and had small kids so I didn't have a lot of extra time. We handled the wiring, insulation and interior sheating and built a cold storage area and loft at one end.