Pole Building Costs

[CANative]

Originally posted by Michael Stone@Mar 23 2004, 07:55 PM
Not to interject, but M&S SwiftEstimator on-line really does have the type of building you are working on in the commercial section. It might be more accurate than making up something.

Edit - here is the url - http://www.swiftestimator.com/

Just out of curiousity, how much would such a building cost, per the online estimator? I'd like to see how far off my "guess" is.

 

[David S. Roberson]

Section 17: Shed, Farm, and Lumber Yard Buildings in the Commercial M-S Book. See if any of your local peers have one you can look at. Mine is WAY out of date (don't do commercial work anymore), but I bet it's still the same section.

 

[Stone]

Sorry Greg, that came off more sarcastic than intended. :redface:

Just thought that if someone was asking about a way to find cost data for a structure as described above, and there was a way to do that pretty easily with Marshall and Swift cost estimates that are intended for just such a purpose, it made sense to use it.

While I have no problem paying for the estimate for my own work, I am entirely too cheap to pay $15 to find out if there is much of a difference.

As I mentioned before, I miss Boeckh's Ag guide. It was easy and inexpensive. Plus, being a Wisconsin company, I always felt good about the numbers.

 

[Mark K]

From what you describe, there is a 40 x 72 pole construction shelter, no walls, wood posts holding up wood trusses with a steel roof. The last pole building I costed out (54 x 60) with a local Co-Op and verified with M&S was around $10/SF plus about $2.50 for concrete floor. This had wood 6 x 6 posts, wood engineered trusses, steel sides and roof, 2 16 x 16 sliding doors, and a service door, no elec. or plumbing. Maybe I'm not reading your description correctly but I'd think $10/SF should more than cover it. Maybe its a locational variance but in this area, you can get a 60 x 120 indoor riding arena for about $8/SF base cost of the steel building with roof,walls, and a few sliding doors. Steel has recently shot up so these costs may have changed in the last couple of months.

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

Try M/S Boeckh's Agricultural Cost Guide or the 2004 National Building Cost Manual, which has an agricultural barn section. Much cheaper than M/S. The Boeckh book allows for quite a big of variation in design and features...better than M/S alone or NBC. Too bad Marshal & Swift bought out Boeckh, they have tried to screw them up and tripled the cost.

 

[Stone]

Agreed Terrel. The Boeckh's guide was inexpensive and very accurate, at least around here.

 

[Mike Garrett RAA]

It's in the Marshall/Swift Residential Cost book also!

 

[Patrick George]

Well I thank all of you for your information... and would like to post an update to this issue... it has actually gone away..

It seems since last appraising this property, besides constructing this large pole building, the property has been annexed into the city (previously in the county) and the owner has sold his construction business and equipment which he previousl kept in the pole building. It seems that the property, due to anexation, is now located ina commercial, retail, light manufacturing zone which only allows residences in conjunction with an active business concern. In light of this change, the highest and best use of this property has now changed from residential to comercial/industrial and the lender has halted the process...they won't lend on a commercial property, and I won't appraise a commercial property .. ergo no more concern for costing this building...

It has been an interesting exercise though, and in 12 years its the first time I have had a highest and best use other than residential...