Denver steel buildings engineered for the Front Range.

Kit-only pricing in the Denver metro generally runs $19–$32 per square foot once Front Range snow and wind loads are engineered in. Delivered and erected, most 40×60 and 50×80 shells land between $28 and $48 per square foot. A slab adds roughly $8–$10 per square foot on Front Range soils, and expansive-clay lots can push that higher after a soils report.

Yes. Denver Community Planning and Development requires a building permit and stamped structural drawings for nearly every permanent steel structure, plus a drainage plan on most commercial shells. Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson, Douglas and Weld counties each run their own review with different setback and fire-access rules. We supply the sealed Colorado drawings and the submittal package your reviewer asks for.

Most of the Denver metro designs to roughly 30 psf ground snow and 140 mph gust wind (Risk Category II, Exposure C on open parcels). Foothills parcels in Jefferson and Boulder counties climb quickly with elevation, and drift loading against lean-tos and taller adjacent walls is often the controlling case. Your final numbers come from the local jurisdiction, not a state average.

Denver-area freight is fast — usually 2–5 days in transit once the building ships. Plan 3–5 weeks for sealed drawings after order and 6–12 weeks for fabrication depending on mill schedules. Winter erection on the Front Range is routine; wind days, not cold, are what move a crane schedule.

Both. Take a materials-only kit and use your own crew, or we coordinate an insured, OSHA-trained erection crew and hand you a finished shell. Many Denver clients pour their own slab and have us erect the frame and sheeting.