Large Building - Wood Or All Steel?

viper6383

We need to build a building for our small business. We plan to put a living area in it and just live in it as well for the time being. Size will be 80x120x18.

I have a steel building selected by a friend at 80x150x18 with a cost of 57K to my door but of course that does not cover anything else. This is a "real" distressed sale so I cannot make it smaller or drop the 2:12 pitch. Total price erected will be around 145K. We have since been looking at all wood construction because of cost. By the numbers, it looks like I can do the wood building for around 100K. I am considering simple stud walls and no pole barn because those poles with eventually rot and then I have nothing left. We are engineers here so designing a free span wood building can be done but I am really wondering if I will want to beat my self later for using wood???

Right now, I need sf and I need it at a certain price. I can see benefits of both because I will fully insulate, climate control, and build a living area in it. I know steel will last a lifetime but wood really should too if taken care of. Both would be sheeted with metal.

SLSTech

I would recommend steel. Rot, Fire, Insurance, Strength, Large open spaces, Ease of Moving walls, etc... are just a few reasons that come to mind.

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joasis

How about a location? The steel kit at that price is a great bargain, and you can shorten it on your own by simply dropping a bay out. If you don't follow what I am talking about, please post your question on diychatroom.com, aerospace manufacturing is not a construction trade. Thanks!

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