Bartholomew County, Indiana · Southern Indiana
Metal buildings in Columbus, IN.
We supply shops, barns, garages, commercial buildings and more across Columbus and Bartholomew County. Our work reaches from Columbus and Edinburgh to the farm ground around Hope and Taylorsville, and anywhere else you’re building. Here, a new accessory building over 200 square feet needs a surveyor’s site plan.
Over 200 sq ft
Surveyor’s site plan
Zoning step
Compliance certificate
Building plans
Engineered truss detail
City & county
Joint offices
The Columbus-Bartholomew County Planning Department handles zoning, and the county’s Department of Technical Code Enforcement issues building permits for both the city and the county.
What people build around Columbus
Columbus sits in the middle of Bartholomew County, with farm ground running out in every direction.
Detached garages
Garages go up behind houses in the city. Tubular steel is usually the answer.
Acreage shops
Shops and pole barns go up on rural lots. Tubular is hard to beat under sixty feet wide.
Farm buildings
The zoning ordinance treats farm buildings as their own category. Red iron takes over past eighty feet.
Finished space
Steel truss is the fit here. Drywall attaches to the frame, so there’s no second wall to build.
Permitting metal buildings in Columbus and Bartholomew County
One planning office and one building office serve both the city and the county.
Zoning first
- The Planning Department issues a Zoning Compliance Certificate, with a site plan showing setbacks and heights.
- Applications go in by email. Call (812) 376-2550.
Building permit
- Both the city and county building codes require a site plan certified by a registered land surveyor for any new accessory building over 200 sq ft.
- Construction plans include a floor plan, wall detail, engineered truss detail and material list.
- A septic release and a driveway permit come with it where they apply.
Farm & engineering
- Under state law, a building used only for agriculture on the farm isn’t built to the building code.
- Commercial buildings need the state’s design release before the local permit.
- Our engineering packages include the truss details the permit asks for.
Book the surveyor early. In Columbus and Bartholomew County, any new accessory building over 200 square feet needs a site plan certified by a registered land surveyor. Lining that up first keeps the surveyor from becoming the slowest part of the permit.
We also serve Edinburgh, Hope, Taylorsville, Seymour and North Vernon. See Southern Indiana or all of Indiana.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Columbus project.
Tell us what you’re planning and where you’re building. We’ll help you work out the next steps.
- Tell us what and whereSend us the size, how you’ll use the building and the address.
- We check the siteWe confirm who permits the address and which code and loads apply.
- You get a clear recommendationWe recommend the frame that fits and price it against the alternatives.
Or call
417-218-8348