Kansas City metro
Metal buildings in Kansas City.
One of our strongest markets, and we work both sides of the state line. Shops, barns, garages, barndominium shells, and commercial buildings from the acreage north of the river to the exurbs south of Belton.
What people build around Kansas City
The metro has a pattern most cities don’t: acreage that starts fifteen minutes past the last subdivision, in almost every direction.
North through Clay and Platte counties it’s shops and equipment storage on five and ten acre tracts. South through Cass it’s the same buyer a little further out, often with a barndominium in mind. East through Jackson and out toward Grain Valley and Oak Grove it runs more agricultural. On the Kansas side, Johnson and Leavenworth counties bring a mix of large residential shops and light commercial.
We carry tubular steel, cold-formed steel, and red iron, so what we recommend isn’t decided in advance by what we happen to stock. See what a building costs for real per-square-foot ranges.
Permitting varies more here than most places
Neither Missouri nor Kansas has a statewide building code, so every county and municipality in this metro decides for itself. Two properties twenty minutes apart can face completely different requirements.
Cass County is the one to know about. It does not accept generic tubular engineering, whatever the risk category. Projects in Harrisonville, Raymore, Belton, and the rest of the county require site-specific engineering, and that changes which system gives you the best value.
That’s not a problem, it’s just a number you should know before you settle on a design. Site-specific engineering runs roughly $2.00 per square foot on tubular against about $0.75 on cold-formed. On a 40×60 that’s a $3,000 swing — enough to flip the recommendation on its own.
Elsewhere in the metro, requirements depend on whether you’re inside city limits and what the building is for. Anything regularly occupied is Risk Category II and needs engineering designed to that standard regardless of county.
We run the ASCE 7 hazard tool against your actual project address, provide the engineered documentation your permit application needs, and tell you what your jurisdiction requires before you commit to anything.
Where we work in the metro
Missouri side
Clay, Platte, Jackson, and Cass counties. Kearney, Smithville, Liberty, Excelsior Springs, Grain Valley, Oak Grove, Blue Springs, Harrisonville, Raymore, Belton, and Pleasant Hill.
Worked by Ryan Wagoner, who also covers northern Missouri.
Kansas side
Johnson, Leavenworth, Wyandotte, and Miami counties. Olathe, Gardner, Spring Hill, De Soto, Bonner Springs, Tonganoxie, and Paola.
Worked by Brent Epp, our sales manager for Nebraska and Kansas.
Towns with their own page
Permitting and engineering requirements change from county to county here. These have the local detail written out.
If your town isn’t listed, call and tell us where you’re building. See who covers your area.
A Missouri company, working Missouri and Kansas
A lot of the companies advertising metal buildings in Kansas City aren’t from anywhere near here. They’re headquartered in another state, they ship in, and the person you talk to has never seen the ground you’re building on.
We’re based in Bolivar with a second office in St. Louis. Ryan works the Missouri side of this metro and northern Missouri; Brent covers the Kansas side and the rest of the state. They know which counties accept generic engineering and which don’t, because they deal with them every week.
The concrete crews we coordinate with are local to your project, and the advisor who answers the phone is the one who designs your building and stays with it through delivery. Nearly every one of our Google reviews names that person by name.
Tell us about your Kansas City project.
Tell us the address and we’ll tell you which county you’re in, what applies there, and what the building should be.