Yellowstone County · Billings & south-central Montana
Metal buildings in Lockwood, MT.
We supply shops, garages, equipment storage, barns and more across Lockwood, just east of Billings. Our work reaches from the neighborhoods to the acreage around them, and anywhere else you’re building.
Permitting authority
State of Montana
Farm & ranch
No state permit
Metal-frame footings
3 ft minimum
Ground snow
Set by site
What people build in Lockwood
It’s minutes from Billings, but outside the city’s rules, and the building can reflect that.
Shops & garages
Unfinished and under sixty feet wide, tubular steel is usually the answer, insulated or not.
Equipment storage
Settle the door before the footprint. Every two feet of eave above twelve adds roughly five percent to the frame.
Barns & hay
Barns and hay storage go up on the acreage. Red iron takes over past eighty feet.
Barndominiums
Steel truss is the fit. Drywall attaches to the frame, so there’s no second wall to build.
See what a steel building costs for real per-square-foot ranges.
Permitting metal buildings in Lockwood
State jurisdiction
- Lockwood is unincorporated, and Yellowstone County doesn’t run a certified building program.
- That puts it under the State Building Codes Bureau, (406) 841-2056.
What needs a state permit
- Farm and ranch buildings, and homes with fewer than five units, don’t.
- A commercial building does, along with plan review before construction.
The state’s standards
- Footings for a single-story metal-frame building go at least 3 feet below grade.
- Ground snow comes from the ASCE 7 Hazard Tool, with a 30 psf minimum roof snow load.
No permit doesn’t mean no standard. A farm building here may not need a state permit, but it still has to carry a Montana winter. We engineer every building to the ground snow at your address and the state’s footing depth, permit or not.
We also serve Huntley, Shepherd and Pompeys Pillar. See Billings & south-central Montana or all of Montana.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Lockwood 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