Shelby County · Tennessee
Metal buildings in Memphis, TN.
We supply shops, garages, barndominium shells, commercial buildings and more across Memphis and the Mid-South. Our work reaches from Millington to Collierville, and anywhere else you’re building. The City of Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County share one building code and one development code, so the rules match on both sides of the city line.
Memphis & county code
2021 IBC
Permits issued by
One joint office
Accessory buildings
Not in side yards
Seismic loads
Can govern design
Memphis and unincorporated Shelby County permit through the joint Division of Planning and Development. Several suburban towns, including Collierville and Bartlett, run their own permit offices.
What people build around Memphis
The city runs to suburbs and acreage on the east side, and to row-crop ground in Tipton and Fayette counties.
Acreage shops
Shops and garages go up on acreage around Eads, Arlington and out into Fayette County.
Farm buildings
Equipment storage and machine sheds serve the cotton, soybean and corn ground north and east of the city.
Commercial & contractor
Contractor shops, storage and service buildings go up along the freight corridors. Past eighty feet wide, red iron is the only sensible answer.
Finished space
Steel truss takes drywall directly, so there’s no wood wall to build inside the steel.
Tubular is hard to beat on an unfinished shop or farm building up to sixty feet wide. See what a steel building costs.
Permitting metal buildings in Memphis and Shelby County
Memphis and Shelby County have run joint construction code enforcement for years, under one building code and one Unified Development Code.
Memphis & unincorporated Shelby
- The joint 2021 Memphis and Shelby County Building Code covers the city and the unincorporated county.
- Permits go through the Division of Planning and Development, online at Develop901.
- Service centers are at 125 N. Main St. downtown and 6465 Mullins Station Rd.
Suburban towns
- Collierville, Bartlett and other towns in the county run their own permits and zoning.
- Their accessory building rules can be stricter than the county’s.
- We confirm which office covers your address before drawings.
Farm & engineering
- Non-residential farm buildings are exempt from Tennessee’s state minimum standards.
- West Tennessee sits near the New Madrid fault, so seismic loads can shape the design.
- Our generic engineering packages are wet-sealed, and occupied buildings are Risk Category II.
Start from the survey. Under the joint development code, an accessory building can’t sit in a required side yard. On a city or suburban lot, that usually decides where a shop can go and how wide it can be, so we lay it out on your survey before settling the size.
Towns we work around Memphis
Each town runs its own rules. Pick yours for the local detail.
We also serve Germantown, Lakeland, Millington, Atoka, Oakland, Somerville and the farm ground between them. See all of Tennessee or Arkansas across the river.
Start with a conversation
Let’s talk about your Memphis 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