Tennessee Metal Buildings

SteelCo Buildings supplies custom Tennessee metal buildings for developers, contractors, businesses, and property owners across the state. Each pre-engineered metal building system is designed around the project’s actual location, intended use, dimensions, structural requirements, and local building criteria rather than a one-size-fits-all package.

Whether you’re planning a warehouse near Nashville, an industrial facility around Chattanooga, a self-storage development in Middle Tennessee, an aircraft hangar near Knoxville, or an agricultural building in rural Tennessee, SteelCo coordinates your building package through engineering, manufacturing, and delivery. See examples of SteelCo’s metal building projects and applications on our YouTube channel.

Since 2001, SteelCo has supplied metal and steel building systems across all 50 states, with more than 100 years of combined PEMB experience across its team.

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Metal Warehouse Buildings

Industrial Metal Buildings

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Small-Bay Industrial & Flex Buildings

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Commercial Metal Buildings

Self-Storage Metal Buildings

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Cold Formed Steel Buildings

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Metal Aircraft Hangars

Agricultural Metal Buildings

Metal Garages & Workshops

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Recreational Metal Buildings

Equestrian & Horse Arenas

Boat & Marina Metal Buildings

Why Choose SteelCo Buildings?

Why Location Matters

Planning

Metal Building Types

Experience Across Building Types

SteelCo has supplied custom pre-engineered metal buildings since 2001, with experience across warehouses, industrial facilities, self-storage, aviation, agriculture, recreation, commercial facilities, and specialty applications. This experience helps the team approach each Tennessee project around its intended use, not just its size.

Experience Across Building Types

Proven PEMB Experience

SteelCo has supplied buildings in all 50 states, sold more than 3,000 building units, and averages more than 1 million square feet in annual sales. The team brings more than 100 years of combined PEMB experience across diverse building types and project conditions.

Proven PEMB Experience

Clear Project Scope

SteelCo helps customers understand what their building package includes and excludes, what engineering requires, and which design decisions can affect project costs. Customers also receive guidance on requirements before material delivery, design changes, and planning for future expansion.

Clear Project Scope

Guidance Before Fabrication

SteelCo works with customers to clarify project requirements, package scope, and building specifications before fabrication begins. This helps ensure customers have a clear understanding of their building package before manufacturing and delivery.

Guidance Before Fabrication

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01 East Tennessee & the Foothills

Projects around Knoxville, Sevierville, Gatlinburg, and the higher terrain of East Tennessee should be evaluated using their actual project-specific design criteria. Changes in elevation and topography can affect structural assumptions, so a building in Sevier or Blount County should not automatically use the same engineering criteria as a similar building elsewhere in Tennessee.

02 Middle Tennessee

Nashville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, Lebanon, and surrounding communities support substantial warehouse, commercial, and flex-industrial development. Projects in this region may require careful planning around clear heights, loading docks, drive-in doors, tenant configurations, warehouse-to-office ratios, truck circulation, insulation, and future expansion.

03 West Tennessee

Memphis and surrounding West Tennessee markets support distribution, logistics, warehousing, and manufacturing. Site-specific civil conditions, including drainage and floodplain considerations where applicable, should be evaluated separately by the appropriate project professionals.

04 Chattanooga & Southeast Tennessee

Chattanooga and surrounding areas combine manufacturing, distribution, commercial development, and varied terrain. A project in the Tennessee Valley and one on substantially different terrain may require different site and foundation considerations even when the buildings have similar dimensions and uses.

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Metal Buildings Engineered for Tennessee Conditions

Tennessee spans the Mississippi Delta, Middle Tennessee, the Cumberland Plateau, and the higher elevations of East Tennessee. Project location, terrain, building use, structural loads, and local jurisdiction requirements can all affect the final metal building design.

SteelCo starts with the actual project location when developing a Tennessee metal building package. Important design inputs can include:

Project city, county, and ZIP code
Building use and occupancy
Width, length, and eave height
Clear-span requirements
Roof and collateral loads
Wind design criteria
Snow loads where applicable
Seismic design criteria
Exposure category
Door and framed-opening locations
Insulation requirements
Future expansion plans
Local code requirements

SteelCo coordinates PEMB engineering with its manufacturing and engineering partners so the structural package reflects the criteria established for the specific Tennessee project.

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Tennessee Metal Building Codes, Plan Review & Permitting

Tennessee does not have one building department or permitting process that applies identically to every metal building project. The project’s authority having jurisdiction depends on its location, occupancy, ownership, and project type.

The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office currently uses the 2021 International Building Code with Tennessee amendments among its adopted commercial codes. Tennessee also allows qualifying local jurisdictions to perform their own commercial plan review and inspections.

Approved commercial exempt jurisdictions include communities such as Nashville/Davidson County, Memphis, Shelby County, Knoxville, Knox County, Chattanooga, Clarksville, Murfreesboro, Franklin, and Sevier County, among others.

For a typical materials-only SteelCo project, the owner, contractor, or project design team is responsible for confirming zoning, permitting, and other local approvals. SteelCo provides the engineered PEMB documentation associated with the building package.

For qualifying Tennessee projects where SCB Construction Group serves as general contractor, permitting and broader construction coordination can be incorporated into the contracted project scope.

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Planning a Tennessee Metal Building

A useful metal building quote begins with useful project information. Before requesting pricing, it helps to know:

Tennessee project city, county, or ZIP code
Intended building use
Approximate width and length
Required eave or clear height
Clear-span requirements
Door sizes and locations
Loading-dock requirements
Roof and wall preferences
Insulation needs
Desired timeline
Current site or land status
Whether plans already exist
Whether you already have a contractor
Whether you need materials only, erection resources, or complete construction services

You do not need every decision finalized before contacting SteelCo. Identifying the information still needed is part of the planning process.

Metal Building Packages or Complete Construction

Different Tennessee projects require different levels of support. SteelCo can provide the metal building package for customers working with their own contractor, or qualifying commercial projects can receive broader construction services through SCB Construction Group.

Metal Building Package

SteelCo can coordinate the custom PEMB package, engineering, manufacturing, and delivery while your contractor manages sitework, foundations, and erection.

Erection Resources

SteelCo works with an erector network and can help identify potential erection resources based on project location and availability.

Complete Commercial Construction

For qualifying commercial projects in Tennessee, our sibling division, SCB Construction Group, provides broader construction capabilities, including:

Design-Build
Design-Bid-Build
Design-Assist
Construction Management
Preconstruction
General Contracting

This gives qualifying customers the option to combine SteelCo’s pre-engineered metal building expertise with a commercial construction team capable of managing a broader project scope.

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SteelCo Buildings Serves Tennessee and the Southeast

SteelCo supplies pre-engineered metal building systems nationwide and supports projects throughout the Southeast.

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SteelCo's BUILD Culture

SteelCo’s BUILD values guide its work with customers and project partners. ‘Boldness’ drives proactive problem-solving, ‘Unity’ supports collaboration, ‘Integrity’ emphasizes clear communication, ‘Leadership’ brings informed guidance, and ‘Dependability’ means following through from initial planning through engineering, manufacturing, and delivery.

Metal Buildings for Tennessee's Industrial & Commercial Economy

Tennessee’s distribution, manufacturing, automotive, aerospace, food and beverage, warehousing, and industrial service sectors create demand for facilities that can accommodate:

Wide clear spans
Flexible bay spacing
High clear heights
Large framed openings
Loading docks and drive-in doors
Warehouse and office combinations
Manufacturing and equipment areas
Insulated building envelopes
Future expansion

SteelCo supplies custom metal building systems for these and many other applications throughout Tennessee.

Types of Metal Buildings Available in Tennessee

SteelCo offers pre-engineered metal building systems for commercial, industrial, agricultural, recreational, and specialty applications.

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Metal Warehouse Buildings

Tennessee metal warehouses can be designed for distribution, logistics, storage, and owner-user operations. Building dimensions can be coordinated around clear height, racking, dock positions, drive-in doors, truck circulation, office space, equipment, and future additions.

Industrial Metal Buildings

Industrial buildings can support manufacturing, production, assembly, equipment storage, and other industrial operations. Designs may accommodate large clear spans, crane-ready structures where engineered accordingly, mezzanines, high-bay areas, equipment openings, insulated systems, attached offices, and future expansion.

Small-Bay Industrial & Flex Buildings

Small-bay flex buildings can combine warehouse, service, showroom, and office uses within adaptable tenant spaces. Layouts can be coordinated around bay sizes, overhead doors, storefront areas, clear heights, and future demising walls.

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Commercial Metal Buildings

Commercial metal buildings can accommodate retail spaces, offices, showrooms, service businesses, automotive facilities, and office/warehouse combinations. Projects can also incorporate canopies and architectural exterior systems.

Self-Storage Metal Buildings

SteelCo supplies metal self-storage building systems for developers, investors, and owner-operators. Options can include drive-up storage, climate-controlled storage, RV and boat storage, multi-building developments, phased expansion, and supporting office space.

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Cold Storage Metal Buildings

Pre-engineered metal building systems can support cold storage, food distribution, refrigerated warehousing, processing support, and other temperature-sensitive applications. Insulated building-envelope systems and refrigeration, MEP, and operational equipment require additional project coordination.

Metal Aircraft Hangars

Aircraft hangars can be designed around aircraft dimensions, clear-span requirements, hangar doors, maintenance areas, equipment storage, offices, and other supporting spaces.

Agricultural Metal Buildings

Agricultural buildings can provide space for equipment, machinery, hay and material storage, maintenance shops, agricultural businesses, and livestock-related operations. Building height, openings, and clear spans can be planned around the equipment and activities using the facility.

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Metal Garages & Workshops

Steel garages and workshops can support contractors, small businesses, automotive users, equipment owners, and private shop applications. Designs can include multiple overhead doors, taller eave heights, insulation, storage, office areas, windows, walk doors, and custom exterior finishes.

Recreational Metal Buildings

Wide clear spans make metal buildings suitable for indoor sports facilities, training facilities, community recreation buildings, gymnasiums, indoor practice facilities, and multipurpose activity centers.

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Equestrian & Horse Arenas

Clear-span metal construction can keep riding and training areas open without rows of interior columns interfering with usable arena space. Equestrian buildings can also incorporate stalls, tack areas, equipment storage, covered riding space, and supporting agricultural areas.

Boat & Marina Metal Buildings

Tennessee’s lakes and marina markets create applications for dry boat storage, dry-stack storage, covered and enclosed boat storage, marina operations, and boat and RV storage developments. Building height, rack arrangements, forklift access, and boat movement should be considered during planning.

Tennessee Metal Building Kits

Customers who already have their own contractor or erection crew can purchase a

custom-engineered Tennessee metal building kit without full construction services.

A building package may include:

Primary structural framing
Secondary framing
Roof and wall panels
Trim and closures
Fasteners
Stamped engineered building drawings
Foundation-plan options where applicable
Selected insulation
Doors, windows, and accessories where specified
Delivery to the project site

The exact package is established during quoting so customers can accurately compare scope between suppliers.

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What our clients have to say

See why 92% of our customers rate us highly on Google Reviews.
Hear directly from clients who trust SteelCo Buildings for quality, reliability, and exceptional service.

    
 
 
         
   Travis T 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great experience with them getting our first building designed and delivered. Brandon was amazing and responded promptly to all inquiries. Building delivered on time as promised with no additional material needed.
  
 
        
   DBARILE1 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Have used SteelCo for a few of my self storage buildings over the past couple years. Ben and Brad took care of everything and addressed any concerns I had immediately. Will be using them again in the future as I expand the property.
  
 
        
   olvrbmw 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Clint has been great to work with.  He is very good at explaining the options and process.  Even though I just needed a relatively small building for personal use, the design and engineering support that SteelCo provides is very good.  I am very happy with the end result.
  
 
        
   Frank Moore 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Ben Childers with SteelCo has been awesome in all aspects of our project. From design, purchase and delivery these guys know what they are doing and do it professionally. I strongly recommend SteelCo for your next steel building project.
  
 
        
   Steven Brewer 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Great experience working with Clint at SteelCo. He quickly got me a very good price, compared to other quotes we had. He helped me edit the design based on what i wanted.  During construction, we couldn't find some bolts and he had them shipped to us quickly.  Very easy to work with.
  
 
        
   robertleg1 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. In 2022 we purchased a red iron 30’ x 50‘ building from SteelCo Buildings. We worked with Clint to procure the contract and package cost. He was great to work with and had answers to all of our questions pertaining to additional features and recommendations. His information was useful in maintaining our cost allowances. Following the purchase of the building, we worked more closely with Brad on the changes we had decided on after the purchase. Brad worked very closely with us on cost changes. He was instrumental in working closely with the manufacturer to expedite the building changes without impacting outside peripheral  cost changes.  Clint was very helpful in securing contractors to perform various subcontract activities such as concrete foundation and building erection. We are very happy with the building and feel we got our moneys worth and appreciate the efforts from both Clint and Brad on achieving our goals.
  
 
        
   Colin O'Brien 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. Accurate inventory paired with competitive pricing. I have completed over half a dozen jobs with SteelCo and am continually impressed, relieved, and thankful with the customer service we have received when ordering and erecting their buildings. Brandon has always been responsive no matter the day of the week, time of day/night, or method of technology. We will continue to utilize SteelCo for storage buildings - both drive up and climate control for the near future.
  
 
        
   Michael 
 
 
 
 Trustindex verifies that the original source of the review is Google. The building turned out great, customer service was great, building plans were very nice, easy to follow, had 1 extra of almost all parts , very nice kit, will most definitely buy from Steelco again in the future, Brad was good to deal with, but Rebecca is the star of that show,
  
 
  
 
  
 
   Google rating score: 4.6 of 5, based on 75 reviews

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Frequently Asked Questions About Tennessee Metal Buildings

What building code applies to metal buildings in Tennessee?

The applicable building code depends on the project’s location, occupancy, and reviewing jurisdiction. The Tennessee State Fire Marshal’s Office currently lists the 2021 International Building Code with Tennessee amendments among its adopted commercial codes. Approved local jurisdictions may conduct their own plan reviews and inspections under locally adopted requirements.

The requirements for the specific project should be confirmed with the authority having jurisdiction before final design and permitting.

Does every Tennessee metal building go through the State Fire Marshal?

No. Tennessee allows qualifying local jurisdictions to perform commercial plan review and inspections independently. These include Nashville/Davidson County, Memphis, Shelby County, Knoxville, Knox County, Chattanooga, and other approved jurisdictions.

State Fire Marshal review can apply in other circumstances depending on jurisdiction, ownership, occupancy, and project type.

Does SteelCo pull permits for Tennessee metal buildings?

For a typical materials-only SteelCo project, the owner, contractor, or project team handles permitting and local approvals. SteelCo provides the engineered documentation associated with the metal building package.

For qualifying commercial projects where SCB Construction Group serves as general contractor, permitting can be incorporated into the contracted construction scope.

Does SteelCo provide stamped engineering drawings?

Custom SteelCo PEMB packages can include stamped engineered building drawings appropriate to the project and building package. Foundation-plan options may also be available depending on scope.

Civil engineering, geotechnical work, site-specific foundation engineering, and other disciplines may require separate professionals.

Are metal buildings engineered differently in different parts of Tennessee?

They can be. Project location can affect wind, snow, seismic, exposure, and other structural criteria. Building use, dimensions, occupancy, and site conditions can also influence engineering.

SteelCo coordinates the metal building package around the criteria established for the actual project rather than assuming one design works statewide.

Can SteelCo build my entire metal building project in Tennessee?

SteelCo primarily supplies custom pre-engineered metal building systems nationwide. For qualifying commercial projects in Tennessee, SCB Construction Group can provide broader general contracting and construction services.

Customers can also purchase only the SteelCo building package and work with their own contractor.

Can I buy only a Tennessee metal building kit?

Yes. Customers with their own contractor or erector can purchase a custom SteelCo metal building package without full general contracting services. The package is designed around the project’s location, dimensions, intended use, and structural requirements.

How much does a metal building cost in Tennessee?

There is no single reliable Tennessee metal building cost per square foot. Major price factors include building dimensions, eave height, clear-span requirements, project location, structural loads, roof and wall systems, insulation, doors and framed openings, accessories, exterior design, engineering, freight, erection, and the overall construction scope.

Metal building quotes should be compared only after confirming that they include similar materials, engineering, accessories, and scope.

How long does it take to get a metal building in Tennessee?

Lead times vary by project. Building complexity, engineering, drawing approvals, manufacturing schedules, material availability, design revisions, accessories, and delivery coordination can all affect the schedule.

Permitting, sitework, foundations, and erection operate on separate schedules and should be coordinated with the anticipated material-delivery date.

Can a metal building be built on a sloped East Tennessee property?

Many metal buildings can be constructed on sloped sites, but the site and foundation require separate evaluation. Slope, soils, drainage, grading, and foundation conditions can affect the overall project even when the above-grade building dimensions remain unchanged.

Appropriate geotechnical, civil, and foundation professionals may need to address those conditions.

Can Tennessee metal buildings be designed for future expansion?

Often, yes. Future expansion should be discussed during initial planning so the building orientation, framing, endwall conditions, and site layout can account for the desired expansion direction.

What types of metal buildings does SteelCo supply in Tennessee?

SteelCo supplies Tennessee metal buildings for applications including warehouses, industrial buildings, small-bay industrial and flex space, self-storage, cold storage, commercial buildings, aircraft hangars, agricultural buildings, garages and workshops, recreational buildings, equestrian facilities, boat and marina storage, and metal building kits.
Depending on project requirements, cold-formed steel and other specialty metal building configurations may also be considered.

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