PROJECT SCHEDULE · QUOTE → KEYS

How your building arrives

From locked quote to standing steel in roughly 10–12 weeks. Here's the whole path, phase by phase, so you know exactly what happens after you click "Get Quote."

PHASE 01

Quote & Lock-In

WEEK 0

You configure the building, we confirm the numbers, and a deposit locks your price against steel-market swings. Your configuration becomes the official spec sheet the rest of the process runs on.

  • Final spec sheet issued
  • Price locked at deposit
  • Lead time confirmed
PHASE 02

Engineering & Permits

WEEKS 1–3

Licensed engineers run your exact site loads — snow, wind, seismic — and produce stamped drawings plus the anchor-bolt plan. This packet is what your county wants for the permit and what your concrete contractor pours from.

  • Engineer-stamped drawings
  • Anchor-bolt plan (pour from this!)
  • Permit submittal packet
PHASE 03

Fabrication

WEEKS 3–8

Your frames are welded from plate steel, punched, and primed. Purlins and girts are roll-formed, panels are cut to length from coil in your color, and every piece is labeled to match the erection drawings.

  • Frames welded & primed
  • Panels cut-to-length in your color
  • Every part labeled to the drawings
PHASE 04

Delivery

WEEKS 8–10

The building arrives on a flatbed — usually one truck for most sizes. You (or your erector) unload with a forklift or telehandler and check the shipment against the bill of materials before the driver leaves.

  • Flatbed delivery to your site
  • Forklift/telehandler to unload
  • Check parts against the BOM
PHASE 05

Erection

WEEKS 10–12

Steel goes up in the same order as our component guide: anchor bolts to columns, rafters to purlins, then panels and trim. A typical 30×40 takes an experienced crew about a week; DIY owners usually plan two to three.

  • Bolt-up: no field welding
  • Sequence: frame → secondary → skin
  • Crew referral available

WEEK 0 STARTS HERE

The clock starts when you lock the quote.