Shops, Shops and more shops

[SLO_Z28]

Originally Posted by sevillaz28

. I would guess in your area if you build a standard slab on grade pad and foundation, 2x4 walls 13 feet high, clear span truss roof frame, stucco and comp roof your in the 45k range and thats if its a free standing building. Sorry I don't have very many pics.

I was just talking about building a shop today, is that price with the foundation already laid, or including the foundation? I was talking to my friend(hes a framer in the 9109), and he thought we could get it done for around $22,000. We were looking at a 24x40 with 10 foot walls. This is for a friend of mine, we built his house pretty inexpensively and this seems like the next logical step.

[sevillaz28]

Originally Posted by SLO_Z28

I was just talking about building a shop today, is that price with the foundation already laid, or including the foundation? I was talking to my friend(hes a framer in the 9109), and he thought we could get it done for around $22,000. We were looking at a 24x40 with 10 foot walls. This is for a friend of mine, we built his house pretty inexpensively and this seems like the next logical step.

The cost I'm giving is for a new building from the dirt to the finish roof. You are right on the $22,000 for framing if that includes material and labor to erect the building on an existing slab and then you have the cost of the exterior finish and roof finish. I'm putting these up in about 35 to 45 working days from start to finish and the only thing I sub contract out is the concrete finish and stucco.

I helped with a GTM build and those cars can be a lot of fun. My friend had a twin turbo LS7 in his and it was just stupid fast, kind of like the Supercharged GT 500 fastback I built him that would spin the 315's at 70mph, fun but then not at the same time.

A friend of mine who builds some high quality cars is in the process of purchasing a big lot and wants me to build two 10ksqft buildings in the near future. I'm designing the buildings so he can have a full work/body shop in one building and the other building will be a finish building with a down draft spray booth, frame jig and finish staging area and a detail area. Its really a cool set up we just need to work out the cost and keep it in budget.

Building a house/car or doing a remodel for someone is a lot of fun for me especially if I'm able to give suggestions to the owner to make sure they get what they want and not just what they can afford. I listen to my clients and to what they are looking for as an end product and work off of that to give them the final product they expect.