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Why Tampa Builders Choose Steel
Metal buildings in Tampa usually mean a garage. A detached two-car garage on a suburban lot in Brandon, Riverview or Lutz frees up the attached garage, and a 30×40 or 30×50 building leaves room for a hobby car, a bench and the tools.
If you are looking for a custom metal building company that serves Tampa, we are a dealer of pre-engineered steel building kits, and every quote is a custom configuration. American-made steel, drawings stamped by a licensed professional engineer and delivery to your site come from us. We have no branch office or yard in Tampa. Your crew or a local erector handles installation; if you want installation arranged, say so in your quote request.
Tampa is the Hillsborough County seat, but most of the county around it is unincorporated, so the permit office depends on your address. Your drawings carry the design wind speed for your parcel under the Florida Building Code. Statewide rules are covered in our Florida codes and permits section.
Tampa, FL at a Glance
County: Hillsborough County
Hillsborough County seat; Plant City and Temple Terrace are the county’s other cities
Garages, workshops, storage buildings, steel homes
Design wind speed for your parcel under the Florida Building Code; the county maps the wind-borne debris region
Storm surge, tidal flooding and slow drainage on flat ground; AE, Coastal A and VE zones on the flood map
City of Tampa Construction Services inside city limits; Hillsborough County Development Services in the unincorporated county
Tampa Building Permits and Local Codes
Inside city limits, the City of Tampa Construction Services Division reviews plans, issues building permits and runs the inspections, with applications through its online portal. In the unincorporated county, including Brandon, Riverview and Lutz, Hillsborough County Development Services issues the permit through HillsGovHub. Plant City and Temple Terrace keep their own city governments, so for a parcel there, check with that city hall first.
Your quote package includes PE-stamped structural drawings with the design wind speed for your parcel, load calculations, specifications and an anchor bolt layout. For a shed, carport or other accessory building over 150 square feet, the county asks for plans signed and sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer. The site plan with setbacks and easements and the recorded Notice of Commencement are for you or your contractor to prepare.
In the city, a one-story detached tool or storage shed of 120 square feet or less goes without a permit, and it still has to meet the setbacks. A lot in a FEMA flood hazard area needs an Elevation Certificate, completed by an engineer or a land surveyor, with the permit application. In the county, removing a tree 12 inches or more across takes its own permit. Check your parcel on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center first.
Inside city limits, the City of Tampa Construction Services Division reviews plans, issues building permits and runs the inspections, with applications through its online portal. In the unincorporated county, including Brandon, Riverview and Lutz, Hillsborough County Development Services issues the permit through HillsGovHub. Plant City and Temple Terrace keep their own city governments, so for a parcel there, check with that city hall first.
Your quote package includes PE-stamped structural drawings with the design wind speed for your parcel, load calculations, specifications and an anchor bolt layout. For a shed, carport or other accessory building over 150 square feet, the county asks for plans signed and sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer. The site plan with setbacks and easements and the recorded Notice of Commencement are for you or your contractor to prepare.
In the city, a one-story detached tool or storage shed of 120 square feet or less goes without a permit, and it still has to meet the setbacks. A lot in a FEMA flood hazard area needs an Elevation Certificate, completed by an engineer or a land surveyor, with the permit application. In the county, removing a tree 12 inches or more across takes its own permit. Check your parcel on the FEMA Flood Map Service Center first.
Steel Buildings We Deliver in Tampa
What a Steel Building Costs in Tampa
Every Tampa quote is priced on size, finish and parcel loads. Here the price moves most with the footprint, the number and height of the garage doors, and whether the lot sits in a flood hazard area. For dollar ranges, see our garage cost guide.
A two-car garage usually runs 24×24 to 24×30, a garage with room for a hobby car and its tools 30×40, a woodworking or repair shop 30×50, and a storage building for a small business 40×60. Our standard garage sizes guide helps you match the door width to what you park.
Your PE drawings carry the design wind speed for your parcel. The engineer also checks the county’s map of the wind-borne debris region, because a lot inside it needs protected windows and other glazed openings. Near the bay, plan for salt air too; see our article on anti-rust coatings for metal buildings.
Garages and workshops usually sit on a concrete slab, sized by your local foundation contractor to match our anchor bolt layout. In a flood hazard area the floor height follows the flood map, so get the base flood elevation for your lot before the slab is designed.
A two-car garage usually runs 24×24 to 24×30, a garage with room for a hobby car and its tools 30×40, a woodworking or repair shop 30×50, and a storage building for a small business 40×60. Our standard garage sizes guide helps you match the door width to what you park.
Your PE drawings carry the design wind speed for your parcel. The engineer also checks the county’s map of the wind-borne debris region, because a lot inside it needs protected windows and other glazed openings. Near the bay, plan for salt air too; see our article on anti-rust coatings for metal buildings.
Garages and workshops usually sit on a concrete slab, sized by your local foundation contractor to match our anchor bolt layout. In a flood hazard area the floor height follows the flood map, so get the base flood elevation for your lot before the slab is designed.
Popular Metal Building Sizes Near Tampa
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We deliver across Hillsborough County: Tampa, Plant City, Temple Terrace, Brandon, Riverview, Valrico, Lutz, Apollo Beach and Ruskin. Neighboring Pasco, Polk, Hardee, Manatee and Pinellas counties are on the route as well.
We don’t have a branch office in Tampa. All orders are handled from our main office in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and one representative stays with your project from the first call through delivery.
Hillsborough ranks first in Florida for fruit and berry sales in the USDA 2022 Census of Agriculture, and most of its 1,992 farms cover less than 50 acres, many of them strawberry fields around Plant City, in the east of the county. A clear-span building there holds the tractor and the packing supplies; see our metal farm buildings. Mention a soft field road when you call with the parcel address.
Hillsborough County Delivery Area
Primary delivery zone: Hillsborough County, FL
Also serving: Pasco County · Polk County · Hardee County · Manatee County · Pinellas County
Main office: Fort Lauderdale, FL · (888) 415-1576
From Quote to Installed Building
Send the width, length and height, the ZIP code of your Hillsborough County parcel and what the building is for, say a detached two-car garage or a storage building for your business. We calculate the wind loads for that site, lay out the anchor bolts and return a line-item quote with the PE drawing package.
You or your contractor file the PE-stamped drawings with the City of Tampa Construction Services Division inside city limits, or with Hillsborough County Development Services in the unincorporated county. A flood-zone lot adds the Elevation Certificate. Plan reviewer questions on the engineering come straight to us.
Lead time and the delivery schedule are confirmed at order. The kit arrives pre-cut and pre-drilled, ready for your crew or a local erector. Truck access to the parcel is confirmed before the kit ships.
Send the width, length and height, the ZIP code of your Hillsborough County parcel and what the building is for, say a detached two-car garage or a storage building for your business. We calculate the wind loads for that site, lay out the anchor bolts and return a line-item quote with the PE drawing package.
You or your contractor file the PE-stamped drawings with the City of Tampa Construction Services Division inside city limits, or with Hillsborough County Development Services in the unincorporated county. A flood-zone lot adds the Elevation Certificate. Plan reviewer questions on the engineering come straight to us.
Lead time and the delivery schedule are confirmed at order. The kit arrives pre-cut and pre-drilled, ready for your crew or a local erector. Truck access to the parcel is confirmed before the kit ships.
Tampa Steel Building Questions
Yes. We deliver to Tampa and across Hillsborough County, including Plant City, Temple Terrace, Brandon, Riverview and Lutz, and to neighboring Pasco, Polk, Hardee, Manatee and Pinellas counties. Call with your parcel address.
Inside city limits, the City of Tampa Construction Services Division does. In the unincorporated county, Hillsborough County Development Services issues it, and Plant City and Temple Terrace have their own city governments. We supply the engineering package; you or your contractor file it.
Installation is done by your own crew or a local erector you hire; the kit, the PE-stamped drawings, the anchor bolt layout and delivery come from us. If you would rather have installation arranged, say so when you request your quote.
Usually yes. Inside city limits, a one-story detached tool or storage shed of 120 square feet or less goes without a permit if it meets the setbacks; a garage is not on that list and needs one. In the unincorporated county, an accessory building over 150 square feet needs plans signed and sealed by a Florida registered architect or engineer. Our kits ship with PE-stamped drawings.
Yes. A steel home or a shouse goes through plan review under the Florida Building Code like any other house. In a flood hazard area, the permit application includes an Elevation Certificate and the floor height follows the flood rules. After Hurricanes Helene and Milton, substantially damaged buildings in the city had to meet current floodplain and building codes before repair.
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