Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings
Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings in Kansas City
Capital Builders pours the slab, sets the steel, runs the power and finishes the inside. Bring a building package you already bought, or let us design, price and source the right building for you.
Turnkey
Or Erection
Two ways to buy. We'll price it either way to suit your need.
Any
Manufacturer
We are not tied to one supplier and work with all manufacturers.
We Build
It All In-House
We do it all in-house: steel erection, concrete and electrical.
PATH ONE
Turnkey
You have a site and a use. We do the rest.
Building spec written around your operation
Manufacturer pricing and package selection
Site work, foundation and slab
Steel erection
Electrical service and distribution
Interior finish-out, office and restrooms
Permits and entitlement support
Path Two
Erection, Sitework & Finish
You already bought the building, or you have a supplier you want to keep. We do everything except supply the steel.
Foundation designed to your approved anchor bolt layout
Slab poured to the flatness your equipment needs
Steel erection by our own crew
Concrete flatwork, aprons and dock work
Electrical service and distribution
Interior build-out
Coordination with your manufacturer on delivery
How To Buy
Two ways to get your building built
Some owners have nothing but a site. Others have a building already on order. We quote both.
Building Types
What we build
We engineer each frame for the span, eave height and loads at your site.
Shops
and Garages
Door openings sized for what drives through them, ceiling height for a lift, floor drains, compressed air and three-phase power.
Contractor and
Equipment Storage
Drive-through bays, doors sized for the machine with the attachment on, slab poured for tracked equipment, wash bay and secured yard.
Warehouse
and Distribution
Clear span for racking, eave height for the stack, dock doors and levelers, slab flat enough for lift traffic.
Equestrian
Arenas
Clear span with no interior columns. Base and footing built for riding, plus ventilation and arena lighting.
Farm, Ranch,
and Ag
Equipment and commodity storage, livestock buildings, machine sheds, shop combinations. Engineered steel frame construction.
Light
Manufacturing
Crane loads engineered into the frame, three-phase service, compressed air, floor loading rated for the machines.
Flex
Space
Demised suites with separate entries, metering and restrooms. Units can be combined or split as tenants change.
Office
and Showroom
Finished front with storefront glass and insulated wall panel, working space behind it.
Self-Performed Scope
We self-perform steel, concrete and electrical
Our own crews build the three biggest and most demanding parts of the job: the foundation, the frame and the electrical.
01
Steel Erection
Our own crew sets the frame. We erect packages from any manufacturer.
02
Concrete
Footings, foundations, slab and flatwork. Poured to the approved anchor bolt layout and the floor flatness your equipment needs.
03
Electrical
Service, distribution, high-bay lighting, and low-voltage. We begin Evergy coordination as soon as we're engaged to protect your timeline. On a metal building today the switchgear is often a longer lead than the steel.
How It Compares
Pre-engineered Vs conventional construction
Where each system fits, for a single-story commercial or industrial building.
Comparison for a typical single-story commercial or industrial building in the Kansas City metro.
Pre-Engineered Metal Building
Conventional Building
Pre-Engineered Metal Building VS Conventional Building
Enclosure Cost
Lower cost per square foot
Higher cost per square foot
PEMB
CB
Schedule to Enclosure
Varies by project but rule of thumb is 1,500 SF/day
25% longer, framed on site
PEMB
CB
Clear Span
Wide spans with no interior columns
Interior columns typically required
PEMB
CB
Insurance Class
Non-combustible. Rates as ISO Class 3 or better.
Wood frame rates as Class 1, the highest-cost class.
PEMB
CB
Rooftop Solar
No roof penetrations
Penetrations and flashing on most roof types
PEMB
CB
Expansion
End walls designed to extend
Requires new structural work
PEMB
CB
Best Fit
Shops, warehouses, arenas, flex, light manufacturing
Multi-story, heavy public assembly, complex facades
PEMB
CB
Retrofit & Renovation
Give new life to old structures
The roof leaks. The panel is undersized. The office was laid out for a company that moved out in 1998. Owners call us about all three.
We gut interiors and rebuild office space, upgrade power, add mezzanines and dock equipment, and re-skin exteriors.
Process
Foundation to finish
We manage steel erection to the date in your schedule, and you get a weekly status update on where the project stands.
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2
3
4
5
Site and program
We walk the site, review the soil report and design the building around your needs.
Budget and package
You get manufacturer pricing, a line-item budget, and a clear list of what is excluded.
Permit and engineering
Entitlement, permit submittal and approval of the steel shop drawings before anything gets poured.
Foundation and erection
Footings, slab, then steel. We check in with weekly meetings covering schedule, change orders and quality.
Finish and close
Power, interior build-out, punch list, closeout documents and warranty.
PROJECTS
Metal buildings we have built
Kansas City metro, Kansas, and Missouri.
Flex Spaces Blue Springs
Size
10,000 SF
LOCATION
Blue Springs, MO
TYPE
Flex Space
DELIVERY
Turnkey
Shine Solar
Size
10,000 SF
LOCATION
Harrisonville, MO
TYPE
Retrofit
DELIVERY
Turnkey
Flex Spaces Lee's Summit
Size
10,000 SF
LOCATION
Lee's Summit, MO
TYPE
Flex Space
DELIVERY
Turnkey
Our Clients
What owners say
“Functional, attractive and durable buildings are critical to our success. Capital Builders' helped us develop, design and build exactly what we needed. They have led construction at multiple locations and expansions for us and we wouldn't work with any other builder.”
Rusty Pollard
Flex Spaces
Service Area
Where we build
Capital Builders is based in Kansas City and works across the Kansas City metro, Kansas, Missouri and Northwest Arkansas.
Kansas City, MO
Kansas City, KS
Lee's Summit
Blue Springs
Independence
Grandview
Raymore
Belton
Liberty
Overland Park
Olathe
Lenexa
Shawnee
Leewood
Basehor
Edwardsville
Bonner Springs
Jackson County
Clay County
Platte County
Cass County
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
Leavenworth County
Northwest Arkansas
Western Missouri
Eastern Kansas
Central Kansas
Sites outside the metro, call and ask.
Leewood
Basehor
Edwardsville
Bonner Springs
Overland Park
Olathe
Lenexa
Shawnee
Johnson County
Wyandotte County
Leavenworth County
Jackson County
Clay County
Platte County
Cass County
FAQS
Common Questions
Cost is driven by four things: clear span, eave height, the snow and wind loads the frame has to carry, and how much of the interior you finish. A bare shell on a flat site sits at the low end. The same building with a finished office, upgraded power and dock equipment will run more. Send us the site address, the square footage and what goes inside, and we will price it.
Yes. We are not tied to one manufacturer. If you already have a package on order or a supplier relationship you want to keep, we handle the foundation, slab, steel erection, electrical, the finish-out, and we coordinate the delivery with your manufacturer.
The schedule breaks into design and engineering, permit, steel fabrication and delivery, foundation, steel erection, and finish-out. Steel fabrication is usually the long lead item, and electrical switchgear can impact lead times. Foundation work happens while the steel manufacturing and electrical order lead times are in-motion, so those run in parallel.
We pour it. Concrete is a self-performed scope at Capital Builders. The foundation is designed to the approved anchor bolt layout, and we do not pour until those shop drawings are approved.
Yes, we self-perform electrical. Service and distribution, lighting and low-voltage. We start Evergy coordination as soon as we engage.
Loads are set by ASCE 7 and the building code adopted by your jurisdiction, and they vary across the metro. We confirm the requirement before anyone prices steel.
Yes. Entitlement and municipal approvals are part of our pre-construction work. Zoning and use approval, site plan review and permit submittal. Review timelines differ by jurisdiction, so we put the real number in your schedule instead of an average.
Yes. We extensive experience with interior gut and office rebuild, power upgrades, mezzanines, dock equipment, re-skin and roof.
Yes, and a standing seam roof is one of the better commercial surfaces for it. Panels attach with seam clamps, so the roof is never penetrated and the roof warranty stays intact. If solar is anywhere in your plan, tell us before the frame is engineered. We add the collateral load to the frame, plan the conduit path, and size the electrical room for the inverter and disconnect.
Yes, we build shop and storage buildings for contractors. A contractor building is more than a bigger version of a shop. The doors get sized for the largest machine with the attachment still on it, the slab gets poured for tracked equipment and loaded tandems, and the yard, gate and turning radius matter as much as the building. Tell us your specific needs, what has to fit inside and what has to park outside, and we design to your requirements.
We build everything from shops, warehouses and arenas to flex buildings and light manufacturing. Send us the square footage that meets your needs and we will tell you if it is a fit.
GET A PRICE
Tell us what
you are building.
Send us the site, the size and what goes inside. We'll come back with a number and a schedule. If you already have a building on order, say so in the form. We will quote erection and sitework only.
816.609.8633