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Steel Building Erection in Longmont, Colorado
Photos from a GDL Steel equipment shed job near Longmont, and what Boulder County and the City of Longmont publish on permits.
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The Longmont job
An equipment shed with three open bays
GDL Steel’s Longmont job is a green steel equipment shed with three open bays on a galvanized steel frame, on open land near Longmont. The photos show the frame going up and the finished shed.
GDL Steel is based in Colorado Springs. For a farm or equipment building north of Denver, send us a note about the site.
- A galvanized steel frame
- Three open bays for equipment
- Green walls and a light roof
- Open land near Longmont
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Job photos
Photos from the Longmont job
The bare frame, and the finished shed with its three open bays.
Building near Longmont
Before a farm building goes up near Longmont
A Longmont address can be inside the city or on unincorporated county land, and the office that covers it sets the code edition. Here’s what the City of Longmont and Boulder County publish; confirm the details with the office that covers your site.
- The office decides the code edition. Unincorporated Boulder County runs on the 2021 International Codes as amended; the City of Longmont adopted the 2024 International Codes. Both took effect on July 1, 2026, and a Longmont mailing address doesn’t settle which one you are under. Boulder County code amendments
- Unincorporated Boulder County. Boulder County Community Planning & Permitting, Building Safety and Inspections, permits and inspects unincorporated land, at (303) 441-3926. No one may erect, alter or change the use of a structure there without a permit first. Boulder County building safety
- Inside the city. The City of Longmont’s Building Services at 385 Kimbark Street permits and inspects, at (303) 651-8332. Longmont building permits
- In the county, snow and wind come off a map. Boulder County’s own code table lists the ground snow load and the wind speed as “Varies” and tells the building official to read your site’s numbers off the county’s snow load and wind speed maps. The frost line depth is 30 inches and the seismic design category is B. Get your site’s snow and wind numbers from the county before anyone orders steel. County code amendments
- The farm exemption stops at 200 square feet. Boulder County exempts a one-story detached accessory structure, such as an agricultural loafing shed, only up to 200 square feet, no more than 12 feet tall, with no utilities. It also caps how many un-permitted accessory structures a parcel may have, by acreage. A working equipment shed is past that line. When a permit is required
- The county licenses contractors, and names farm buildings. Boulder County counts as a contractor anyone doing work for pay that needs a building permit, and one of its license classes covers pre-engineered agricultural buildings by name. The city licenses separately, and a county license does not carry into it. Ask anyone bidding your job, us included, for the license that covers your site. Boulder County contractor licensing
Questions
Longmont steel building questions
Does GDL Steel take farm jobs north of Denver?
Yes. The photos on this page are from a GDL equipment shed job near Longmont, and GDL Steel works across the Front Range from its base in Colorado Springs. For a farm or equipment building north of Denver, call (719) 820-5298 or send the form below with the site address, the building’s size and your timeline.
Who permits an equipment shed near Longmont?
If the land is unincorporated, Boulder County’s Building Safety and Inspections division permits and inspects it, at (303) 441-3926, under the 2021 International Codes as amended. Inside city limits it is the City of Longmont’s Building Services at 385 Kimbark Street, at (303) 651-8332, under the 2024 International Codes. Confirm which office covers the site before anything is designed, because the two are on different code editions.
Is a farm building exempt from a permit in Boulder County?
Only a very small one. The exemption stops at 200 square feet, 12 feet tall and no utilities, and the county’s example is an agricultural loafing shed. Anything you would park a tractor in needs a permit. The county also limits how many un-permitted accessory structures a parcel may have, by acreage.
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Planning a farm building north of Denver?
Tell us where the building is going, its size and what you’ll keep in it, and we’ll talk through next steps.
Phone: (719) 820-5298
Email: sales@gdlsteelllc.com
Service area: Colorado Springs and the Front Range, with a past job near Longmont. We travel for larger jobs.
Other job areas
Where else GDL has worked
- Littleton, Colorado
- Glade Park, Colorado
- Byers, Colorado
- Golden, Colorado
- Westcliffe, Colorado
- Hotchkiss, Colorado
- Delta, Utah
- Pahrump, Nevada
- Mullen, Nebraska
- All service areas
- Agricultural steel buildings
GDL Steel
Planning a steel building?
Tell us what you’re building and where, and we’ll get back to you about next steps.
GDL Steel erects pre-engineered steel buildings for commercial and residential projects in Colorado Springs and along the Front Range, and travels farther for larger jobs. Licensed and insured.
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(719) 820-5298
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sales@gdlsteelllc.com
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Colorado Springs and the Front Range, and we travel for larger jobs (service areas).
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General contractors: send a bid invitation.
Recent jobs: Byers, Glade Park, Golden, Hotchkiss, Littleton, Longmont and Westcliffe, CO; Delta, UT; Pahrump, NV; Mullen, NE
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