Pole Buildings in Mead, WA: Shops, Garages & Ag Buildings

Pole buildings in Mead, WA, for shops, garages, equipment storage and ag buildings. Raven Buildings designs and builds post-frame buildings in Mead, Colbert, Chattaroy, Green Bluff and the rest of north Spokane County, from subdivision lots to acreage heading toward Mt. Spokane, with the slab and footings poured by our own concrete crew.

Pole buildings we build around Mead

• Shops and detached garages: overhead doors, walk doors and windows where you want them, with an optional concrete floor
• Equipment, RV and hay storage: open-sided or fully enclosed, with tall sidewalls for motorhomes and tractors
• Ag and horse buildings: post-frame barns sized to your acreage
• Concrete under it: shop slabs, aprons and driveway approaches from the same contractor

Built for north-county snow, wind and frost

Mead, Colbert and Chattaroy are unincorporated, so Spokane County sets the design criteria and issues the permit. These are the County's published figures:

• Ground snow load: 39 psf base with a 30 psf minimum roof snow load. The County notes some areas reach 150 psf, and the ground rises fast toward Mt. Spokane, so we look up your parcel on the County's SCOUT snow-load map before we size a single truss
• Wind: 110 mph in the County's design criteria table
• Frost depth: footings at least 24 inches below finished grade under the City of Spokane / Spokane County joint frost-depth policy. The policy allows 18 inches for detached residential accessory buildings, and frost-protected shallow foundations are allowed

A pole building is only as good as the loads it's designed for. Every Mead building we quote is engineered to your parcel's snow load and wind, and that design sets the post size, spacing and embedment.

Permits for a pole building in Mead

• Who permits it: Spokane County Building & Planning, since Mead isn't an incorporated city
• Small-building exemption: only one-story detached accessory buildings of 200 sq ft or less skip a building permit under the County's exemption list
• Review time: the County's review goal for detached accessory buildings is 10 business days for the first review
• Road approach: a driveway connecting to a County road needs a County approach permit, which we handle when the job includes concrete at the road
• Electrical: wiring is permitted separately through Washington L&I

More detail is in our Spokane-area permit guide for shops, pole barns and garages.

What a pole building costs

Raven's going rate for an installed pole building is about $60 to $75 per sq ft. Electrical, plumbing and utility hookups are not included and are extra.

• 30x40 (1,200 sq ft): about $72,000 to $90,000 installed
• 40x60 (2,400 sq ft): about $144,000 to $180,000 installed
• Always extra: electrical, plumbing and utility hookups
• Varies by site: grading, gravel, driveway approach and how far utilities have to run

Our pole barn cost guide breaks it down by size. Installed red-iron steel buildings run about the same in our market, and our red iron vs. pole barn comparison shows how the two systems differ.

Why Mead owners call Raven

• Local: we build across north Spokane County, including our Deer Park pole building jobs
• Concrete in-house: see our Mead concrete contractor page and our Mead and Colbert shop slab guide
• Pole or steel: we build both, so you get a straight comparison. See our Mead pre-engineered metal building page

Get a Mead pole building quote

Call 509-350-2016 or request a free quote with your size, door layout and address. See our pole building services.

Sources

• Installed pricing: Raven Buildings' current going rate for the Spokane area
• Spokane County BP-06 Residential Building Permits (design criteria)
• Spokane County Building FAQ (snow load and jurisdiction)
• Spokane County SCOUT map, snow-load layer
• City of Spokane / Spokane County Joint Policy BUILD-07, Official Frost Depth
• Spokane County BP-25 Permit Exemptions
• Spokane County BP-08, Permit Processing Time Savers and Timelines
• Spokane County Public Works Permits (approach permits)