roof purlins and standing seam panels going on viewed from the ridge

Metal buildings in Cooper

Commercial, industrial and residential metal buildings in Cooper and Delta County. About 55 minutes from Royse City.

Building here

What Cooper is like to build in

SH 24 and SH 154 meet at the county seat. Cooper Lake State Park is just south, and the county is farm and ranch ground where equipment barns and shops are the common work.

Permits

City of Cooper. Delta County outside the limits, where there is no county building permit and the engineering is on the builder.

The ground

Blackland clay. Delta County sits between the two forks of the Sulphur River, and the bottomland near them needs a look before a slab goes in.

The drive

About 55 minutes from Royse City. Distance is not what decides whether we take a job. Size is.

What we build in Cooper

Commercial and industrial

Warehouses, retail strip centers, multi-tenant, flex, industrial shops, self-storage and agricultural buildings.

Barndominiums

Shop-houses and steel-framed homes on your land, priced by finish level with the allowances written down.

Specialty structures

Churches, event venues, distilleries, hangars, covered arenas, cabanas and pavilions. Priced one at a time.

Photographs and scope on every one in our projects.

Commercial pricing

Includes engineered frame, roof and wall panels, slab and foundation, doors, erection, permits and basic site grading. Dried in and usable.

Building size	Per SF
1,500 - 2,999 SF	$52 - $68
3,000 - 4,999 SF	$46 - $58
5,000 - 9,999 SF	$38 - $50
10,000 - 19,999 SF	$32 - $42
20,000 SF and up	$27 - $36

Barndominium pricing

Living area only. Finish level drives the number, not size.

Finish level	What it is	Per SF
Shell, dried in	Slab, frame, roof, wall panels, windows, exterior doors. No interior.	$62 - $78
Basic finish	Spray foam, HVAC, standard cabinets, LVP flooring, builder-grade fixtures.	$118 - $138
Mid finish	Quality cabinets, mixed flooring, upgraded fixtures and trim.	$145 - $172
High finish	Custom cabinets, stone counters, premium fixtures, custom features.	$185 - $225

Under 2,500 SF, add 10 percent. Fixed costs do not shrink with the house. Attached shop or garage space runs $48 - $62 per SF.

Full breakdown on the pricing page.

Is this a fit

We're probably not your builder if

You need a repair or a service call.
You're looking at a shed, a carport, or a kit.
You want the steel dropped and nothing else.

We're a fit if

You're building 1,500 SF or more of finished commercial or industrial space.
You're building a 2,000 SF or larger home on your land.
You want one contractor from slab to final finish.

Before you call anyone

Guide

Metal building cost in Texas

What a metal building actually costs in Texas in 2026, by size and by scope, with the site costs nobody puts in the brochure number.

Guide

Metal building permits in Texas

Who issues the permit, what a Texas jurisdiction actually wants to see, what changes outside city limits, and what the whole process costs in time.

Guide

What a slab actually costs

Foundation cost per square foot in Texas by loading, why Blackland clay changes the design, and why leaving the slab out of a quote makes it look cheap.