How much does a steel building cost?

Cost is driven by span, height, loading, cladding specification and groundworks. We give an early budget range from an outline brief, then a fixed price once the design is settled.

Do you handle planning and building regulations?

We provide the structural design information and drawings your planning consultant or building control officer needs, and can support the application end to end.

How long does a steel building take?

A straightforward portal frame typically runs 12 to 20 weeks from signed design to handover, depending on steel lead times and groundworks.

Completed bespoke portal frame steel building erected and clad by UDM

Steel division

Bespoke Steel Buildings

UDM designs, engineers, fabricates and erects bespoke steel buildings — portal frame warehouses, industrial units, workshops and commercial premises — as a single design and build package.

For developers, warehouse owners and contractors who want one accountable team from structural design through to a clad, watertight building.

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What we build

Buildings are engineered around the use, the span, the crane or racking loads and the site constraints, not pulled from a catalogue.

Portal frame warehouses and distribution units
Industrial and light industrial units
Workshops, garages and MOT buildings
Storage and logistics buildings
Commercial and retail buildings
Extensions and infill bays to existing frames
Steel frame design, fabrication and erection

Design and build under one contract

Concept layout, structural calculations, planning support, fabrication drawings, groundworks coordination, steel erection, cladding, doors, rooflights and handover — all managed by UDM with one point of contact.

Built to standard

Steelwork fabricated and erected to BS EN 1090 with full traceability, CE-marked components and documented quality control at every stage.

Common questions

Steel Buildings FAQs

How much does a steel building cost?: Cost is driven by span, height, loading, cladding specification and groundworks. We give an early budget range from an outline brief, then a fixed price once the design is settled.
Do you handle planning and building regulations?: We provide the structural design information and drawings your planning consultant or building control officer needs, and can support the application end to end.
How long does a steel building take?: A straightforward portal frame typically runs 12 to 20 weeks from signed design to handover, depending on steel lead times and groundworks.

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