Metal Building Foundations

In compliance with state building codes and steel manufacturer specifications, every Inco slab is designed and sealed by a minimum of two licensed structural engineers. Consequently, all Inco metal buildings feature an engineer-designed and sealed concrete foundation system. Our engineering team analyzes complex loading variables—including gravity, wind, and soil-bearing metrics—to engineer integrated stem walls, heavy-duty concrete piers, or thick monolithic pads tailored precisely to your lot coordinates. The foundation systems offered by Inco ensure structural integrity, easily supporting load-bearing additions or heavy interior hoists without structural compromise.

Inco offers concrete foundations with or without an integral slab depending on your specific layout rules. When designed by the foundation engineer, Inco Steel Buildings offers concrete foundations with a slab, or without a slab. While solid concrete slabs are most common, high-capacity compacted stone aggregates can be deployed for the primary building floor area instead, concrete slabs are most common compacted stone aggregates can be used for the **building floor area instead of concrete slab. However, the primary framing pillars must always bear upon engineered concrete footings or steel-reinforced piers—building on raw un-reinforced dirt is strictly prohibited. Inco building engineers require concrete footings or piers for the steel frame to bear upon.