Turkey barns, chicken houses (broiler and layer), horse barns, commercial dog kennels, duck barns, and general livestock buildings. All post-frame construction, sized for your animal type and numbers. We work within about 45 miles of Middlebury, which covers Goshen, Elkhart, Shipshewana, Nappanee, Bristol, Millersburg, Syracuse, and the surrounding area.

We run the whole thing. Permits, IDEM and BOAH paperwork, scheduling every trade, coordinating materials and inspections. You don't become a part-time project manager for your own barn. We take it from the first permit application to the day you start moving animals in.

Most agricultural structures need a building permit through your county's Planning & Development office. Requirements vary by county — Elkhart, LaGrange, Kosciusko, Noble, St. Joseph, and Marshall each have their own process, and we know them all. If you're housing more than a certain number of animals, you may also need an IDEM Confined Feeding Operation (CFO) permit and compliance with Indiana BOAH regulations. Setback requirements, manure management plans, and environmental reviews can all apply depending on your operation size. We handle the paperwork and submissions — you sign the applications.

A standard poultry barn typically runs 3 to 6 months from permit to move-in. Horse barns and smaller kennels can be 2 to 4 months. Larger multi-barn operations with site work, utility runs, and feed systems can take 6 to 10 months. Indiana winters limit concrete work between December and March, so we schedule foundations and slabs during shoulder seasons when possible. We'll give you a realistic timeline upfront.

Yes. Ventilation makes or breaks an animal barn, and we handle it in-house. Tunnel ventilation for poultry, natural ventilation for equine, evaporative cooling, curtain systems, radiant brooders, and controls. Everything is sized for your species, your stocking density, and what Indiana weather actually does.

Yes. If you're contracted with an integrator, we build to their specs — dimensions, ventilation rates, equipment layouts, biosecurity. We've done it before and know how to pass their inspections the first time. If you're independent, we design to proven standards for your species.

You get a detailed bid with clear line items, allowances for site unknowns like soil conditions or utility runs, and no hidden fees. Change orders only happen when you ask for them, and we put pricing and schedule impact in writing before any work starts. Steel and lumber prices move, so we lock in materials early when we can. If budget is tight, we'll tell you where to save without cutting corners on the animals or the building.

We engineer for local snow loads, wind loads, and the temperature swings we get here. That means trusses sized right, insulation R-values matched to your animal type, vapor barriers so you don't get condensation problems, and foundations designed for our frost depth. A barn that works in Georgia won't hold up here. We build for northern Indiana.

We do a full walkthrough with you — every system, every door, every fan. You get operation manuals, as-built drawings, and our direct contact info. We back our work with a written warranty, and manufacturer warranties cover ventilation equipment, roofing, and doors. If a fan controller acts up six months later, call us. We'll be there.