Commercial
Valley Springs Fitness Center
Integrity Contracting provided the durable, energy-efficient steel framework for this red iron fitness center, on a project led by Davis Construction.
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Commercial · North Arkansas
Commercial buildings in Harrison, Arkansas
Steel buildings for a business opening, expanding, or replacing a building it has outgrown — and the structural steel package underneath somebody else's.
What it is
A commercial building, put up by a contractor
We build metal commercial buildings to support business growth. Whether you are launching a new company or expanding an existing one, the job is to design and construct a space that meets the way the business actually operates.
Commercial work is where the difference between a builder and a supplier stops being a talking point. A commercial building has to satisfy an engineer, an inspector, an insurer and whoever signs the lease, and every one of those conversations happens on site rather than in a catalogue.
Our production manager, Jessie Johnson, has managed airport hangars, school gyms and resorts. That is the depth of commercial experience inside the company, and it is worth knowing about before you decide who is running your building.
Who hires us
Two different buyers
Which one you are changes the whole shape of the engagement, and we would rather sort that out in the first conversation.
Owners and businesses
You have a site, a use and a budget, and you need a building. We take it from planning through to a finished, usable space and answer for the schedule and the trades.
General contractors
You already own the job and you need the steel put up correctly and on your schedule. We come in for the framework as a scoped package and stay out of everything else.
We tell you which we were
On the Valley Springs Fitness Center we provided the durable, energy-efficient steel framework on a red iron building led by Davis Construction. Saying that plainly is more useful to you than implying we ran the job.
Building types
What a commercial metal building gets used for
The list below is what Integrity has published that it builds, drawn from our own services copy, our project record and our production managers' experience. Only the fitness centre is a case study on this site — the rest is capability, and we will say which is which when you call.
- Fitness and community buildings — we supplied the steel framework for the Valley Springs Fitness Center, built to serve a local school and community.
- Office buildings and retail spaces.
- Shops, workspaces and storage facilities.
- Agricultural buildings and other specialty structures.
- Airport hangars, school gyms and resorts — building types our production manager Jessie Johnson has managed across two decades in the trade.
- Public facilities — we replaced the roof, soffit, gutters and downspouts on the Arkansas Game & Fish Pavilion.
What we do
How a commercial building runs
01
Use before footprint
How much interior space, how equipment and vehicles move through it, where the entrances go, what operates inside, and whether it gets divided later. Those answers set the structural layout.
02
Foundation and coordination
The foundation establishes the base for the whole structure, and framing, plumbing locations, concrete, utilities and equipment access all have to be sequenced together at that stage.
03
Structural steel
Columns, beams and roof framing — red iron, set and squared. This is the phase we are fastest at, and the one general contractors hire us for on their own jobs.
04
Envelope and fit-out
Roofing, siding, overhead and service doors, and the interior work the occupancy requires. Energy efficiency is a running cost on a commercial building, so it gets decided early.
Big openings and clear floor
The commercial buildings people come to us for almost always have the same two requirements: an opening big enough for what has to get in, and a floor with nothing standing in the middle of it. Both are structural decisions, and both are cheaper to make on paper than on site.
Steel framing is what makes the second one possible. It is also why a commercial metal building can be extended, re-clad or re-purposed later far more easily than the alternatives — which matters if the plan is to grow into it.
For general contractors
Structural steel erection
Red iron erected as a scoped package — columns, beams and roof framing, set, plumbed and squared. If you already own the job, this is the part you hire us for and the only part we touch.
Columns
Set on the anchor bolts, plumbed and braced. Everything downstream of this is only as square as this step is, which is why it is the step worth being slow about.
Beams and roof framing
Landed, bolted and tied in. Purlins, girts and bracing to the drawings, with the frame squared before anything is buttoned up.
Coordination, not encroachment
We sequence around your concrete, your utilities, your equipment access and whoever else is on site. Where the scope line is drawn is agreed before we mobilise, not argued afterwards.
Envelope, where you want it
Roofing and siding can be part of the same package or left to you. Ben Bowser spent more than thirty years in steel roofing and siding before starting this company, so it is not a stretch for us.
To price a package we need structural drawings — framing plans, elevations and connection details, and the anchor bolt plan, because we inherit whatever the concrete gave us. Tonnage or piece count, clear span, eave height and framed openings. What can physically reach the pad and where steel can be laid down. And the schedule window you need us in: a realistic date prices better than an optimistic one, because everybody prices risk.
Cost
What actually drives the number
No commercial building has a per-square-foot price, and anyone quoting one before seeing the drawings is guessing. These are the real levers.
Scope
A steel package under your general contractor and a finished building handed over ready to occupy are completely different numbers. This is the first thing to settle.
Span, height and openings
Clear span, eave height and the size and number of door openings drive the frame, and the frame drives the tonnage. These are engineering decisions with prices attached.
Occupancy and fit-out
What the building is for decides how much of it has to be finished, conditioned, fire-rated or divided. A warehouse and a fitness centre with identical dimensions are not the same project.
Site and access
Slope, rock, utilities, and whether a crane, a telehandler and delivery trucks can reach the pad. On commercial jobs this shows up in the schedule as well as the price.
Sequencing
Who else is on site, and when. A steel package priced against a realistic schedule costs less than one priced against a hopeful one, because everybody prices risk.
Proof
Commercial work
One published commercial project, with our actual role on it stated. We would rather show you one job honestly than five with the scope left vague.
Straight answers
Questions we get asked
No prices and no timelines below. Both are project numbers, and a builder who quotes them before seeing your site is guessing at your expense.
- Will you work as a subcontractor under our general contractor?
- Yes, and we do. On the Valley Springs Fitness Center we provided the durable, energy-efficient steel framework on a project led by Davis Construction. Coming in for a scoped steel package and staying out of the rest of the job is a normal engagement for us.
- Will you be the general contractor on my building?
- It depends on the job. We have managed every phase of a build from planning to final details, and we have also worked as the steel subcontractor under a general contractor. Tell us the shape of your project and we will tell you honestly which role we should have on it.
- What is red iron?
- Engineered structural steel: columns, beams and roof framing designed for the specific building rather than assembled from stock light-gauge sections. It is what carries long clear spans. The Valley Springs Fitness Center is a red iron building and our published Shop House is a bold red iron structure.
- Do you supply the steel, or only erect it?
- Erecting a package somebody else supplied is the job this company was founded to do — Integrity was started because customers were buying metal buildings and could not find a dependable contractor to put them up. If you need us to handle procurement as well, ask, because that is a project-by-project answer.
- What kinds of commercial buildings have you done?
- The one we publish is a fitness centre built to serve a local school and community, on a red iron frame. Our production manager, Jessie Johnson, has managed airport hangars, school gyms and resorts across his career in the trade.
- Do you handle permits and inspections?
- We build to whatever the authority having jurisdiction requires and we work with the inspectors. Requirements differ inside Harrison city limits and in unincorporated Boone County and they change, so we confirm what applies to your specific parcel rather than assuming.
- How far will you travel for commercial work?
- Across Harrison, Boone County, and surrounding North Arkansas communities. For a scoped steel package we will generally travel further than we would for a full build, because the crew is on site for a defined window. Ask about your job rather than assuming it is out of range.
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The rest of what we build
Six categories, one crew, one company answering the phone.
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Shop, storage and workspace buildings sized and spanned around what has to fit inside — put up by a contractor, not dropped off on a trailer.
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Custom Homes
Conventional custom homes, managed from planning through to final details — not every house we build is a metal building.
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Barndominiums
Metal buildings with full living quarters inside — open-concept, energy-efficient and low-maintenance. Shouses, where the shop comes first, are built the same way.
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Steel Roofing & Siding
Metal roofing, siding, soffit, gutters and downspouts — on a new building, or replacing what is on one you already own.
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…and More
Additions, remodels, outdoor structures, agricultural and other specialty buildings — the work that does not fit neatly under one of the other five.
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Send the drawings, or just tell us the use, the span and the site. We will tell you whether we should be your builder or your steel subcontractor.