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To fill the excavated area, search your own 27 acres for good soil. Then compact it as others have recommended.

Another option is to drill pier footings down to minimum 5'. An engineer will design the perimeter footing as reinforced concrete beams to span between the piers. This is most likely going to be the cheapest, easiest solution.

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The inspector is correct. Most ag buildings are built with a discount in design forces. Buildings without constant human occupancy have a 13% reduction in design wind forces and seismic forces.

Seismic almost never controls in metal building design. And, most designs are below the full capacity of the materials. I expect your building will be fine, or else require only a few modifications (e.g. knee braces).

If the building was simply erected without any original engineering, you have a gamble. About 85% of contractors know exactly what they are doing and know when to build without an engineer, and they do it right.

The other 15%... well, you might be looking at some strengthening of connections, or other work.

If you end up building an all-new shop, I have some great advice here: http://steelengineer.hubpages.com/hub/How-to-Build-a-Shop.

It might be better to construct a new building for your business (closer to road = greater visibility = free advertising).

How to convert Barn into a Business Barn
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