The gable end of a red steel-sided barn with an arched roof: a new pressure-treated lumber canopy with a metal roof, hung on steel cables from boards fixed across the gable on either side of the loft door, with a pipe livestock gate at the lower left

Pole Barns & Ag Buildings

Pole barns, shops, and ag buildings built for South Dakota

Harrisburg, South Dakota

Owner-led pole barns, shops, and boat, RV and equipment storage from drafting to done, designed for snow load and prairie wind, serving farms and acreages across southeastern South Dakota.

5.0 across 25 Google reviews · Licensed & insured · BBB Accredited, rated A · TimberTech PRO Gold contractor

If you're farming or living on an acreage around Harrisburg, a building project usually starts with a practical problem: equipment sitting outside through winter, a shop that's too small for the loader, or hay and tools scattered across three older sheds. You know roughly what you want, whether that's a pole barn, a heated shop, or straight cold storage. What you need is someone who can put it on paper, get it permitted with the right authority, and build it before the ground freezes again.

Which makes the paperwork the schedule. Drafting, and the permit filed with whichever authority actually covers the parcel — city, county, or township — are what decide whether posts go in the ground this fall or wait for spring.

Our work in this photo is the cable-hung canopy, built onto an existing barn.

Tell us what you're building.

Two required fields. Jace follows up directly to set a walkthrough.

Or call or text (605) 679-5223.

Rather not wait for a callback?

Pick a time for your estimate

Rather talk to an agent after hours?

Call the same number after hours — our phone agent picks up, takes the details and books your walkthrough on Jace's calendar.

Shops, machine sheds, and storage sized to the work

The right building starts with what has to fit inside it: door sizes for your tallest equipment, clearance to maneuver a loader indoors, power and light where you'll actually work. A boat on a trailer or a fifth wheel asks the same question in different numbers: height at the peak of the tower, length with the hitch, and a door you can line up on in one pass. We build post-frame pole barns, shops, and storage sheds on farms and acreages, including buildings put up to get a boat, an RV, or a line of equipment out of the weather. If the building gets a concrete floor or approach, that comes from a concrete contractor, not from us.

Pole barns and machine sheds · Shop buildings · Storage sheds · Boat, RV, and equipment storage · Drafting and plans · Project financing on qualifying jobs

Drafted and permitted before a post goes in the ground

An ag building on paper is cheaper to change than one half-framed in a field. We draft plans as part of the job, so the layout, door schedule, and site placement are settled before material gets ordered. Permitting depends on where the parcel sits: inside a city like Harrisburg or Tea, or under county jurisdiction in rural Lincoln and Minnehaha counties. We handle the application either way and build the plan around what the permit requires, including footings below the frost line and the snow load this climate demands.

Snow load, prairie wind, and a short season to build in

Row of metal rafter ties fastening each roof joist to the beam on a covered porch build — It’s all in the details — every rafter tied to its beam, not just nailed.

Eastern South Dakota loads a roof with wet spring snow and hits open ground with wind that never quits, and the freeze-thaw cycle works on anything shallow. That's why footings go below the frost line and the structure gets specced for snow and wind from the start, not upgraded later. The building season here is short, so scheduling matters: we walk the site in person, put a written estimate in your hands, and get the build on the calendar. Hols & Co holds a 5.0 rating across 24 Google reviews and an A rating with the BBB. Call or text (605) 679-5223.

5.0

Twenty-four reviews. Every one of them five stars.

Read all 25 on Google Every review, on one page

Highly recommend Hols & Co. if you are looking for someone to build your deck. The whole team was excellent to work with. They were professional, respectful and communicative. They were very efficient when they were on site and kept out property clean while they worked. Solid craftmanship and the finished product is exactly what we were envisioning. We would definitely hire this crew again for future projects.
Carrie Janssen C. · July 2026 · Deck build
The team was great. The quality of work is fantastic. I saw their ad on social media and took a chance and contacted them. So glad I did! Wanted my back deck replaced and they did a beautiful job. Even worked Saturday because the wood for the deck didn't show up on time. Looking forward to having them back for my next project!
Laura · July 2026 · Deck replacement
Hols and Co. replaced our deck with a covered and screened in deck. We are extremely pleased with the workmanship and attention to detail they put into the deck. They were a pleasure to work with and would definitely recommend them for your home construction needs. Myron H.
Myron H. · July 2026 · Covered + screened deck

Fair questions, straight answers.

Do I need a permit for a pole barn in Lincoln or Minnehaha County?

It depends on the parcel. Inside city limits in Harrisburg, Tea, or Sioux Falls, the city is the permitting authority; on rural ground in Lincoln or Minnehaha County, it's the county. Hols & Co sorts out which rules apply and handles the application as part of the project, using the drafted plans we produce for the build.

Are you affiliated with Morton Buildings?

No. Morton is a national company that designs, manufactures, and erects its own post-frame buildings. Hols & Co is a local general contractor based in Harrisburg, and around here a Morton building is often just how people describe a post-frame building. If that is the shape you are picturing, post-frame is what we build. The differences worth knowing are who you actually deal with and how much lands on one estimate: Jace walks the site himself, drafting is part of the job, and the permit gets filed with whichever authority covers your parcel.

Do you do the concrete floor and approach too?

No. We don't do concrete work, so the slab, the approach, and any apron are not part of our scope. We build the post-frame building itself, with post footings below the frost line so South Dakota's freeze-thaw cycle doesn't heave the structure, and you get a written estimate for it after the site walkthrough.

How do I get an estimate for a shop building or shed?

Start with a call or text to (605) 679-5223. Jace Jones walks the site in person, talks through what the building needs to hold and how you'll use it, and follows up with a written estimate. The person doing that walkthrough is the same person who runs the build. Project financing is available on qualifying jobs, and drafting and plans are part of the scope.

Do you build pole barns outside the Sioux Empire?

The core service area is Lincoln and Minnehaha counties — the towns and the rural ground between them — but post-frame work justifies a bigger radius than most projects. Machine sheds and shops on acreages are drive-out jobs by nature, and projects as far out as Pierre are on the table when the scope justifies the trip. Distance is a scheduling question, not a no; the site walkthrough happens in person either way.