Laramie sits at about 7,165 feet in Albany County — a high, wind-scoured university town on the I-80 corridor, near some of the windiest stretches of highway in the country around Arlington and Elk Mountain. Wind is the dominant design factor here, and the elevation brings a heavier snow load than Cheyenne to the east. The city runs a building department, while surrounding Albany County ranch land is far less regulated.
Best fit in Laramie: cold formed steel for permitted, wind-rated shops, garages, and barndominium shells; tubular steel for hay barns, equipment cover, and livestock shelters on rural acreage; and red iron for commercial spans past 60′. Every building here is engineered for the wind, permit or not. See the full system comparison.
How much wind and snow does a Laramie building face?
Both are significant. Laramie sits in one of the windiest corridors in the country and, at over 7,000 feet, carries a heavier snow load than lower southeast Wyoming. We run the ASCE 7 hazard tool against your exact address so the building is engineered for both.
Talk to a Project Advisor: call 417-218-8348, email sales@amsteelmidwest.com, or submit a project inquiry.