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Yeah I'd worry a lot about snow weight, especially if you get decent amounts of snow each year. Every winter we see reports from members here of snow collapsing a run roof, tarp or netting.

Might need a vertical support or two in the center or towards the center, it looks like it's already bowing a bit. If you want it to be less dabsmack in the middle of where a human would walk, maybe a support on each side of those horizontal ones in the middle? Not an engineer or builder so...

You can use chips in the coop. Really depends on how you plan to manage poop and how you plan on managing litter. I mainly use them because they're free, but they're not ideal to pick poops out of for composting purposes.

x2 on wood chips. For deep litter you really want a mix of organic matter (dried leaves, dried grass, garden trimmings, etc), with wood chips being an ideal base for drainage and aeration. I have zero experience with sand. It would not do well in my environment as we get plenty of rain and...

The grass is fine for the time being, but as the chickens scratch around they'll kill it off. At that point, in most set ups you'll need some form of litter to keep the area from turning into a mud pit. I think you mentioned deep litter? That should work well in most climates, provided that...

Do those roosts in the run come out easily? I wouldn't have them in there like that as maintenance would be a pain if they don't come out. Mine are diagonal in the run, in corners, which keeps them out of the center area. Are you going to be free ranging most of the time? For 15 birds the...