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Stairs, rails, guards and custom pieces.
Cut, welded and finished in our own shop, then hung by the crew that built it.
This is different from steel that disappears behind a wall. People touch this work. They look at it. We fabricate it in our shop and install it with crews who can talk directly to the people who made it.
- Stairs and landingsPan stairs, plate stairs and landings, from egress stairs to a feature stair in a lobby.
- Handrail and guardrailInterior and exterior rail, picket, horizontal bar and glass-ready systems, to the code the inspector is holding.
- Canopies and entry structuresEntry canopies, walkway canopies and cantilevered steel that has to look intentional.
- Custom architectural piecesCurved sections, feature frames and one-off pieces drawn once in an elevation and never detailed again.
- Gates, screens and enclosuresDrive gates, equipment screens and dumpster enclosures, galvanized where they need to last.
- FinishesPrime, paint or galvanize, coordinated so the finish matches the rest of the project.
What this scope gets held to.
The codes, material and tolerances your engineer and your inspector will measure this work against. If your specification is tighter than any of it, say so on the drawings and we’ll price it that way.
Codes and standards
- IBC Chapter 10 for stairs, guards and handrails
- ICC A117.1 and the ADA standards for accessible handrail
- AWS D1.1 for structural welds, D1.3 for sheet steel
- NAAMM AMP 521 for pipe railing
- AISC 303 for the steel the assembly hangs off
The dimensions an inspector checks
- Guards 42 in. on commercial work, 36 in. residential
- No opening that passes a 4 in. sphere
- Handrail top 34–38 in. above the tread nosing
- Graspable section 1-1/4 to 2 in., returned to wall or post
- Guards designed for 50 lb per foot and a 200 lb concentrated load
Material and finish
- A36 plate and bar, A500 tube, A53 pipe
- Hot-dip galvanized to A123, hardware to A153, for anything living outside
- Shop primer, finish paint or powder coat inside
- Glass-ready channel and standoffs where the elevation calls for glass
Workmanship
- Welds ground and dressed on every exposed face
- Sample or mock-up where the specification asks for one
This is the order we like to do it in.
- 01
Field measure
We measure the opening as built, not as drawn. Ornamental steel fails on the quarter inch between the two.
- 02
Shop details
You approve the detail before we cut material, so the reveal, the picket spacing and the terminations are agreed in advance.
- 03
Fabricate in the shop
Cut, fit, weld and dress in a controlled shop rather than on a slab in the weather.
- 04
Finish
Prime, paint or send out for galvanizing, so it arrives in its final finish instead of getting touched up on site.
- 05
Install
The crew that built it sets it. Nothing gets lost between a shop and a subcontractor who has never seen the piece.
Jobs our crews actually built.
Photographed by the crews who were there. Five from this scope, not a general reel.
Can you match a rail that’s already there?
Usually. Send a photo and a measurement and we’ll tell you honestly whether we can match it or whether it will read as a repair.
Do you do residential work as well as commercial?
Yes. A good part of our ornamental work is interior stairs and rail in houses, alongside the commercial stair and rail projects.
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Let us put our decades of experience to use helping you execute your next fabrication project.