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Notes for the people who buy steel.
Short guides on early involvement, pricing a steelwork project and how fabricators fit into the industry. Each one links to the service that does the work.
Why involve a steelwork fabricator early in a project?
Buildability, connection design, sequencing, access and programme: what changes when a fabricator is involved before the steelwork project is finalised.
What information is needed to price a structural steelwork project?
The drawings, specification, tonnage, connection responsibilities, finishes, access, erection and dates that help Steel Structures price a project clearly.
Who actually makes structural steel?
The difference between a steel producer, a stockholder and a fabricator, and what happens to the steel at the Dunmurry works.