Forte Estimating — Steel Detailing Services

Steel detailing services USA work with engineer-of-record (EOR) structural drawings to create the detailed shop drawings and erection plans that are used by fabricators to cut, drill and assemble steel structural members in the shop and field. A structural detailing company USA will take the blueprints from the structural engineer and provide all the information regarding dimensions and materials required for the correct fabrication of the beams, columns, bracings and connections, etc. needed in the design, the first time.

The work products that are normally produced from steel detailing will include individual member detail sheets, assembly drawings, connection design details, and erection diagrams that are split so that the shop of the steel fabricator, and the field erection crew, each receive exactly what they need to do their job. Lack of detail, such as missing dimension, incorrect connection layout, etc., or lack of assembly sequence information leads to high cost of fabricating incorrect parts and delays in the field which ultimately affect the profit in the project.

We create steel fabrication drawings for structural shapes such as wide-flange beams, columns, HSS tubing, angles, channels and plate work; our work is compatible with the BIM model or a steel shop drawing services required by your project workflow.

Before any detailing is done, all steel shop drawing services projects start with a comprehensive examination of the structural engineer’s drawings, specifications and design requirements. We agree on any connection designs, material grades and fabrication tolerances at the beginning of a project to avoid scope surprises.

Our workflow design includes drawing review and model setup, member detailing, connection detailing, internal QC review and submission; all of which are verified before proceeding to the next stage, minimizing RFIs and revision cycles that slow fabrication schedules.

Our structural steel detailing team is capable of every type of steel scope from large commercial structural frames to specialty miscellaneous steel detailing and accessories such as stairs, railings and embeds.

We also detail rebar detailing services that need bar bending schedules and  connection detailing services, as well as connections for projects where the structural engineer assigns connection drawing to the fabricator’s detailer.

Our Tekla steel detailing team provides a complete range of steel detailing solutions and are trained in Tekla Structures, the industry’s premier structural steel detailing platform, alongside SDS/2 and Revit where certain software based deliverables are required. Owners and general contractors are increasingly asking for Steel BIM detailing services a 2D shop drawing package in addition to an IFC model or native Tekla model.

In 3D first detailing software, it’s possible to see if the members are going to clash, if the connections are going to misalign, or if there are any geometry conflicts that may show up in the model before they even get to the fabrication shop. Our steel detailing outsourcing model comes with the same turnaround as embedded detailer, deliverables will be provided remotely to your project team.

We can help with commercial steel detailing for office buildings, retail centers, mixed-use structures,  industrial steel detailing for warehouses, manufacturing facilities and equipment support structures. Each of these project types have different conventions and loading requirements to them, and our detailers use the correct approach for each project.

We can take care of the complete scope for general contractors with structural steel and miscellaneous steel projects, including the structural steel framing, secondary framing, and all miscellaneous metals, in just a single submission and make the review and approval process easy for your structural engineer.

We are selected by our clients for our structural steel detailing team due to our technical accuracy, timely delivery of work and knowledge sharing throughout the process of submittal. We know that the steel detailing process and late submittals and revision cycles come at a cost — a cost that is real money. As steel detailing consultants for steel fabricators and general contractors throughout the USA, we are well aware of this.

Depending on the scope of the work, our steel detailing firm USA clients can be from a single project that requires an overflow detailing service to general contractors who rely on us as their go-to detailing service on an ongoing portfolio of structural steel projects. The price is one time and per project and the scope of work and delivery date are agreed in advance prior to starting work.