Custom Steel Fabrication

In-house steel fabrication for structural steel and custom metal components. Built and delivered by the same team that will install it.

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Fabrication That Supports the Build

Here's How It Works

Every component we fabricate is planned around how it will be handled, sequenced, and erected on site. Fabrication decisions that ignore installation realities cause problems in the field. Ours don't.

One Shop, One Team, Full Responsibility

Why In-House Fabrication Changes the Outcome

When fabrication, design, and installation are handled by separate companies, gaps appear. Tolerances don't match. Erection sequencing isn't considered during fabrication. Changes in the field take days to resolve because they have to pass through multiple organizations. We set things up differently. Our design team details the steel. Our shop fabricates it. Our crews install it. When a problem comes up (and on complex projects, problems always come up) the people who need to solve it are already in the same organization. That's a practical advantage, not a marketing claim. It shows up in fewer RFIs, fewer field fixes, and steel that goes up on schedule.

Every piece of steel Elance Steel fabricates is built in our own shop. That’s not incidental: it’s how we maintain control over fit, finish, and schedule. When fabrication happens under the same roof as design and installation planning, the steel that ships to your site matches the drawings, fits the connections, and arrives in the right sequence for erection.

Our fabrication work covers structural steel (beams, columns, trusses, joists, bracing, roof framing) and the metal components that go with it: stairs, handrails, guardrails, platforms, mezzanines, canopies, and connection hardware. We fabricate both together because they need to fit together. Coordinating tolerances and connections between structural and miscellaneous steel during fabrication means fewer problems during installation.

We’ve fabricated steel for projects ranging from 180-foot curved trusses for arena roofs to heli-rig windwalls in Alaska to heritage building reinforcements in downtown Saskatoon. The scale and complexity vary, but the approach stays the same: understand how the steel will be erected, then fabricate it accordingly.

Metal Fabrication

The Components That Make a Building Usable

Stairs, railings, platforms, ladders, canopies. The steel that people actually touch, walk on, and move through every day.

Metal fabrication covers the components that make a building functional and accessible. These aren’t afterthoughts; they’re often the steel that gets the most daily use and the most scrutiny during inspections. Our team fabricates custom metal components to exact project dimensions, because fit matters when you’re connecting to concrete, masonry, or structural steel that’s already in place.

We fabricate metal components alongside the structural steel package, not separately. That means shared tolerances, matched connections, and one team responsible for how everything fits together. When stairs connect to platforms that connect to structural framing, the coordination between those elements needs to happen during fabrication, not during a field fix.

Examples of Metal Fabrication Items

  • Stairs and stair systems
  • Handrails and guardrails
  • Platforms and mezzanines
  • Ladders and access systems
  • Canopies and entrance features
  • Embedded plates and connection hardware
  • Architectural and specialty metal components

When In-House Fabrication Matters Most

Projects Where Coordination Can't Be an Afterthought

Our fabrication services are a good fit for projects where the structural steel and miscellaneous metal packages need to work together, where the schedule is tight, or where the steel itself is complex: long-span trusses, curved members, heavy industrial assemblies, or phased construction requiring sequenced deliveries.

GCs and project teams hire us when they want one fabricator responsible for the full steel package. That eliminates the coordination gap that opens up when structural steel comes from one shop and the stairs, railings, and platforms come from another. The result is fewer RFIs, fewer field conflicts, and steel that fits when it arrives.

Structural Steel

The Primary Structure — Fabricated In-House

Beams, columns, trusses, joists, bracing, and roof framing. The steel that holds the building up. All fabricated in our shop and coordinated with our installation team.

Structural steel fabrication is the core of what we do. We fabricate the primary and secondary members that form the framework of commercial, industrial, institutional, and public-sector buildings, including complex structural systems, long-span trusses, and specialty assemblies that require tight tolerances and careful coordination with other trades.

Fabricating structural steel in-house means we control consistency across all members and can verify alignment with the design before anything ships. Our shop and field teams communicate directly, so the erection sequence is accounted for during fabrication, not discovered during installation.

Examples of Structural Steel Items

  • Beams and columns
  • Trusses and long-span systems
  • Joists and girders
  • Bracing systems
  • Purlins and girts
  • Roof framing and support structures
  • Crane rails and specialty structural elements

Frequently asked questions

Clear answers to common questions about our steel design, fabrication, and installation process, so you can move forward with confidence and clarity.

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  • What types of fabrication does Elance Steel provide?

    Both structural steel and custom metal fabrication. We handle the primary structure — beams, columns, trusses, bracing — and the miscellaneous metals that go with it: stairs, handrails, platforms, canopies, and connection hardware.

  • Is fabrication completed in-house?

    Yes. Everything is fabricated in our own shop, which is how we maintain control over quality, tolerances, and schedule.

  • Can fabrication be coordinated with design and installation?

    That’s how we prefer to work. Our design, fabrication, and installation teams are all in-house, so coordination happens throughout the project rather than at handoff points.

  • Do you fabricate large and complex steel systems?

    Yes. We’ve fabricated curved trusses spanning up to 180 feet, heavy industrial steel for processing plants, and complex structural packages for arenas, schools, hospitals, and correctional facilities.

  • Can you support phased or fast-track projects?

    Yes. Because we fabricate in-house, we can adjust production sequencing to match phased construction schedules and respond to changes without waiting on a third party.

  • How do you ensure fabrication accuracy?

    Detailed shop drawings reviewed against design documents, experienced fabricators, and quality control checks at multiple stages. Our installation team also reviews fabrication plans — they’re the ones who have to make it fit in the field.