Elance Steel’s design team doesn’t work in isolation. Our detailers sit in the same building as our fabrication shop and our installation crews. That physical proximity is the reason our designs tend to produce fewer RFIs and fewer surprises during fabrication and erection.
We provide steel design coordination, detailing, and shop drawing preparation for structural steel and metal fabrication projects. Our team works alongside engineers, architects, and general contractors. We don’t replace any of them. Our role is to translate engineering intent into steel that can actually be fabricated and erected efficiently. That translation is where most coordination problems live, and it’s where our experience adds the most value.
Getting involved early makes a difference. When our design team is part of the conversation during schematic or design development, we can flag constructability issues, suggest connection details that simplify erection, and identify where fabrication efficiencies exist. All before the drawings are issued for tender. That’s harder to do when the steel detailer is brought in after the design is locked.
