Steel Fabrication & Erection
in Houston, TX

What steel work do you self-perform in Houston?

All fifteen services on this page are done by our own crews. That covers detailing, fabrication, coating, crane work and field welding.

• Building frames: structural steel, bar joists and metal decking.
• Buildings: metal buildings, shops and garages and barndominiums.
• Access steel: stairs and railings, mezzanines and platforms and catwalks.
• Industrial steel: pipe racks and equipment supports.

Are you licensed and insured for steel work in Texas?

Texas does not license general, concrete or steel contractors, so nobody in this trade has a state license number. Here is the paperwork we can actually hand you.

• 23 years in business with self-performing crews.
• Permitted and inspected work with the City of Houston and Harris County.
• $2M general liability, per occurrence.
• Workers compensation covering the full crew.
• A 10-year structural warranty and a 1-year workmanship warranty.
• Welder qualification records and mill test reports on request.

Do you handle windstorm certification and special inspection?

Yes. East of SH 146 in Harris County, plus Galveston, Brazoria and Chambers counties, TDI windstorm rules apply. The WPI-8 certificate depends on work an inspector actually saw, so we schedule those visits into the build. On commercial jobs a third-party inspector also checks moment welds and high-strength bolting.

Should my steel be galvanized or painted?

It depends on where the steel lives. Both are common around Houston.

• Hot-dip galvanizing to ASTM A123 suits outdoor steel in humid, salt-laden air. Coverage reaches inside the shape, so there is no recoat program.
• A shop primer and finish coat suits interior steel and jobs with a named paint spec.

Can you pour the foundation and set the steel?

Yes, and that is the cleanest way to run a steel job. Anchor bolts are set with templates cut from the steel drawings, so base plates land where they belong. Piers reach below the active zone of Houston clay, which local engineers put at roughly 8 to 20 feet. See concrete services for slabs and piers, and site work for pads and drainage. One contact covers dirt, concrete and steel.