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STRUCTURAL STEEL FABRICATION

As an AISC-certified metal fabricator, SWF Industrial provides custom structural steel fabrication for commercial, industrial, and municipal projects. Our structural department works in stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum to fabricate structural and miscellaneous metal components.

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From detailing and value engineering through fabrication, delivery, and installation, SWF can support structural projects from concept to completion across the United States. 

COMMON STRUCTURAL STEEL APPLICATIONS

SWF’s structural steel fabrication capabilities support everything from equipment access and facility infrastructure to rooftop supports and custom structural components. Our team regularly fabricates platforms, mezzanines, stairs, beams, columns, canopies, dunnage, OSHA-compliant railings, and miscellaneous metals for demanding industrial and commercial environments. 

Structural Steel Fabrication Capabilities

SWF’s AISC-certified structural department combines fabrication, detailing, engineering support, finishing, and field installation under one roof. 

  • AISC Building Fabricator certified structural department
  • Engineered columns and beams with welded or bolted connections
  • Prodevco plasma cutter for structural shapes, squares, and rounds
  • Structural detailing in TEKLA Structures, plus AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and Trimble X7 laser scanning
  • Complimentary value engineering and constructability reviews
  • Fabrication in stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum
  • Custom stainless steel I-beams stamped and sealed by a licensed professional engineer
  • (2) 200-ton press brakes, plate rolls, a turret punch, and a 50-ton iron worker for angle, flat bar, and round bar
  • Painted or hot dip galvanized finishes
  • Field installation and rigging crews with nationwide delivery

Why Choose SWF for Structural Steel?

SWF brings together the capabilities of a structural steel fabricator with the broader resources of an industrial fabrication company. 

Our customers can work with one team for detailing, value engineering, fabrication, finishing, delivery, and installation instead of coordinating multiple vendors. Because we fabricate across carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum, we can also support projects that require multiple materials or different fabrication approaches within the same scope. That flexibility is especially valuable for industrial projects where structural components must integrate with equipment, process systems, piping, or existing facility infrastructure. 

Quality & Certification

SWF Industrial is an AISC Building Fabricator, an independent certification that verifies our structural fabrication meets the industry’s recognized quality standards, and every structural project is backed by the same quality system that keeps our rework and safety incidents well below industry averages.

  • AISC Building Fabricator certified
  • Structural detailing and modeling in TEKLA Structures
  • Dedicated quality department with three inspectors
  • 10,000+ completed projects in our design library
  • ISO 9001:2015 certified
  • Licensed professional engineer stamping available on stainless steel I-beams
  • Rework accounted for just 0.06% of hours in 2023

INDUSTRIES WE SERVE

SWF’s structural steel department serves commercial, industrial, and municipal projects across a range of markets:

Frequently Asked Questions

Structural steel fabrication is the cutting, forming, welding, and assembly of steel into load-bearing structures such as platforms, mezzanines, stairs, columns, beams, and canopies. SWF Industrial is an AISC-certified structural fabricator that works in stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum, and it delivers and installs completed structures across the United States.

Yes, SWF Industrial is an AISC Building Fabricator, an independent certification confirming that its structural steel fabrication meets recognized industry quality standards.

SWF fabricates platforms, mezzanines, stairs, columns, beams, custom I-beams, dunnage, canopies, carports, and OSHA-compliant railings, along with miscellaneous metal projects.

Dunnage is a custom structural steel weldment that supports roof-mounted equipment, such as air handling units, and protects the underlying structure. SWF fabricates on-spec dunnage and installs it with experienced rigging crews.

SWF custom fabricates structural steel columns and beams faster than typical catalog lead times for off-the-shelf stock, and it can supply them with welded or bolted connections and painted or hot dip galvanized finishes.

SWF fabricates structural steel in stainless steel, carbon steel, and aluminum, and its welders regularly work in miscellaneous metals as well.

Yes, SWF provides turnkey service that includes field installation and rigging, along with nationwide delivery on its own fleet of trucks and trailers.

Yes, SWF fabricates handrails and guardrails built to the OSHA 1910.29 standard for stairs, platforms, and mezzanines, in stainless steel, carbon steel, or aluminum.

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