Structural Steel Fabrication
North Carolina

Yes. Our shop is located at 109 East Devine St. in Dunn, NC — which places us within same-day delivery range of Raleigh-Durham, Fayetteville, and the surrounding region, and within practical delivery distance of Charlotte, Greensboro, Wilmington, and Asheville. We are a North Carolina-based fabricator, not an out-of-state shop serving the market remotely.

We serve general contractors and developers across North Carolina — including the Raleigh-Durham Triangle, Charlotte, the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point), Fayetteville, Wilmington, and Asheville. Our location in Dunn gives us a delivery advantage in the eastern and central markets that out-of-state fabricators can't match on lead time or freight cost.

AISC certification means our quality management system — from material traceability through fabrication to erection documentation — has been independently audited against a national standard. For NC commercial projects, this satisfies the qualification requirements most institutional owners, hospital systems, and high-rise developers require before awarding a steel package, and it streamlines special inspection sign-off because our documentation is organized before fabrication begins.

Yes — both under one contract. Our shop fabricates the steel and our field crews erect it. Same team, same accountability from shop drawings through final bolt. This eliminates the handoff friction that causes schedule problems when a separate erector works with steel they didn't detail or fabricate — a common issue on NC projects where the fabricator is out of state and the erector is local.

Our standard submittal package includes Certified Mill Test Reports (CMTRs) for all structural shapes and plate, Welding Procedure Specifications (WPS), welder qualification records, high-strength bolt torque and tension verification logs, and as-built shop drawings — assembled before steel enters production, not requested after erection has already started.

Ideally during preconstruction, before shop drawings are finalized. Early involvement lets us review connection details, flag long-lead materials, and build a delivery sequence that supports the project's erection window. For hospital and hotel projects with hard opening dates — common in the Triangle and Charlotte markets — earlier engagement consistently protects the schedule.

North Carolina adopts the IBC with state-specific amendments. Commercial stairs must meet IBC 1011: maximum 7-inch riser height, minimum 11-inch tread depth, and maximum 3/8-inch riser variance within a flight. Guardrails must resist a 50 lb/ft uniform lateral load or a 200 lb concentrated point load. Handrails must be continuous, graspable, and mounted between 34 and 38 inches above the nosing. We build NC code compliance into shop drawings from the first draft.

From approved shop drawings to delivery, most NC commercial projects run 8 to 14 weeks depending on project size, steel grade, and shop schedule. Our Dunn, NC location eliminates the additional transit time out-of-state fabricators add to that window — which typically translates to 3 to 5 fewer days on delivery for Triangle and Piedmont projects.

Yes. Hospital and healthcare projects require Risk Category IV seismic and wind design, tighter deflection limits, and more comprehensive inspection documentation than standard commercial work. Our AISC-certified shop handles these requirements from detailing through special inspection sign-off — and our NC location means we can support field coordination and inspection scheduling without the logistical complexity of managing an out-of-state fabricator on a hospital timeline.

Hospitality and multifamily projects in the Triangle and Charlotte markets often carry franchise-imposed opening dates or investor-driven delivery milestones where every week of delay has a direct cost. Our approach is to sequence fabrication and delivery around the GC's crane schedule and erection window — not ship steel on a generic lead time and let the site figure out the rest. We've built hotel and multifamily packages across NC where the difference between on-time and late came down to how delivery was sequenced, not how fast the shop ran.