WHAT-WE-DO

RESULTS

We know that your reputation is only as good as the results of your last job. That's why we are serious about what we deliver. This is why we take pride in our results-oriented approach.

METHODOLOGY

At STEELMERGER ENGINEERING, we've taken our decades of collective experience to create our own proven methodology to keep your project on track and on budget.

Services

WHAT IS A STRUCTURAL STEEL DETAILER?

A Structural Steel Detailer (commonly referred to as “detailer”) is a specialist person in an area of structural drafting. The detailer makes use of architectural and structural engineering drawings to create detailed (hence the name) drawings to provide correct, accurate and efficient fabrication and erection instructions of structural steel members for building and construction projects. To produce detailed shop and erection drawings, the Detailer interprets documentations and information provided by design and engineering professionals on a proposed project, as follows:

  1. The dimensional elements of the structure as ascertained from the Architect's documents. The Architect has main overall responsibility for documenting the design and dimensional intent of the structure.
  2. The structural steelwork elements of the structure are determined from the Engineer's documentation. The Engineer is often a sub-consultant of the Architect and usually is responsible for documenting the structural framing design including structural steel members sizing and the appropriate connections..
  3. Any work requested of the Structural Steel Detailer other than as described above falls outside the definitive role of the Structural Steel Detailer. An example of which is assisting the Architect or Engineer to resolve problems with the design. This is an addition to the role normally associated with the production of detailed Structural Steel Shop drawings. Any additional work would only be carried out subject to a separate commercial arrangement and on the basis that overall responsibility for the design remains with the design professionals.

WHAT IS BUILDING INFORMATION MODELLING?

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a process involving the generation and management of digital representations of physical and functional characteristics of places. Building Information Models (BIMs) are files (often but not always in proprietary formats and containing proprietary data) which can be exchanged or networked to support decision-making about a place. Current BIM software is used by individuals, businesses and government agencies who plan, design, construct, operate and maintain diverse physical infrastructures, such as water, wastewater, electricity, gas, refuse and communication utilities, roads, bridges and ports, houses, apartments, schools and shops, offices, factories, warehouses and prisons.