What to have ready for a quote
- Drawings, sketches or photos
- The standard or specification that applies
- Material types and sizes if you know them
- Site address, access and power
- Your ideal start and finish dates
- Your safety prequalification requirements
Questions to ask any steel contractor
- What standards do you weld and fabricate to?
- Who will be on site and what are their qualifications?
- How will you manage hot work and lifting?
- What records will I receive at handover?
- Can you show me similar completed work?
Steel glossary
- Fabrication
- Cutting, shaping, fitting and welding steel into components, usually in a workshop.
- Erection
- Lifting, positioning, aligning and fixing fabricated steel on site.
- Value engineering
- Reviewing design, materials and method to keep performance while cutting cost or time.
- WPS (welding procedure specification)
- A written procedure that says how a weld will be made, including process, consumables, and heat input.
- NDT (non-destructive testing)
- Inspection methods, such as visual, magnetic particle, dye penetrant or ultrasonic, that check welds without damaging them.
- Hot work
- Any work that creates sparks, flame or heat, such as welding or cutting. It needs controls and often a permit.
- Screw pile
- A steel shaft with helical plates that is screwed into the ground to form a foundation.
- ABS
- American Bureau of Shipping, a marine classification society whose rules apply to some vessel repairs.
- Portal frame
- A rigid steel frame of columns and rafters commonly used for warehouses and sheds.
- Principal contractor
- The main contractor with overall responsibility for a site.
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