After the consultation, we will begin work on a bid for your project as well as any drawings needed. Drawing on years of experience, our bidding specialists will ensure that the materials, structure, and labor all fit within your budget.

If certain design features fall outside of your budget, we will give our professional recommendation on how to customize your project so that it meets your financial limit.

A way that you can cut back costs from the very beginning is to design your project using standard sheet metal sizes. This is because standard sizes are usually priced lower than special cuts. To save you money during the estimating phase, make sure to separate sheet metal parts from other materials on your blueprints. This will greatly reduce the time spent creating your estimate as our specialists will not have to spend time searching the blueprints for the details they need.

The next step is to transform your architectural vision into shop or CAD drawings. These will be put into a universal file format (e.g. DXF and DWG flat patterns or step files) and given to you, the engineers, and the architects. It is critical that we get the CAD drawings correct, as these will include exact measurements, ensuring that everyone involved is on the same page. Once the drawings have been distributed, it’s on to the next phase in your project’s journey – fabrication.

The majority of fabrication projects include these four phases:

Cutting – The sheet metal used in fabrication is kept in large rolls. The first step in any fabrication project is to unroll, measure, and cut the sheet metal for your project.

Forming – During this phase, we will use our tools to bend and form the metal sheets to fit your design.

Joining – Here is where we bring the pieces of shaped metal together and weld them into their final forms.

Finishing – Once the desired shape has been achieved, we will apply finishing treatments to the metal to enhance its properties (e.g. resistance and conductivity).

It’s the careful planning of these phases which determines lead time, which is why we place so much emphasis on the estimating and drawing steps of your project.

Our metal fabrication professionals are experienced with working on a huge variety of projects. We’ve done everything from coffee tables to residential staircases, metal brackets, bollard etc.

At Brightway steel fabrication, we work with reputable and proven local, regional, and national carriers in order to ensure you receive the best rates and transit times.