Steel Detailing Process: An in-depth Insight Upon its Execution

Structural Steel Detailing Services is a process of designing steel structure of the building. Steel structure is considered most delicate and crucial part of the building since it works as the backbone of the building, which is similar to skeleton in human body. Structure has to be concrete as it has to bear the load of the building and endure the forces, be it natural or artificial.

Steel Detailers are those who create the design for steel structures. They must be skillful and must be conscious of engineering principles, guidelines and their applicability. They coordinate with architects and engineers while steel detailing process.

Trusses, Ducts, Metal Docking, stairs etc are the components for which steel detailing is performed. These components are highly essential to ensure the stability of the building. Apart from that, all these components of steel structure allocate the weight equally on the beams or pillars of the building.

The Types of Projects which fall under steel detailing are commercial, residential, industrial etc.  Steel detailers utilize AutoCAD and Revit Structure for creation of detailed fabrication and erection drawings for commercial and residential structures whereas ‘Tekla’ is utilized to for industrial structures. Tekla is more advanced software system for creating complex structure.

Fabrication Drawings and Erection Drawings are the categories of Structural Steel Drawings which have the purpose to assist the manufacturing procedure and erection process. Fabrication drawings are used by fabricators to produce the building components whereas erection drawings serve as reference document for erectors whose task is to erect the building.  Drawings created for manufacturing and erection must be error free for the development of high performing buildings.