In scope
- Engineering and fabrication to approved drawings
- Surface treatment and marking
- Works documentation for the delivered structure
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Steel structures
Load-bearing steel frames and bespoke structures for durable mobile and modular buildings.
Positioning
Steel carries the load where the shape alone cannot. We use it where a timber section would have to be twice as deep or would not work at all: long spans, point loads, and anywhere the frame has to survive the journey before it carries a building.
Capability
What we build under Steel structures.
Tiny houses remain the core business. This capability extends it where a project needs more floor area, a different structural system or a delivery of its own.
- Frames for tiny houses and building modules
- Sub-structures and chassis frames
- Canopies, carports and deck structures
- Mezzanines, galleries and platforms
- Bespoke structures to approved drawings
Feasibility
What actually decides it.
These four points decide most projects in this field. Settled early they cost nothing; settled late they cost the schedule.
01
The load case belongs to the site
A frame is calculated for a place, not for a product. Snow on the Danish coast, snow in Graubünden and wind on the North Sea are three different load cases. A structure designed for one is not automatically valid for another, which is why the site-specific calculation belongs in the destination country.
02
Corrosion protection follows exposure
Coastal air, road salt and permanent damp make demands that a dry internal structure does not. Process and coating build-up are set per project and documented; that is part of the paperwork, not a detail of the workmanship.
03
The connections are what get forgotten
The frame is rarely the problem. Where its load passes into the foundation or into an existing building is where it gets tight: anchor pattern, tolerances and ground conditions decide whether the structure can be erected as drawn.
04
Welded or bolted is a transport decision
A frame travels either in one piece or in segments with bolted splices. That is not a workshop preference but a route question, and it is answered before fabrication.
Scope
What is included, and what is not.
The second column is the important one. Foundation, connections and permits are the items a quotation does not contain and a project needs anyway.
Not included
- Structural calculation for the destination site
- Foundation, anchors and ground works
- Site erection unless contracted
- Inspection and sign-off by bodies in the destination country
FAQ
Questions that come before the quotation.
The structure is fabricated to approved drawings. The site-specific calculation — snow, wind, ground, local code — belongs in the destination country and is commissioned there. We supply the fabrication documents it needs.
Span and point loads. Where a timber section would become disproportionately deep, a steel frame stays slim and leaves the plan open. For short spans with no unusual loads, timber is often the better and cheaper answer — and we say so.
Exposure decides. Coast, road salt and permanent damp demand more than a dry internal structure. Process and coating build-up are set per project and recorded in the documentation.
Yes. Welded in one piece or bolted in segments is decided by the route to the site — width, height, turning radii and the final access.
Yes. Steel work is offered on its own where the envelope and interior come from site or from another trade.