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Structural steel fabrication
Cutting, drilling, fit-up, welding, surface preparation and coating. What happens in a fabrication shop, and what good practice looks like.
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What happens in a steel fabrication shopCutting, drilling, fit-up, welding, blasting and painting. The sequence a member goes through before it reaches site, and where each step can go wrong.1 November 2026 · 3 min readFit-up inspection before welding finishesFit-up fixes a member's geometry. Checking after welding checks a decision already made. What to measure, and what a fit-up check catches.1 November 2026 · 3 min readCutting structural steel, and why the edge mattersOxy-fuel, plasma, shearing and sawing all cut steel. What each does to the edge, where the heat-affected zone matters, and which method suits which work.1 November 2026 · 3 min readStructural steel sections and what the names meanUB, UC, ISMB, ISMC, RSA, SHS and built-up plate girders. What each section is good at, and why the drawing names a section rather than a shape.1 November 2026 · 3 min readDistortion, camber and why steel movesWelding puts heat into steel unevenly, and steel contracts as it cools. How weld sequence and jigs control distortion, and why correcting it afterwards is expensive.1 November 2026 · 3 min readWelding processes used in structural steelworkManual metal arc, MIG, flux-cored and submerged arc. What each is suited to, why the process chosen changes the weld procedure, and where the choice is constrained.1 November 2026 · 3 min read
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