SSD—AAbout SSD
Experienced structural steelwork detailers.
Three decades of drawing steel for UK fabricators, from drawing boards to full 3D modelling. We're with you for the long game.
SSD—01Choose experience
Over thirty years, hundreds of projects.
SSD is a structural steel detailing practice based in West Yorkshire. We have been detailing steel for more than three decades and have completed hundreds of projects — on time, and within the client's budget for the steelwork.
That experience, combined with the most tried and tested 3D modelling software for steel structures, has brought us into close contact with a great many steelwork fabricators. Most of the work we do now comes from fabricators who came back.
We raise and manage RFIs and, where it helps, work directly with your design team for the length of the project. Variations are flagged as we draw, so you are covered for any modifications or additions to the steelwork.
SSD—02What we stand for
Four things we never compromise on.
01
Compliance
Detailed to your standards, the engineer's specification and the right design code.
02
Confidentiality
Your drawings, models and client details stay private. Anything shared is anonymised first.
03
Accuracy
Modelled to the bolt hole and checked for clashes before a single sheet is issued.
04
Completeness
Every member, plate, bolt and list accounted for — nothing left for site to work out.
Tools of the trade
SSD—03The long game
We'd like to be your detailer for the next job too.
We understand your project is very important to you, and that choosing a detailer is a critical decision — the success of the job can hang on it. So we aim to give you the best detailing service possible, and drawings that are on programme and within budget every time.
Our hope is simple: that you come back with your next steelwork project, and that we build a working relationship that benefits both of us for years.
SSD—04How we work
From first call to final issue.
Stage 01
Quote
Send the engineer's drawings and calcs. You get a free, fixed quote setting out the scope, deliverables and programme — with any information gaps pointed out at the start, not halfway through.
Stage 02
Kick-off & RFIs
We agree your house standards, fabrication sequence and key dates, then review the design package end to end and issue one clear RFI schedule. A site survey or meeting can be arranged where new steel meets old.
Stage 03
Model & early release
The 3D model goes up and is clash-checked. Holding-down bolt plans and an advance material list come out early, so groundworks and stock orders aren't waiting on fabrication drawings.
Stage 04
Approval & check
GA drawings go out for engineer and architect approval, connection design is coordinated, and comments are picked up quickly. Every drawing is checked against the model and the design before release.
Stage 05
Issue & support
Fabrication drawings, NC files, lists and erection plans are issued in your phases with a drawing register. We stay on the job through erection, turning revisions round and answering site queries.
Need something early to keep the job moving, like baseplates, a first phase or a material list for a stock order? Tell us at kick-off and we'll plan the release around it.
SSD—10Free quotes
Let's talk about your project.
Send us the engineer's drawings and calcs and we'll come back with a free, no-obligation quote — usually by return.
Or email [email protected]