DELIVERING COMPLEX STEEL STRUCTURES AT THE LOWEST TOTAL PROJECT COST

SERVICES

Cost Managment

Douglas Steel’s Cost Management System is a means of delivering a project with the fastest possible schedule for the most competitive price. Projects today are being launched with incredibly demanding schedules and significant budget constraints. Precious time is consumed by the conventional design/bid/award/build process.

Engineering/Detailing

Our in-house engineering department, including on-staff professional engineers, is capable of self-performing all engineering and shop drawings. During the early phases of a project, we ask more questions due to the fact that once installation starts, everything must fit to avoid substantial delays.

Construction
Management

Our erection operation has been certified by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) as an Advanced Certified Steel Erector (ACSE), demonstrating the commitment by our team to deliver a quality project. The AISC Certification process involves an examination to evaluate a company’s quality and safety management system.

ABOUT

Douglas Steel Fabricating Corporation was founded in 1952 by Douglas Reniger and Paul Gillett in an 11,000 square foot plant in Lansing, Michigan. Many of the earliest projects were designed and built by Douglas Steel using revolutionary steel joist designs. We specialized in pedestrian bridges, crane runways and truss framed industrial building.

By 1959 Douglas Steel began expanding with the construction of a new fabrication facility on the west side of Lansing. Within seven years the new plant was nearly doubled in size, creating over 50,000 square feet of fabrication space under roof. The new plant was equipped with the latest machinery for material handling, sawing, shearing, drilling, multiple punching, automated welding, burning, blasting and painting. Douglas Steel quickly developed a reputation as an aggressive and innovative partner in developing solutions to many logistics, scheduling and design problems.

Working hard to satisfy the demands of a growing auto industry, Douglas Steel completed many projects for General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. Through certification with the Michigan Department of Transportation, Douglas Steel became the premier Michigan supplier of steel bridges for the expanding state highway network. Working in all phases of new construction, Douglas Steel has built civic arenas, schools, government buildings, shopping malls, factories, industrial tanks, vessels, conveying equipment, warehouses, hospitals, power houses and airport terminals.

Douglas Steel has earned the reputation of industry leader in the Michigan fabrication and erection industry. Now one of the largest fabricators in the state, we continue to develop our expertise and capabilities in all areas of detailing, fabrication and erection.