One team, start to finish
Detailing, fabrication and erection all in-house, so nothing falls between contractors.
Structural steelwork contractor · Belfast
Structural steel, designed, fabricated and erected by one Belfast team.
Since 2000, main contractors across Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Great Britain have trusted Steel Structures (NI) Ltd to deliver steel frames on spec, on budget and on time.
CE marked · EXC2CHASSSIPConstructionlineBuilder's Profile
25 yearsStructural steel since 2000
17,000 sq ftFabrication works, Dunmurry
Up to 400 tPer project package
EXC2CE marked to BS EN 1090
About us
A Belfast fabricator with 25 years on the tools.
Since November 2000 the Dunmurry works has designed, fabricated and erected portal frames, beam and column buildings and more complex steel. The same team prices a large package for a main contractor and a single frame or mezzanine for a local builder.
- In-house Tekla drawing office
- CE marked to EXC2
- Own erection teams
- UK and Ireland wide
Services
Everything in the steel package, under one roof.
Design, Tekla detailing, fabrication, erection, CE marking and mezzanines. One team from the first drawing to the last bolt.
Design and pre-construction
Early involvement with engineers and contractors to firm up steel budgets, buildability and programme before tender.
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Tekla detailing and connection design
An in-house drawing office producing 3D models, connection design and fabrication drawings in Tekla Structures.
Read the serviceSteel fabrication
Cutting, drilling, welding and priming at the Dunmurry works, scheduled to the site programme.
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Our own site teams, led by a nominated charge hand working with your site foreman and our project manager.
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CE marked steelwork
Fabricated structural steelwork CE marked to BS EN 1090 up to Execution Class 2.
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Mezzanines and metal decking
Internal mezzanine floors and metal floor decking supplied and installed as part of the frame package.
Read the serviceWhy us
The reasons contractors keep coming back.
Repeat work comes from delivering on budget, on spec and on time.
Closest works to Belfast
The Dunmurry fabrication shop has direct access to the M1 and M2.
Fully accredited
CE marked to EXC2, with CHAS, SSIP, Constructionline and Builder's Profile.
A loyal, local workforce
Trained through apprenticeships, with every key person over 15 years in the trade.
Controlled on site
A nominated charge hand on every job, with your site foreman and our project manager.
UK and Ireland
Frames delivered in Belfast, Dublin, London, Manchester, Oxford and across both islands.
Projects
Steel frames on both sides of the Irish Sea.
A selection of recent frames. The full library is filterable by sector and region.
Testimonials
Appointed again by the same contractors.
Repeat packages for contractors who have already appointed the Dunmurry works.
Retail frames in consecutive years: the Marks & Spencer store in Craigavon, and the Premier Inn at Belfast International Airport.
View the Premier Inn frameLondon steel across Newgate Street, Billiter Street, Blossom Street and the Finsbury Tower mezzanine.
View 81 Newgate StreetEducation frames at Maynooth University and at IADT Dun Laoghaire.
View the Maynooth frameAlso appointed on
- Premier Inn
- Lidl
- Jaguar Land Rover
- Intel
- University of Oxford
- Stena Line
- Irish Water
- Marks & Spencer
- Maynooth University
- BT
Insights
Guidance for the people who buy steel.
Plain answers on fabricators, execution class, portal frames, tenders and Tekla. Written for contractors and builders, and linked to the service that does the work.
Choosing structural steel fabricators in Belfast
Six checks before you appoint a structural steel fabricator in Belfast: execution class, erection, Tekla detailing, capacity, programme and proof of similar work.
CE marking and execution classes explained
What EXC1 to EXC4 mean, who sets the execution class on a steel frame, and what to ask a fabricator for before tender.
Portal frame buildings: a guide for Northern Ireland
When a portal frame suits a warehouse, factory or retail unit in Northern Ireland, what drives the steel package, and how fabrication and erection fit the programme.
Have a project coming up? Let's talk steel.
Send the drawings or call the Dunmurry office on 028 9030 1308.