Construction
Stainless fabrication for construction and building services
Construction and building services projects use stainless steel where durability and corrosion resistance matter. DMS can fabricate stainless frameworks, supports, brackets and pipework assemblies to your drawings, from simple box-section frames to larger welded fabrications.
Everything is made in our Maidenhead factory, so fabrications can be welded, checked and, where needed, assembled before delivery. Tell us how items will be lifted, fixed and connected on site, and when each batch is needed.
Ask us to quote for your stainless fabrications.
Stainless services for site-ready fabrications
Services that can work together on a construction package:
- Fabrication work: frameworks, supports and bespoke steelwork in stainless and carbon steel.
- Stainless pipework welding: pipework for water, process and building services installations.
- Manual TIG welding: welding of fabrications across a wide range of thicknesses.
- Sheet metal work: laser-cut fixing plates and folded covers and trims.
- Inspection and testing: visual weld inspection, with NDT arranged where it is specified.
Send the full package of drawings so related items can be planned together.
Planning stainless work for site
Accurate fabrications
Laser-profiled components help fabrications match the drawing.
Mixed materials
Welding procedures cover stainless to carbon steel joints where the two meet.
Pipework and frames together
Pipework can be welded and mounted on its supporting frame in our factory.
Batches to suit the programme
Deliveries can be discussed in batches to suit your site programme.
Weld inspection
Welds are visually inspected in-house, with other NDT available through an independent laboratory.
Connection details
Setting-out and connection drawings help us plan fabrications around how they fix to the structure.
Construction applications we can support
Stainless fabrications our services are suited to include:
- Frameworks, supports and secondary steelwork
- Fixing plates, brackets and bespoke connection details
- Pipework assemblies for water and building services
- Covers, trims, panels and enclosures
Send setting-out or connection drawings where items fix to the building structure.
Choosing stainless grades for buildings and infrastructure
The right grade depends on exposure: inside a building, outdoors, near the coast, or in contact with water or chemicals. Your specification should state the grade and finish for each part.
Where stainless steel is joined to carbon steel, or fixed with other metals, tell us so the welding procedures and details can be checked. We hold welding procedures for 300 series stainless steels, Duplex grades and carbon steels, including fine grain and low temperature grades. See our approved materials.
Sizes, sections and delivery
If an item is too large to deliver in one piece, it can be made in sections with bolted or site-welded joints designed by your engineer. To help us plan the fabrication, send:
- Maximum delivery sizes and site access
- Lifting and handling arrangements
- Connection and fixing details
- The order in which items are needed
Find out more about our fabrication work.
Inspection, documentation and design responsibility
Our welds are visually inspected in-house, and other NDT, including digital radiography, can be subcontracted to an independent test laboratory where your specification calls for it.
For structural or safety-related items, tell us the design standard and who is responsible for the design, so we can confirm whether the work suits our processes before we quote. List the material certificates and records you need with each delivery. Read about inspection, assembly and testing.
