We create constructible 3D steel models in Tekla Structures that are fully fabrication-ready. Every element—columns, beams, braces, ladders, platforms, handrails, and trusses—is modeled with precise geometry and detailing. Our models include all necessary welds, bolt types and positions, cutbacks, notches, and plates to ensure direct usability for shop drawing generation and CNC machinery. Whether you're fabricating standard steel members or complex assemblies, our models support a smooth transition from design to production with zero guesswork.

We ensure every Tekla model adheres to relevant U.S. structural steel standards, including AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction), AWS (American Welding Society), OSHA safety guidelines, and project-specific fabrication protocols. Our detailing team is well-versed in steel tolerances, load paths, moment and shear connections, and member sizing—ensuring the structural model not only passes review but also reflects real-world constructability. We also adapt to client-specific steel detailing manuals to ensure alignment with your shop’s preferred detailing practices.

Each element within our Tekla models is embedded with data-rich attributes and intelligently grouped for BIM integration. Our IFC exports are clean, lightweight, and fully compatible with coordination environments such as Navisworks, Trimble Connect, Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC), and BIM 360. This allows seamless collaboration with architects, consultants, and MEP trades in a multi-disciplinary environment, reducing on-site conflicts and increasing model-based decision-making.

Beyond modeling individual members, we structure the model for real-world assembly and erection. Components are logically grouped into sub-assemblies and erection sequences, allowing project teams to visualize the build-up phase by phase. Each assembly is tagged with part marks, bolt groups, and erection marks, with field-oriented views, splice location callouts, and orientation indicators to support crews during onsite erection. This ensures fewer RFIs, faster assembly, and improved safety compliance.

Our connection modeling covers all standard and custom steel joints, including moment and shear connections, base plates, stiffeners, gusset plates, clip angles, end plates, slotted holes, and more. We leverage Tekla’s intelligent components and develop custom macros when needed—tailored to your engineering calculations or fabricator’s preferences. These intelligent connections automatically adapt to geometry changes, ensuring model consistency, reducing manual updates, and simplifying QA/QC review.

All our Tekla models are structured for high-quality, automated shop drawing production. We produce general arrangement (GA) drawings, single-part drawings, assembly drawings, anchor bolt plans, and material summaries with clear annotations, dimensioning, welding symbols, and bolt schedules. Drawing templates are customized to meet fabricator standards—minimizing markups, shortening approval cycles, and supporting smoother handoffs to procurement and shop floor teams. Our detailing reduces human error and keeps your documentation workflow lean and reliable.