Bases in Guangdong (Huizhou, Dongguan, Foshan, Shaoguan, Heyuan), Fujian, Guangxi and Jiangxi. Work is placed at the base best equipped for it, and shipped from the nearest port.
Products per base, floor areas and equipment lists to be confirmed by each base.
How work is placed
Which base builds your project
A group with 8 bases should tell you which one is building your steel. We name it in the contract.
What decides it
How
Member type
Heavy box columns and plate girders go to bases with heavy SAW and ESW lines. Deck, purlins and panels go to the forming plants.
Tonnage and schedule
Large jobs can be split across two bases under one ITP. Each base marks its pieces so records stay traceable.
Port
Export jobs go to a base near the loading port where the equipment allows, to cut inland haulage.
Subcontracting
Whether any work is subcontracted, and for what. Any subcontracted item is declared in writing before the contract.
Equipment
Typical equipment across the bases
Cutting
CNC flame and plasma cutting, beam drilling and sawing lines.
Welding
SAW lines for H and box sections, ESW for diaphragms, CO2 robots.
Forming
Roll forming lines for purlins and deck, bending and reinforcement welding lines.
Inspection
UT and MT equipment, total stations, coating gauges.
Inside the bases
Workshops and equipment
Auditing a base
What to check, and when
A capability audit before the order and a pre-shipment inspection at the end of fabrication are different checks. One does not replace the other.
Check
When
What the inspector looks at
Capability audit
Before the contract
Business licence matches the contracting entity; bays, cranes and lines for your member sizes; welder qualifications; the QC team and their equipment; current workload against your schedule.
In-process inspection
During fabrication
Material certificates against heat numbers, fit-up, weld NDT, first-article dimensions. See our ITP.
Pre-shipment inspection
When fabrication is 80–100% complete
Dimensions, coating thickness, marking and packing against the drawings and the packing list.
You may use your own inspector or a third party for any of these. We give access to the bays and records.
Audit the base before you order
On site or by live video. We show the bays, equipment and records for your project.