Service area — Burnaby, BC
Our shop sits on Douglas Road in the heart of Burnaby's industrial corridor. Every staircase, railing, gate, and structural steel package we build starts here — and most Burnaby installations are a short drive away.
Home base
Being based in Burnaby means we know the building stock, the permit process, and the contractors working in this city better than anywhere else we serve.
Jeff and Simon Ironworks has operated from Douglas Road since the company started. The location puts us between Metrotown and the Brentwood corridor, close to SkyTrain access and minutes from the industrial pockets along Lougheed Highway and North Road where a lot of Burnaby's commercial building activity is concentrated.
Burnaby's building mix creates steady demand for custom metalwork. The city has everything from 1960s single-family homes in Deer Lake and Burnaby Heights to new 50-storey condo towers going up in Metrotown and Brentwood. That range means we might spend a Tuesday fabricating a mono stringer staircase for a character home renovation in Capitol Hill, and by Thursday we're coordinating structural steel deliveries for a new mixed-use development on Kingsway.
The densification happening around Metrotown and Lougheed Town Centre is particularly relevant for commercial metalwork — glass railings, aluminum balustrades, stainless steel handrails, and miscellaneous metals packages that go into new multi-family and retail buildings. Concord Metrotown's Grand Tower alone (65 storeys, due 2027) represents the kind of project scale that's becoming normal in this part of the city.
Local context
Residential metalwork
The residential work we do in Burnaby ranges from straightforward railing replacements on aging homes to full custom staircase packages on new builds.
Staircases
Burnaby's newer custom homes — especially in the Deer Lake and Buckingham Heights areas — lean toward open-concept designs that call for mono stringer or floating staircases. We fabricate these from structural steel with concealed mounting, typically in the $18,000–$35,000 range depending on span, finish, and tread material.
Railings
Railing replacements are the most common residential metalwork job we handle in Burnaby. Older homes in Burnaby Heights and Capitol Hill often have original wood or iron railings that are either worn out or no longer meet current BC Building Code guard requirements (1,070 mm minimum height, 100 mm sphere test). Steel cable systems run $150–$275/linear foot installed.
Gates and canopies
Driveway gates are popular on larger Burnaby lots — particularly along the Deer Lake and Forest Hills corridors where lot sizes support full gate systems. Custom steel canopies over entries and carports are a growing request, driven by homeowners adding covered outdoor space without the cost of a full addition.
Commercial and institutional
Burnaby has more active high-rise construction than almost any other city in Metro Vancouver right now. That means steady commercial metalwork demand.
The commercial metalwork we handle in Burnaby typically falls into three categories: railing packages for new multi-family and mixed-use buildings, structural steel for commercial and institutional projects, and miscellaneous metals — bollards, handrails, custom brackets, spandrel frames — that round out a building's metal scope.
We've supplied metalwork for projects connected to Guildford Town Centre, BCIT's Burnaby campus, and other institutional builds in the region. The coordination model on these jobs is different from residential — shop drawings go through architect and engineer review, material submittals need approval, and installation scheduling has to fit the GC's sequence. We're set up for that process and have been doing it long enough that the RFI cycle doesn't slow us down.
Glass and stainless steel railings make up a large share of the commercial railing work in Burnaby. New towers in Metrotown and Brentwood spec frameless or semi-frameless glass with stainless standoff hardware. These systems are more demanding to fabricate and install than standard steel picket railings — tolerances are tighter, the glass panels need precise templating, and the hardware is imported. But the visual result is what architects are after on high-visibility projects.
Structural steel
Structural steel fabrication in Burnaby runs the full range. On the residential side, we handle beam-and-column packages for home additions, garage-to-suite conversions, and carport structures. A typical residential structural steel scope on a Burnaby home might be $8,000–$20,000 depending on member sizes, connections, and coordination with the structural engineer.
On the commercial side, Burnaby's active development pipeline means structural steel packages for new mixed-use buildings, parking structures, and institutional projects. The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment (Phase 1 due later in 2026) and the ongoing BCIT trades complex expansion are examples of the institutional-scale work happening in this city.
BC's seismic requirements add a layer to structural steel work that doesn't exist in most other provinces. All structural connections need to account for earthquake loading, which affects bolt specifications, weld details, and member sizing. Our C.W.B. certification means the welds on structural connections are qualified to CSA W47.1 — the standard that structural engineers specify on their drawings.
Why our shop
Location, certification, and project experience matter — especially when coordination and timing are part of the job.
Being on Douglas Road means we can visit a Burnaby site without it becoming a half-day trip. That matters when a contractor needs measurements confirmed, when a strata council wants a walkthrough before approving a railing replacement, or when installation scheduling needs a quick site check.
Our C.W.B. certification to CSA W47.1 covers both structural and non-structural welding. That means the same quality control standards apply to a decorative gate and a load-bearing steel beam — which is relevant on projects where architectural and structural metalwork overlap (staircase stringers that also serve as a structural element, for example).
And we have project history in this city. BCIT's Burnaby campus, institutional work across the Lower Mainland, the VRCA 2021 Award of Excellence on the Naikoon PH1 project — the references are available and the work is visible.
FAQs
Answers to the questions we hear most from Burnaby homeowners, contractors, and strata councils.
Our fabrication shop is at 2544 Douglas Rd #106, Burnaby, BC V5C 5W7 — in the Douglas Road industrial corridor near Gilmore SkyTrain station. Most Burnaby project sites are a 10–20 minute drive from the shop, which keeps mobilization costs low and makes site visits practical at short notice.
In most cases, yes. The City of Burnaby requires a building permit for new staircase construction, structural modifications, and guardrail or railing replacements that involve load-bearing changes. Simple cosmetic replacements — like swapping wood pickets for steel on an existing guardrail frame — sometimes qualify for exemption, but it is worth confirming with the Burnaby building department. Jeff and Simon can prepare the shop drawings and engineering documents your permit application needs.
From approved shop drawings to installation, a standard residential railing project in Burnaby takes 4–6 weeks. That includes fabrication, powder coating, and scheduling the install. More complex scopes — staircase balustrades with mixed materials, or exterior railings that need hot-dip galvanizing — push closer to 8–10 weeks. The short drive from our Douglas Road shop to most Burnaby sites means installation scheduling is usually straightforward.
We fabricate and install custom metal staircases (mono stringer, floating, double stringer), railings and guardrails (steel, cable, glass-and-metal hybrid), gates and fences, steel canopies, structural steel packages, and miscellaneous metals for residential, commercial, and industrial projects. All work is C.W.B. certified to CSA W47.1 standards.
Yes. We regularly handle strata railing and guardrail replacement projects in Burnaby — particularly in Metrotown and Brentwood high-rises built in the 1980s and 1990s that are now cycling through balcony guardrail upgrades. We coordinate directly with strata councils and property managers on scheduling, access logistics, and phased installations that minimize disruption to residents.
Get in touch
Send the project details — drawings, dimensions, photos, or even a rough description of the scope. We will review what you have and follow up with a quote or a conversation about next steps.
