Structural Steel, Burnaby, BC
Complete structural steel packages fabricated and erected from our C.W.B. certified shop on Douglas Road in Burnaby. Beams, columns, moment frames, mezzanines, stair towers, and miscellaneous steel for the contractors, developers, and builders working in our home city, with most sites under 20 minutes from the shop.
Structural Steel, Burnaby
Structural steel packages fabricated and installed from our C.W.B. certified Burnaby shop: beams, columns, frames, canopies, stair towers, mezzanines, and miscellaneous steel.
Structural steel is the core of our shop, and Burnaby is where the shop sits. We fabricate at 2544 Douglas Rd #106 in the Douglas Road industrial pocket, which puts most Burnaby sites 0 to 20 minutes from our bay door. That proximity changes how a Burnaby steel scope runs: anchor bolts go out the same day the layout is approved, a revised embed can be back on site before the pour, and our erection crews are not losing hours to traffic. The work itself covers the full Burnaby mix. Tower construction in Metrotown and Brentwood generates miscellaneous steel, elevator-shaft steel, and canopy scopes. The industrial stock along the Kingsway and Canada Way corridors cycles through mezzanine platforms and equipment support frames every time a tenant changes. Institutional work at BCIT and SFU on Burnaby Mountain runs on strict submittal schedules and strict site rules, and we have delivered steel to both campuses. Design loads here are standard Lower Mainland numbers, a ground snow load around 1.6 kPa and full Vancouver-zone seismic detailing on every connection per CSA W47.1. City of Burnaby permits for structural work typically run 4 to 8 weeks, so we sequence shop drawings against that window instead of waiting for the permit to clear.
Burnaby is our home city. Our fabrication shop sits at 2544 Douglas Rd #106 in the Douglas Road industrial pocket, five minutes from Metrotown, ten from Brentwood. Burnaby's building mix is unusually wide, 1960s single-family homes in Deer Lake and Burnaby Heights, 50-storey condo towers going up in Metrotown and Brentwood, and institutional work at BCIT and Burnaby Hospital. That means custom metalwork projects here can range from a one-day railing replacement to a multi-month commercial scope.
Configurations we fabricate
Burnaby context
Burnaby's climate, building stock, and permit process shape every structural steel project we deliver here.
Climate
Design snow load for Burnaby is roughly 1.6 kPa ground. Coastal exposure is none. Vancouver seismic zone, all structural connections per CSA W47.1. These are the numbers the engineer pulls when sizing steel for a structural steel here.
Permits
City of Burnaby requires building permits for new staircases, structural modifications, and load-bearing guardrail changes. Permit processing runs 4 to 8 weeks.
Local neighbourhoods
We work throughout Burnaby, including Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed Town Centre, Edmonds, Burnaby Heights, Capitol Hill, Deer Lake, Forest Hills. Most sites are a 0 to 20 minutes drive from our Burnaby shop.
Cost for Burnaby
Every structural steel scope is quoted per project against the drawings. These are the factors that move the number.
For a Burnaby-specific number, send drawings or a project description and request a quote. We price against documents, not from a rate table.
Process
1. RFQ and scope review. We price against the structural drawings and spec sections, and state assumptions and exclusions in writing. Residential quotes in 2 to 5 business days; commercial tenders within the tender window.
2. Shop drawings. Detailed 3D drawings of every member and connection. Anchor bolt and embed layouts release first so foundations are never waiting on steel.
3. Engineer review. Submittals tracked through the engineer of record and architect review cycle, with fast responses to review comments.
4. Fabrication. Steel cut, drilled, fit, and welded at our Burnaby shop under C.W.B. supervision to CSA W47.1, with mill certificate traceability.
5. Finishing. Shop primer, hot-dip galvanizing per ASTM A123, powder coat, or intumescent systems per the specification.
6. Delivery and erection. Steel sequenced to the erection plan, crane picks coordinated with the site, field connections bolted or welded by C.W.B. qualified crews, then inspection documentation at closeout.
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FAQs
Answers to the questions we hear most often from Burnaby homeowners, architects, and GCs on structural steel projects.
Tonnage and span come first, member sizes step up quickly once clear spans grow, and every other line item scales with the steel weight. After that it is connection complexity, the finish system (shop primer for enclosed steel, hot-dip galvanizing for exterior), and site access for crane picks. Because our shop is on Douglas Road, mobilization to a Burnaby site is effectively free, which matters on smaller scopes. <a href="/request-a-quote/">Request a quote</a> with your structural drawings and we respond with a firm number, not a guess.
Yes. The City of Burnaby requires a building permit for structural modifications, new frames, mezzanines, and stair structures. The application needs sealed drawings from a registered structural engineer, and processing typically runs 4 to 8 weeks. We time shop drawing production against that window so fabrication can start as soon as the permit clears.
Burnaby sits in the Vancouver seismic zone, so every structural connection is detailed to the seismic requirements in the engineered drawings and welded to CSA W47.1 under C.W.B. supervision. On older Burnaby buildings we also fabricate seismic retrofit steel, moment frames and braces that bring 1960s and 1970s structures up to current code.
Yes, mezzanine and loft platforms are one of our steadiest Burnaby scopes. The industrial stock along Kingsway, Canada Way, and the Douglas Road pocket cycles through tenant improvements constantly, and a steel mezzanine is often the fastest way to add storage or office floor area. We handle engineering coordination, permit drawings, fabrication, and erection as one package.
Yes. We have delivered steel scopes on the BCIT Burnaby campus and at SFU on Burnaby Mountain. Institutional sites run on tight submittal review cycles, strict safety orientation, and scheduled site access, and our project management is set up for that rhythm.
For a typical light commercial or residential scope, expect 2 to 3 weeks of shop drawings and engineer review, then 3 to 5 weeks of fabrication and finishing, then erection. Anchor bolt and embed layouts release first so your foundations are never waiting on steel. Being 0 to 20 minutes from site lets us split deliveries and react fast when the schedule moves.
Get in touch
Send the drawings, spec sections, and schedule dates. We will price against the documents and follow up with a scope letter covering fabrication, finishing, and erection from our Burnaby shop.
