Structural Steel Fabrication in Port Moody

Port Moody structural steel work splits between the hills and the water. On Heritage Mountain and around Harbour Heights, view-lot homes use steel the way most hillside markets do, beams over open plans, columns carrying decks and garages over grade, frames that keep glazing walls open toward the Burrard Inlet. Down at sea level, the Inlet Centre and Moody Centre corridor is one of the busier density stories in the Tri-Cities, and that construction generates commercial and multifamily steel: miscellaneous steel packages, elevator-shaft scopes, canopies, and stair structures. The older stock in Glenayre and College Park adds renovation steel, a beam replacing a bearing wall in a 1960s split-level. Our shop is 20 to 30 minutes away up the Lougheed Highway, close enough that Port Moody scopes get the same split-delivery flexibility as our Burnaby work. Conditions here are wet-side standard with a twist: around 1,600 to 1,900 mm of annual rain, a design ground snow load near 1.8 kPa, Vancouver-zone seismic detailing on all connections, and moderate coastal exposure along the Inlet that pushes waterfront exterior steel toward hot-dip galvanizing. The City of Port Moody requires permits for structural work, and some waterfront properties add an environmental review step for setback areas, which we build into the schedule rather than discovering late.

Port Moody has a strong luxury residential market on Heritage Mountain and along the Burrard Inlet waterfront, paired with a growing Inlet Centre density hub near Moody Centre station. Residential work here leans into modern architectural metalwork, frameless glass railings on view lots, mono stringer staircases inside open-plan contemporary homes, and custom entry canopies. Our shop is 20 minutes up Lougheed Highway from Moody Centre.

• Beam and column packages, W-shapes, HSS, and built-up sections for residential and commercial framing
• Complete structural frames, single-storey residential through multi-storey commercial
• Steel canopies, porte-cocheres, and overhead structures
• Stair towers and commercial egress stair structures
• Mezzanine and loft platforms for warehouses and tenant improvements
• Elevator-shaft steel for retrofits and low and mid-rise projects
• HVAC and mechanical equipment support frames
• Miscellaneous steel packages, lintels, embeds, ladders, guards, and bollards
• Seismic retrofit steel, moment frames and braces for older buildings

Neighbourhoods where this work shows up

• Heritage Mountain and Harbour Heights, view-lot beam and column packages and deck steel over grade.
• Moody Centre and Inlet Centre, commercial and multifamily miscellaneous steel scopes.
• Glenayre and College Park, renovation steel in the 1960s housing stock.
• Pleasantside and April Road, inlet-front homes needing galvanized exterior steel specs.

• Tonnage and span, member sizes step up quickly once clear spans grow, and every other line item scales with the steel weight
• Connection complexity, moment connections, seismic detailing, and delegated connection design add engineering and fabrication hours
• Finish system, shop primer for enclosed steel, hot-dip galvanizing per ASTM A123 for exterior exposure, powder coat or intumescent coatings where specified
• Engineering scope, whether connections are detailed by the engineer of record or delegated to the fabricator
• Site access and erection conditions, crane positioning, lane closures, night-work windows, and laydown space
• Schedule compression, acceleration is achievable but carries overtime, split deliveries, and priority finishing slots

For a Port Moody-specific number, send drawings or a project description and request a quote. We price against documents, not from a rate table.

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.

Recent Port Moody project notes

• Hillside residential steel on Heritage Mountain and Harbour Heights, beams, columns, and platforms over grade, is our most frequent Port Moody scope.
• Multifamily and commercial steel in the Inlet Centre corridor is a growing share of the work as density builds around Moody Centre station.