Structural steel detailing is the critical bridge between the design and physical construction. It is the process of creating hyper-accurate drawings and data that steel fabricators use to fabricate members and that erectors use to assemble them on-site. At our firm, we treat detailing not just as a drafting task, but as a sophisticated engineering discipline.
Today, we utilize Tekla Structures, the industry’s most powerful Building Information Modeling (BIM) software. This transition has revolutionized the accuracy of our deliverables.
When we “detail” a project, we are actually building it virtually first. Every beam, column, girt, and brace is modeled in a 3D environment with a 1:1 scale. This allows us to account for:
Material Grades: Assigning specific ASTM standards to each member.
Physical Constraints: Ensuring that a beam doesn’t just “fit” on paper, but has the clearance required for a bolt-impact wrench to reach the connection in the field.
Our Structural Steel Detailing service is defined by the quality and granularity of our output. We provide a full suite of documents that serve different stakeholders in the project.
Shop drawings are the “assembly instructions” for the fabrication shop. Each drawing focuses on a single member or assembly.
Once the steel arrives at the construction site, the erectors need a map. Our erection drawings provide:
Modern fabrication shops are highly automated. To support this, we provide digital files that “talk” directly to the machinery:
Accuracy in detailing is not subjective; it is governed by strict codes. Our team operates at the intersection of three major regulatory bodies:
We follow the AISC Code of Standard Practice to ensure that all clearances, tolerances, and connection types meet US structural requirements.
Detailing aligned with internationally recognized steel standards
All welding symbols and joint designs are drafted to AWS D1.1 standards, ensuring that the welds are strong enough to withstand seismic and environmental loads.
We recognize that every fabricator has a unique "shop style." We customize our detailing to match your specific preferences for bolt types, plate thicknesses, and shipping constraints.
Choosing a high-end detailing service like ours provides several “invisible” benefits that save time and money:
By modeling the steel in 3D, we often find errors in the original architectural or engineering drawings. We resolve these via the RFI (Request for Information) process before fabrication begins.
We consider the size of the members and the capacity of standard flatbed trailers. If a truss is too large to ship, we propose/design "field splices" to allow it to be transported in sections and joined on-site.
The most expensive place to fix a mistake is 50 feet in the air on a construction site. Our 100% accuracy goal ensures that when the steel arrives, it "drops into place," eliminating the need for field welding or re-drilling.
What sets our Structural Steel Detailing apart is our flexibility. We do not believe in a “one size fits all” approach.
We use your company’s branding and title blocks so the drawings look like an in-house product.
If you use specific CAD layers for your internal workflows, we match them perfectly.
We maintain a rigorous log of all changes. If the architect changes a window location, we track how that ripple effect impacts every connected steel member, ensuring no revision is missed.
We utilize Tekla Structures because it is the “gold standard” for steel. Unlike general CAD software, Tekla is purpose-built for steel. It allows us to:
Built on a twenty-year foundation of technical mastery, Synbattek bridges the gap between seasoned structural intuition and advanced BIM technology. We specialize in engineering the digital DNA of complex structures, delivering high-fidelity steel detailing and precision modeling that ensures a perfect field fit.
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