Platforms, walkways, staircases, support frames and secondary steelwork, fabricated to drawing and, where required, installed.
Overview
Welding rolled steel sections in the works
Structural work at Van Driel means access and support steelwork rather than primary building frames: mezzanine and machine access platforms, walkways, staircases, handrail and balustrade systems, plant support frames, gantries and bespoke brackets.
This is work where two things decide the outcome. The first is whether the steelwork will actually fit what is already there, which is a survey question, not a drawing question. The second is whether the connection detail has been thought about before the sections are cut.
We fabricate from your drawings and specification, or develop the detail with you from a requirement and a survey. Van Driel does not hold EN 1090-1 factory production control certification, so CE and UKCA-marked load-bearing structural steelwork is outside what we offer. If your scope requires a declaration of performance under BS EN 1090, we will say so at enquiry rather than at delivery.
Capability
Fabrication from your structural drawings and specification
Survey of existing structure before detailing, so the steelwork fits what is actually there
Development of connection detail where the drawing shows arrangement only
Trial assembly in the works for complex or close-fitting structures
Delivery in sections sized for the access available on site
Installation on site by our own team
Applications
Typical work
Machine and plant access platforms
Mezzanine and equipment support steelwork
Walkways, ladders, staircases and step-overs
Balustrade and handrail systems, including decorative and architectural work
Gantries, frames and skid bases
Bespoke brackets and support details for services and equipment
What we need
To quote accurately
General arrangement and, where available, fabrication drawings
Design loads, or the equipment and duty the structure has to support
Steel grade, and whether any formal structural certification is required, so we can tell you early if the scope is outside what we offer
Site constraints: access, headroom, existing structure, working hours
Finish and corrosion-protection specification
Whether delivery only, or delivery and installation, is required
Missing something from this list? Send what
you have. Most enquiries can be priced from a dimensioned sketch, and we would rather ask
one question than quote round a gap.
Sections worked
Stock and connections
Hollow sections
RHS · SHS · CHS
Open sections
UB · UC · PFC · angle · flat · plate
Grades
S275 and S355 mild steel; stainless where the environment requires it
Connections
Welded and bolted; base plates, cleats and gussets profiled in group
Finish
Self-finish · painted · galvanising and coating through established supply-chain partners
Scope
Access and support steelwork. Load-bearing structural work requiring EN 1090 factory production control is not offered.
Scope
Access and support steelwork
Mezzanine and machine access platforms, walkways, staircases,
handrail and balustrade systems, plant support frames, gantries and bespoke brackets.
Two things decide the outcome. The first is whether the steelwork will
actually fit what is already there. The second is whether the connection detail was
thought about before the sections were cut.
Where this stops
Van Driel does not hold EN 1090-1 factory production control
certification, so we do not offer CE or UKCA-marked load-bearing structural steelwork.
What is described on this page is access and support steelwork: platforms,
walkways, staircases, handrail, plant frames and brackets. If your scope requires a
declaration of performance under BS EN 1090, we will tell you at enquiry
rather than at delivery.
Access steelwork
The steelwork has to fit the building, not the drawing of the building.
Which is a survey question rather than a drawing question, and it is the reason access steelwork goes wrong more often than it fails.
No. Van Driel does not hold EN 1090-1 factory production control certification, so we do not offer CE or UKCA-marked load-bearing structural steelwork. If your scope requires a declaration of performance under BS EN 1090 we will tell you at enquiry rather than at delivery.
Access and support steelwork: mezzanine and machine access platforms, walkways, staircases, handrail and balustrade systems, plant support frames, gantries and bespoke brackets. Secondary steelwork rather than primary building frames.
Yes, where the drawing shows arrangement only. On access steelwork the connection detail decides both the cost and whether the thing can actually be fitted in the space available, and it is far better resolved before sections are cut than after they arrive.
Yes, UK-wide, with delivery in sections sized for the access actually available on site rather than the access shown on the drawing. See site and project support.
General arrangement drawings, and fabrication drawings where they exist; the design loads, or the equipment and duty the structure has to support; the steel grade; site constraints including access, headroom and existing structure; the finish and corrosion-protection specification; and whether you need delivery only or delivery and installation.
Related capability
Rarely one process on its own
Most jobs cross two or three disciplines. Quoting them together removes handling,
transport and the interface risk that comes with splitting a job across suppliers.
