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Insights for steel fabricators
Practical notes from our detailing and engineering work: outsourcing detailing, US codes, and the files your shop and erector need.
- October 30, 2026
OSHA Subpart R: what your steel detailer has to build into the drawings
Anchor rods, column splices, double connections, safety cable holes and shear studs: the Subpart R items that have to be on the drawings.
- October 30, 2026
How to outsource steel detailing: a checklist for US fabricators
What to send, what to agree before modeling starts, and what to check on the first submittal.
- October 30, 2026
Beyond drawings: the files to ask your Tekla steel detailer for
CNC files, DXF, KISS, IFC, reports and a shared model, and what each one does in your shop.
Send us a set of drawings
Contract drawings, specifications and your shop standards are enough to start. We come back with a scope, a schedule and our first questions.