St. Herman of Alaska Church, Steel Structure

A faith-community build with structural steel that had to land cleanly the first time — anchor layouts coordinated with the concrete crew, shop welds inspected to CWB standards, and a sequence that respected the parish's construction schedule.

Worship spaces don't tolerate ambiguity in the structure. Spans, post locations, and connection details were resolved on shop drawings before any steel was cut, so the on-site work for the contractor was lift, set, plumb, and bolt.

Fabrication ran out of our CWB-certified shop, with welds and material certs documented for the structural engineer and the building official. Pieces were sized and labelled to match the lift plan rather than the truck.

Finish strategy split the package into hot-dip galvanized members for anything exposed to weather or future moisture and shop-primed steel for elements that would later be enclosed in the assembly. That kept the long-term maintenance honest without paying for finish where it wasn't needed.

Installation was sequenced so the steel went in without blocking the trades that followed — concrete cure, embed verification, lift access, and a clean handoff back to the GC.

Scope

• Structural steel
• Custom fabrication
• CWB-certified welding