Structural Steel Design Assist

projects are a specialty of Forest City Erectors, Inc. (FCE); FCE works in conjunction with a number of experienced fabricators to provide valuable up-front assistance to Owner, Designer and Construction Manager on DA projects of all sizes working as Prime bidder or Sub to fabricator. FCE aids in developing cost affective connection details, efficiency of construction sequence / schedule and provides constructability analysis including crane selection and positioning. Our experience includes coordinating with mechanical, electrical & piping division scope of work while producing the structural steel model including periodic model updates used in BIM and clash detection. FCE provides updated budget analysis and progress estimates for all phase of document development including: schematic, design, and construction level documents helping to define and integrate structural steel / miscellaneous metals scope of work and develop final guaranteed maximum project price for our discipline(s). The design assist delivery method allows for quality / efficiency in construct and the potential to shorten overall project duration on challenging developmental projects.