Southern Steel’s Charlotte plant is a state-of-the-art facility that offers one of the largest and most advanced steel fabrication centers in the United States. The facility combines the skill and experience of its Charlotte workforce with the latest technology to ensure the highest quality, accuracy and productivity.

With 200,000 square feet of shop space and an annual capacity of 100,000 tons, the shop’s production capabilities include:

· All structural steel needs
· Rolled angle and plate
· All connection and template material
· Complicated weldments (frames, hoppers, platforms, etc.)
· Large trusses up to 600 ft. span
· Plate Girders
· Sophisticated paint system

Two of the shop’s four bays are 85 feet wide, 600 feet long and 70 feet high, which enable the plant to preassemble truss sections up to 600 feet and to fabricate other large and complex assemblies.

The capabilities of the plant to handle large assemblies are enhanced by the capacities of its cranes, including two 35-ton cranes, six 30-ton cranes and 30 other smaller cranes ranging from one to five tons. Southern Steel’s cranes can lift loads in excess of 60 tons.

The facility is certified by the American Institute of Steel Construction for Category I and Category II steel structures and for Sophisticated Paint.

Two rail spurs, with in-bound and out-bound service, and close proximity to I-77 and I-85, enable the Charlotte center to ship economically to any site in the nation, including all ports, for international shipping.