Design Process

At South West Steel Construction we have our own in-house design team. Our design offices consist of trained steel draughtsmen who work with the steel detailing software Tekla to construct fabrication drawings for the fabricators in our factories.

With many years of experience between them, they begin designing our buildings in a 3D model, adding the frame, connections, plates and finalising with the roof and cladding. Our facilities enable us to design a computerised product so realistic that it looks like it could be mistaken for a photograph on site.

We are also able to design cladding drawings, roof layouts Z purlin drawings (which we can send to the manufacturer to design them exactly as we want.)

We also produce material lists, load lists and ensure the weight of the building does not exceed the allowed weight on our lorries.

We custom design our fabrication drawings to ensure that they can be easily understood on the shop floor and therefore reduce any risk of errors in the fabrication process.

TeklaTekla Structures is Building Information Modelling (BIM) software that enables the creation and management of accurately detailed, highly constructable 3D structural models regardless of material or structural complexity. Tekla models can be used to cover the entire building process from conceptual design to fabrication, erection and construction management.

We estimate our buildings with an innovative fabrication software called StruM.I.S. This software enables us to keep track of stock levels, estimate our buildings in the most economical and affordable manner without compromising on quality.

StruM.I.S is best known for helping manage businesses who need to keep track of enquiries, prices, stock levels as it implements a sophisticated system which is easy to use.

Once an enquiry has been taken it is then assigned to an estimator who will then work out an overall price for a Steel Frame Building from start to finish. It also allows you to add labour costs, fixing costs and it can even work out the most efficient and economical way of cutting steel depending on the materials you have in stock.

There is also an option in StruM.I.S for you implement a CAD interface which allows the material requirements list to be imported from other systems including design and steel detailing/BIM authoring tools as well as Microsoft® Excel and Word.

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Testimonials

"Excellent service & product, will recommend to anyone looking to put up a building to contact you."

Mr Brenton

Liskeard

"Product quality very good and a very nice delivery man, very helpful."

Mrs Robert

Glastonbury

"Good bunch of people, excellent shed, very please, price good, all in all with the quality of the shed and the erector putting the building up it has been a great experience."

Mr Coad

Truro

"Your shed are the best, that’s why I keep coming back!"

Mr Jasper

Launceston

"I must say that the steel went together perfectly, the materials supplied were all correct and of excellent quality, the building is now erected and completed. I am very pleased with your steel frame building supplied and the courtesy and service afforded myself. Also, your lorry driver was very helpful with the off-loading."

Trevor Harrison

Benover, Kent, Lower Benchley Farm

“I have had a number of buildings supplied from South West Steel Construction over the last few years. They have always been of the highest quality and standard. The service they have given is excellent and I have no hesitation in recommending them."

John Gardener

Buttsbeer Cross Farm, Bridgerule

"I have purchased 4 sheds from the company over the last 4 years and I am delighted with the service I received. The materials were of very high quality and good value for money. I would recommend the company highly."

Robert Martin

Gartwhinnie Farm, Stirling, Scotland

Devon County Council

We recently supplied a large steel frame agricultural building for WBM Groundworks in Okehampton, Devon. The building is an agricultural design which is 45.720m long (150′) by 19.300m wide (64′) by 4.600m (15′) to the eaves. The building has an offset ridge on one side of the building. There is also a 18.288m long (60′)…
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Cornwall Council

We have recently provided two agricultural steel frame buildings for Cornwall Council at Predannack Manor in Mullion, Cornwall. The two buildings were designed to mirror each other at the same site (as seen below), the buildings are 150′ long (32.004m) by 40′ (12.192m) by 12′ 3.657m to the eaves. It also has a 5′ (1.524m)…
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Storage Building in Bratton Clovelly

We recently provided a customer in Bratton Clovelly with a 60′ long by 50′ wide and 14′ to eaves height storage building. The building has a fibre cement roof in natural grey allowing for roof lights. Both gable ends and one side had been cladded with 0.5mm plastic coated single skin steel sheets for protection…
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Large Storage Building

We recently supplied a large storage building for a regular customer in Truro. This building is 380′ long by 60′ wide and being 17’9” height to eaves. The stanchions on one side have been set back 5’0” to create a overhang on all the middle frames and allowing for a bolt on overhang on the…
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Industrial Building

We supplied an Industrial building for a company on the Holsworthy Industrial Estate at the beginning of 2014. This building is 45.500 long by 14.780 wide and 6.875 high to eaves level and the inside of the building has been split into several separate units. All the steelwork was shot blasted and primed ready for…
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Silage Store

We recently provided a Silage store to a local farmer in Launcells. This building is 135′ long by 50′ wide and being 27′ high to eaves level. A 30′ carrier beam has been put on one side to allow a larger passageway for the dairy cows to walk through next to the silage store in…
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