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We deliver the full detailing package — model to NC1 — for steel fabricators ranging from single-shop operations to multi-location enterprises.
Fabrication drawings, erection drawings, anchor bolt plans, advance bills, NC1 files for beam lines and plate burners, KISS files for material management, and IFC exports for downstream coordination.
Connection details modeled natively in Tekla, optimized for each fabricator's preferred shop practices, bolt schedules, and weld procedures. We work alongside your EOR or connection engineer.
Stairs, handrails, guardrails, ladders, embeds, platforms, ornamental and architectural metals. Detailed with the same Tekla-native rigor as primary structure — never an afterthought.
Multi-trade federated model coordination, clash detection in Navisworks or Tekla BIMsight, and RFI-driven resolution before the steel hits the shop. We push design issues forward, not down.
In partnership with our sister company SiteScan3D, we bring field-verified existing conditions directly into the Tekla model. Anchor bolt locations, embeds, and existing steel — measured, not assumed.
Tonnage takeoffs, estimate models exported to PowerFab and StruMis, and bid-package support for fabricators chasing competitive work. Win the job — then we'll detail it.
On-site or remote Tekla Structures training, workflow setup, custom template development, and detailing-department audits delivered by a team with two decades of production experience.
Aggressive RFI management, drawing log control, revision tracking, and a named project lead on every job — so the fabricator and the GC always know who to call.
Our deliverable packages are shaped around how fabrication actually happens — beam lines, plate burners, weld stations, paint, ship list, erection.
EXPORT-READY FOR:
Tekla EPM (PowerFab) · StruMis · FabSuite · Steel Projects · Voortman · Peddinghaus
Principal-led, every time. Detailing Group has stayed intentionally small — between five and ten detailers — because the partner who quotes your project is the one who models, draws, and answers the phone. That's not a sales pitch; it's the operating model.
Tekla-native, no exceptions. Every project is built in Tekla Structures — the industry's leading 3D solid modeling platform. No AutoCAD-only legacy workflows. No 2D-to-3D translation tax. Your model is your single source of truth from day one.
Aggressive RFI discipline. The single biggest threat to a fabricator's schedule is missing information. We push the RFI process forward — to the EOR, to the architect, to the GC — so that information gaps are closed long before they reach your beam line.
Your shop is the audience. We've spent two decades learning how individual fabricators want their drawings sequenced, dimensioned, marked, and packaged. We tune our output to your shop, not ours.
The same team you started with. Many of our clients have been working with Detailing Group for over fifteen years. The detailers who started with David Ball are still here — and they're still drawing.