G-03
Shop drawings and steel detailing
Detailed to AISC practice, coordinated to the engineer of record, and assembled into a submittal that comes back approved rather than approved-as-noted.
We detail. We do not engineer. Connection design requiring a professional stamp is performed by a structural engineer licensed in Washington, and we coordinate to that design rather than substituting for it.
What this covers
- Detailing and connection details. Members and connections detailed to AISC practice against the structural set, with questions raised as RFIs before fabrication rather than discovered at fit-up.
- Erection drawings. Sequenced to how the steel will actually be set, with piece marks carried consistently through the whole set so the shop and the field read the same names.
- Anchor rod setting plans. Out early, because concrete does not wait on steel and a setting plan issued late is a demolition problem rather than a drawing problem.
- Submittal assembly. Transmittals and a submittal register built from the specification sections that apply, reconciled against the general contractor's own log so the two do not drift apart.
- Review cycle tracking. Submitted, under review, returned. When a package sits past the review period in the contract, somebody gets told before it becomes a schedule problem.
- Deferred submittals. Identified at award and scheduled backward from the building official rather than forward from the detailer, which is the difference between a deferred item and a stop-work.
- RFI log. Kept moving until an answer exists in writing, because a verbal answer from a job walk is not something anyone can build to or bill against.
How it works
What you send
- The structural drawings and specifications
- The engineer of record and the review chain
- The erection sequence and fabrication schedule
- Any detailing standards you work to
What comes back
- A coordinated detail and erection drawing set
- Anchor rod plans issued early
- A submittal package built to the specification
- A live submittal register and RFI log
Pricing
Priced per scope, per project. You tell us the project and the date you need to start, and you get a fixed number back before anything begins. No retainer, and no percentage of your contract value.
The work goes out as yours. We are not named to the owner or the general contractor, we do not contact your customer as ourselves, and we hold no relationship with them.
Common questions
What is the difference between steel detailing and connection design?
Detailing produces the shop and erection drawings that tell a fabricator what to make and an erector where it goes. Connection design determines whether a connection carries load and requires the stamp of a licensed structural engineer. Gusset Group details and coordinates to the engineer's design and does not perform engineering.
What is a deferred submittal?
A deferred submittal is a portion of the design not submitted with the permit set, which the building official reviews later and before that work is installed. Deferred items are scheduled backward from the building official's review rather than forward from the detailer, because the permit sets the deadline.
Why do anchor rod plans go out first?
Anchor rods are set in concrete before steel arrives, so an anchor rod setting plan issued late becomes a demolition problem rather than a drawing problem. Getting the setting plan out early is normally the highest-value item in a steel submittal sequence.
Tell us about the Washington project.
Where the job is, when you need to start, and what your company already has in place here.