Structural steel, secondary steel, connection design, EC3 / EN 1090 execution-class compliance. We work with steel subcontractors on £3M–£20M packages — usually as the commercial discipline that runs alongside fabrication and erection.
Six recurring risks on UK steel subcontract packages. Each one is defendable with the right records discipline — and indefensible without.
Whose connections — designer's, fabricator's or installer's? Ambiguity here drives the largest variation disputes on steel packages.
Slip in the concrete contractor's programme compounds into steel erection delay. Without EWN discipline, the blame lands on steel.
Execution-class evidence pack required for every package. Welding records, NDT, traceability — all must be adjudication-ready.
Factory output vs site demand misalignment causes stock-out delays or excess material storage costs.
Late or unrevised M&E coordination drives drilling, re-cutting, rework. Variation-worthy if recorded; absorbed if not.
Missing welder qualifications or weld records can void execution-class compliance — and trigger total re-test on critical joints.
Steel work is commercial-and-programme heavy. The site delivery and CDM disciplines run in parallel — usually with the QS function leading.
Connection-detail variations, EC3 evidence pack, final account.
Concrete-steel interface delays, EWN discipline, SCL Protocol.
Fabrication-erection coordination, multi-trade interface, lifts.
Lifting plans, RAMS, working at height, EN 1090 alignment.
Connection-design disputes, programme defence at adjudication.
48-hour mobilisation on steel packages already in dispute.
Steel margins are tight. The £200K of variations on a £10M package is the difference between profit and loss — captured contemporaneously, not at retention.