STRUCTURAL STEEL,
SFS & DRYLINING

Primary beams and columns, fabricated off-site to precise specification and bolted together on site in days. The skeleton that carries the building — and any new floors raised above it.

• Beams, columns and connections
• New floors and additional storeys
• Long spans for open-plan layouts
• Off-site fabrication, fast erection

Light-gauge steel framing (often a Metsec system) forms the internal and external walls, dividing an open shell into individual apartments with dimensionally accurate, dry construction.

• Structural framing systems (SFS)
• Infill and load-bearing walls
• External wall build-ups for insulation
• Metsec / metal framing systems

Stud partitions, ceilings, bulkheads and shaft walls that set out every room. Accurate, fast and entirely dry — the framework the rest of the fit-out hangs off.

• Metal stud partitions and room layouts
• Suspended and MF ceilings
• Bulkheads, shaft walls and risers
• Robust backing for fixtures and fit-out

Boarding, taping and jointing to a clean, skim-ready or paint-ready finish. We take the framed structure right through to walls and ceilings the decorators can pick up straight away.

• Plasterboard to walls and ceilings
• Taping, jointing and skim finishes
• Encapsulation and insulation backing
• Level, paint-ready surfaces

Compliant compartmentation and acoustic separation between dwellings, built into the wall and ceiling systems — meeting Building Regulations for fire and sound in multi-occupancy buildings.

• Fire-rated partitions and ceilings
• Acoustic separation between flats
• Compartmentation and fire-stopping
• Building Regulations compliance

Frame, SFS, partitions and drylining delivered as a single coordinated programme by one contractor — no gaps between trades, one point of responsibility from structure to finish.

• Single main-contractor accountability
• Coordinated, sequenced programme
• In-house trades, fewer interfaces
• Protected programme, cost and quality