Transfer Beam Installation Successfully Completed The installation of the 26,000 lb transfer beam is complete at the St. Camillus project in Wauwatosa, WI. The new 15-story independent living building sits across from the Milwaukee County Zoo. Gilbane Building Company is the general contractor. This was a record-setting transfer beam Midwest Stairs & Iron ever set.

Acronyms and Industry Terms of the Construction Industry Sometimes architects speak their own “archispeak,” using words like WELL, LEED, BIM, built environment, biophilia, and ROM. The other day we used Google to figure out what ROM meant from an architect’s standpoint and then translated the literal meaning from Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) to the

Today’s fast pace world expects everything right now, and the construction industry is part of this demand. Amazon adds to this mindset with its same-day shipping. I call this expectation of thinking “everything can be had in your hands at your command,” or the “Amazon Now Effect.” Seemingly, this effect finds a way into the

Commercial construction demands fast timelines and accuracy for steel fabrication. The idea of increasing speed leads Midwest Stairs & Iron to add the PythonX CNC machine to its group of talented individuals and steel fabrication services. This robotic CNC machine will expand steel fabrication services to help structural steel companies outsource their tapped capacity and

Good parking structure design, with the addition of custom perforated metal panels, is fast becoming the norm for new and existing parking structures. The design of parking facilities used to purely be about operational function, which left the urban landscape with many eye-sore concrete structures. Today, the architectural style of parking structures takes into consideration

Kohl’s is attracting talent with a new modern corporate dining facility called “The Kitch,” which features a steel staircase and architectural metal panels by Midwest Stairs & Iron. (The real feature is wood-fired pizza and custard, with a metal structure simply serving as the presenting backdrop.) The steel staircase is a small design element compared

The Workers Who Bring Architectural Metal to Life Today and everyday is a day to recognize those who make all of the planning efforts come to life. While many of us debate on aesthetics and how to get it done, the metal fabricators quietly get it done without the need for recognition or notoriety. Their