Big D Metalworks
2002 Quincy Street
Dallas, TX 75212
Tel: (214) 638-8753
Toll-Free: (800) 299-9767
Fax: (214) 638-2241
E-mail: info@bigdmetal.com
Web site: http://www.bigdmetal.com
Founded in 1981, Big D Metalworks is an accomplished fabricator of custom Monumental Stairways, glass and metal handrail systems, modular handrails systems and other ornamental metal projects. The Big D team includes a CAD design department, artisans who integrate modern technology with old-world craftsmanship and an experienced project management team. The results are unequalled value for their customers.
Big D Metalworks maintains a strong and positive financial position. Dun and Bradstreet
rates Big D Metalworks favorably and Big D has a bonding capacity of over $5 million
dollars.
Big D Metalworks in-house project management team is composed of highly trained
and motivated professionals who are empowered and equipped to handle projects
of all levels of complexity.
Big D Metalworks actively pursues quality improvements through a continuous improvement
program facilitated by U.S. Leadership of Irving, Texas.
We are committed to meeting our customer's expectations and delivering a quality
product. Our customer surveys enable us to monitor our success in meeting our
commitments to customer quality and service.
Big D Metalworks is committed to providing the highest level of service to each
and every customer. Our staff is trained to meet and exceed each individual project's
needs and expectations.
Big D Metalworks is a unique single-source for complex, unusual and award winning
designs combining fabrication, installation and engineering. The innovative designs
built by Big D Metalworks are structurally complex. To ascertain proper life safety
requirements and precision in the prediction of product performance, GLO Designs
has formed an association with Big D Metalworks.
The management of GLO Designs has accumulated over 28 years of structural engineering
experience pertaining to the utilization of leading-edge computer analysis technology
in solving these rather "rigorous" structural problems. In addition,
specialty testing is developed to determine the structural capacity of custom
connections, brackets, esoteric metals, glass and other items used in the construction
of the projects.
These uniquely designed projects require sophisticated three-dimensional modeling
and analysis techniques to determine stresses, deflections and reactions which
must be distributed into the main structure. Monumental stairs may only be attached
at floor levels or have treads without any visible risers, all of which require
special design considerations. With life safety a primary concern when considering
critical live loads, unbalanced loads and connection designs, the utilization
of sophisticated computer modeling makes the architect's dream a reality.
Other custom work is also approached with the same precision as used with monumental
stairs. Unique materials, shapes and member sizes are able to be utilized in canopies,
railings, guardrails and “decorative” metalwork. As with stairs, safety
and performance are considered critical. Snow, live and impact loads in addition
to wind and seismic loads are analyzed to assure product reliability. Mounting
connections, interfacing with floors, foundations, wall and roof materials are
considered during the design to provide the owner and architect a quality engineered
product.
Because of their desire to provide unequaled value for their customers and with
the public safety foremost in their minds, GLO Designs is proud to be associated
with Big D Metalworks. Together, Big D Metalworks and GLO Designs can assure the
architect and engineer of record a quality product built with precision.
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