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Taylor's Engineering services ltd With years of experience we provide an excellent service in all aspects of steel erecting, welding and fabricating.

As a company we offer a wide range of steel services. These services include many aspects of welding, workshop fabrication and on site steel erection. We have many years of experience in the steel industry. We have done jobs ranging from bespoke staircases and handrails to large steel structures. We hold all the relevant certification to work on construction sites. ie, steel erector, slinger/signaler cscs, ipaf and pasma cards. We can fabricate, supply,deliver and fit steel lintels, balustrade/ railings/ gates for any in home building works or home improvements. If its made of steel we can generally supply it or fit. So please dont hesitate to contact us with any of your steel needs.

Structural steel holds a building up. Architectural steel is what people see and touch every day.These handrails are the...
16/10/2026

Structural steel holds a building up. Architectural steel is what people see and touch every day.

These handrails are the first thing you notice walking in and the first thing you put a hand on. So they have to look right.

Jobs like this need a different head on. It’s slower, more careful work and it doesn’t always go to plan.

Something turns up not quite right or the site isn’t where you expected it to be and you sort it out so it never shows in the finished job. You’d never know looking at it now. That’s how it should be.

This style of rail never gets old. Still one of our favourite installs to look back on.

Do you get more out of the big structural jobs or the finishing pieces like this?

Network Rail has named the firms on its new £240m framework for overhead line steel. The two biggest lots are £99m for s...
15/10/2026

Network Rail has named the firms on its new £240m framework for overhead line steel. The two biggest lots are £99m for steel structures and £70m for steel piles.

Work starts in January 2027 and runs for at least six years.

Six years of committed steel work is good to see. Long frameworks give everyone involved something to plan around, and that doesn’t come along often.

The install side of this kind of job is where it gets interesting. Everything has to be ready before you go in, because there’s no coming back tomorrow to finish off.

It rewards teams who plan properly and stay calm when the night doesn’t go to plan.
That’s the sort of steel work that suits the way we run.

Anyone who’s worked to a hard finish time, what’s the one thing you always check before you go in?

Source: Construction Enquirer, 13 October 2026

Are you standing on these stairs, or underneath them? Give it a few seconds before you scroll. Most people see a flight ...
14/10/2026

Are you standing on these stairs, or underneath them? Give it a few seconds before you scroll.

Most people see a flight going up. Keep looking at the back wall and it flips. Now you’re underneath, looking up at stairs hanging off the ceiling.

Same lines. Nothing’s moved. Your brain just goes with what it’s used to seeing and for most people that’s the top of a staircase.

I reckon anyone who’s spent a day under a flight bolting it in might see it the other way round.

Work’s a lot like that. Two people can look at the same drawing, both be sure they’re right, and both be right. They’re just stood in different spots.

Which did you see first?

Aluminium posts installed across multiple locations in Victoria.Each one ready to take a door opening button, now the ne...
13/10/2026

Aluminium posts installed across multiple locations in Victoria.

Each one ready to take a door opening button, now the next trade can come in and fit straight on.

12/10/2026

You’ve got 5 hours to get your steel in. What eats the most time?

- Crane setup and the lift
- Getting on and off site
- Snagging
- Other trades overrunning

Some jobs give you all day. Some give you a few hours and a time you have to be out by, no matSome jobs give you all day. Some give you a few hours and a time you have to be out by, no matter what.

With the second type, everything gets planned backwards from the finish. Lift plan signed off weeks out. Every sling checked before anyone steps on. Then you get on and it goes how it goes.

What nobody tells you is that the time you lose is rarely the time you planned for. It’s ten minutes waiting on someone else’s sign-off. It’s the bolt that won’t go first time at 3am. If you’ve done nights where you have to be clear by a set time, you’ll know.

Where does your time go?

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Wrapping up a busy week on site. Have a good weekend, everyone.
09/10/2026

Wrapping up a busy week on site. Have a good weekend, everyone.

The UKs second biggest steelwork contractor did less work last year and made more money.William Hares turnover fell by a...
08/10/2026

The UKs second biggest steelwork contractor did less work last year and made more money.

William Hares turnover fell by a fifth last year, from £422.5m to £338m. Profit went up 27% to £40m. So how does that work?

2024 was boosted by a handful of exceptional projects. Turnover has dropped back since. But they made more on the work they did, with operating margin up from 7% to 11.5%.

Most of that profit came from the wider group, which also works across the UAE, India and Europe. The UK side made £14.4m on £224m of work. A smaller margin, but still going up.

For installers, turnover tells you how much steel is going up. For smaller subbies, less volume coming through means fewer packages to go round.

William Hares chief executive is also warning that start dates are hard to call heading into 2027, which makes planning harder.

Fewer jobs at a better rate, or keep the team busy. Which would you take?

Sources: Construction Enquirer, William Hare Group, October 2026

Spend enough time with fast cars and you pick up something called mechanical sympathy. Feeling a problem before it shows...
07/10/2026

Spend enough time with fast cars and you pick up something called mechanical sympathy. Feeling a problem before it shows as a warning light on your dash.

I can feel something is off on the Evo before it's left the driveway. Picking it up in myself takes a lot longer. Whether it be a short fuse, bad sleep or not feeling much motivation.

That's your engine talking. Most of us ignore it until the warning light comes on.
Know when to back off and look after yourself. It's cheaper than a rebuild.

What's the early sign you've learned to listen for?

Yesterday we started landing the first of the balcony units on this residential block.Each unit arrives on the trailer f...
06/10/2026

Yesterday we started landing the first of the balcony units on this residential block.
Each unit arrives on the trailer fully assembled, gets slung and lifted into position on the tower crane, then set down onto the cantilevered steel arms already fixed into the frame.

Two are now in on the lower levels. The arms above are ready and waiting, and we'll keep working up the elevation as deliveries come through.

More to come as the rest go in.

For anyone who's done balcony installs, do you prefer units turning up fully assembled, or building them out in place?

Sun's only just up. Most of us have been on site a while already.By 7 you normally know what kind of day it's going to b...
05/10/2026

Sun's only just up. Most of us have been on site a while already.

By 7 you normally know what kind of day it's going to be.

It won't always go your way. Starting early still gives you the best shot at it.

What time are you on site this week?

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