06/01/2026
The steel industry just made it official at this spring's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Atlanta — custom fabrication isn't the exception anymore.The steel industry just made it official at this spring's NASCC: The Steel Conference in Atlanta — custom fabrication isn't the exception anymore. It's the standard.
70% of construction firms now specify custom steel over off-the-shelf, while qualified fabrication labor is projected to shrink 10%. The shops built to thrive are the ones that have always done it the hard way: every weld, every connection, engineered and fabricated in-house under one roof.
The future of structural steel is custom. We've been here the whole time.