CR Steel — Structural Steel and Metal Fabrication

METAL
MANUFACTURE

One facility, every process

A complete UK structural steel and metal fabrication facility — beam lines, plate processing, coded MIG / TIG / MMA welding, shot blasting and paint finishing. Every contract is manufactured, inspected and CE / UKCA marked in-house to BS EN 1090-2 Execution Class 3.

BS EN 1090

Certified to BS EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011 Execution Class 3 as per BS EN 1090-2:2018

30+ Years

Years supplying the industry with trusted structural steel fabrication and installation excellence

Workforce

Welding Quality Management System (WQMS) accredited by ISOQAR, approved to BS EN 1090 EXC 3.

UK-Wide

Site erection coverage across the United Kingdom with full project management support

METAL MANUFACTURE

Structural steel and metal fabrication, manufactured under a single accredited facility.

CNC profiling, drilling, coded welding, blast-cleaning and protective coating — every process delivered in our Leicestershire facility under BS EN 1090 EXC 3.

Capability

What we
deliver.

From structural steel profiling and sheet metal forming through coded welding and protective coating — every process is delivered in our Leicestershire facility under BS EN 1090 EXC 3 with full CE / UKCA documentation.

  • Phase 01

    Structural steelwork

    Beams, columns, bracing and frames fabricated to the structural engineer's drawings under controlled, certified conditions.

    • Beams & columns
    • Bracing & frames
    • Engineer's drawings
    • Certified workshop
  • Phase 02

    Metal and sheet fabrication

    Laser-cut, formed and welded sheet metalwork, brackets, plates and bespoke components produced to specification.

    • Laser-cut & formed
    • Brackets & plates
    • Welded assemblies
    • Bespoke components
  • Phase 03

    Coded welding

    BS EN ISO 9606-1 coded welders, documented WPS library, ISOQAR-accredited WQMS.

    • MIG
    • TIG
    • MMA
  • Phase 04

    Finishing

    Shot blasting, primer, intumescent and full paint specifications applied to project requirements.

    • Shot blasting
    • Primer & paint
    • Intumescent coatings
    • Full spec compliant
  • ISOQAR ISO 9001 certified
  • Auva ISO accredited
  • UKCA marking
  • Constructionline Silver member
  • Betterweld accredited
  • SAP Ariba supplier

Manufacturing principles

Our Ethos

  • Plant to make it once, right

    • CNC saw, drill and beam line for sections
    • Plate processing through laser and plasma
    • MIG, MAG and FCAW welding bays
    • Dedicated assembly and trial-fit area
  • EXC3 throughout

    • BS EN 1090-1 Execution Class 3 capable
    • ISO 9001:2015 quality management
    • Welding to BS EN ISO 3834-2
    • Coded welders to BS EN ISO 9606-1
  • Programme reliability

    • Realistic workshop slots, not optimistic ones
    • Live load planning across the shop
    • 1,500 tonnes annual headroom to mobilise
    • Weekly programme reporting to clients
  • Material efficiency

    • Nesting and offcut reuse on plate work
    • British steel sourcing where commercially viable
    • Segregated scrap and recyclate streams
    • Lean workshop layout and material flow

Accreditations

Quality you can
prove anytime.

Every job leaves our facility with full documentation — mill certificates, weld records, inspection reports, CE / UKCA declarations and delivery notes.

  • BS EN 1090 EXC 3
  • BS EN 9606-1 Coded Welders
  • ISOQAR Accredited WQMS
  • UKCA Marking
  • ISO 9001 Quality
  • CE Marked Fabrication

Why manufacture with us

Fabricated by the team that engineered and will install it

Steelwork is manufactured in the same facility that produced the CAD detailing and that will erect the frame on site — buildability, weld access and tolerances are controlled by people accountable for the result, not handed across a contractual interface.

Capacity

Volume and specialist contracts under the same controls

From single specialist items through to multi-tonne frame packages for Tier 1 contractors — identical control procedures, identical traceability and an identical documentation pack on handover.

More Services

Explore related services.

Manufacture is one stage in an end-to-end service — from CAD and AI estimating through coded welding, finishing and tracked UK delivery. Explore the surrounding capabilities that make our workshop output a full turnkey contract.

Manufacture

Structural steel manufacture and metal fabrication

Our workshop manufactures structural steel frames, mezzanines, plant platforms, stairs, balustrades and bespoke architectural steelwork. CNC sawing, drilling, plate-processing and a dedicated welding bay run under a single BS EN 1090 Factory Production Control.

Every job is tied to a CAD model, a material schedule and a coded-welder map — so what comes off the line matches what the engineer drew, certified to the spec the buyer agreed.

Coded welding under one roof

Our coded welders work to qualified procedures, with weld maps and NDT records held against every fabrication.

Certified at dispatch

Material flows through to our CE / UKCA marked dispatch process, where the compliance pack is assembled and shipped with the steel.

FAQs

Metal manufacture,
answered.

Structural steel and metal fabrication manufactured under one BS EN 1090 EXC 3 accredited UK facility — CNC profiling, coded welding, blast cleaning and protective finishing.

  • CNC profiled and drilled structural sections, plate processing, coded MIG / TIG / MMA welding, shot blasting and painting, and bespoke sheet metal fabrication. From single specialist items through to multi-tonne structural steel frame packages — all in one Leicestershire facility.

Ready to build

Structural steel and metal fabrication — manufactured, welded and finished under a single BS EN 1090 EXC 3 accredited facility.