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Structural Steelwork in Liverpool.

Liverpool is building upward along its waterfront and outward across the dock corridor, from Princes Dock towers to the logistics sheds at Bootle and Speke. That range of work needs a steelwork contractor who fabricates to BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2 and installs with its own teams.

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Years Trading
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Projects Delivered
UK
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- Liverpool A family firm Structural Steelwork
Fully accredited and independently assessed
Accredited

Accredited for design, fabrication and installation, with the paperwork to prove it.

  • BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2, UKCA marked: the execution class your engineer's design legally has to be fabricated to.
  • Coded welders, BS EN ISO 9606: every structural weld made by an approval-tested welder, traceable on the documentation.
  • ISO 9001 quality management: a quality system audited end to end, not a badge on a footer.
  • CHAS Elite, SafeContractor & ConstructionLine Gold: the pre-qualification pack your procurement team lifts straight into a PQQ.
  • GBP 10m public and GBP 10m employers liability: published figures, because your procurement team needs them on file.
  • Directly employed, CSCS-carded site teams: the people on your site are ours, not subcontracted, so one team owns the result.
Accredited for design, fabrication and installation, with the paperwork to prove it.
30+ Years, since 1994 In-house team
How it works

Your structural steelwork from brief to installed, in four stages.

01

Survey & quote

A free site visit anywhere in Liverpool. Drawings, access and specifications logged. Same-day quote on small domestic structural steelwork enquiries; 1-2 weeks on large commercial tenders with a full take-off.

02

Design & fabricate

Detailed, fabricated and finished in our own workshop under BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2. QA pack, mill certs and traceability documentation ready before delivery.

03

Deliver & coordinate

We schedule delivery to your Liverpool site on our own transport, around your access windows and site programme, not third-party haulage timetables.

04

Install on site

Directly employed CSCS-carded crew with their own MEWPs. Full RAMS pack, as-built drawings and 12-month defect liability at handover.

What structural steelwork means at UIS

Specialist capabilities, fabricated in-house.

01

Full structural package - primary and secondary

UB and UC primary frames, bracing, columns, purlins and rails, edge protection, plant decks, stair cores, and mezzanine steelwork. Fabricated to BS

02

In-house lift planning

Lifting plans are written in-house, by someone who knows how things actually work on the ground - the same team who planned

03

Tekla, BIM, and 3D-scan on retrofit

Tekla modelling, BIM coordination at LOD 300+, FEA where specified, and 3D site scanning on retrofit packages - the mezzanine floor at

04

Sector breadth on record

Tier-1 commercial, live retail refurbishment, live leisure, research and laboratory, and reclaimed structural steel.

Why UIS

What we bring to every project.

The same standards, capacity and accountability on every job, wherever the site.

  • 100+ Tonnes fabricated each month
  • 30+ Years in business (est. 1994)
  • BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2, UKCA marked
  • GBP 10m Public and employers liability cover
  • 12-month Defect liability on every install
  • In-house Directly-employed CSCS crews, no subcontracting
Where we work

Areas we cover around Liverpool.

Tap a postcode for a quick note on the area plus a map. We cover the wider region and install UK-wide, tell us your postcode.

L1

City Centre and the Ropewalks

The Ropewalks quarter keeps converting brick warehouses into bars, studios and flats, and those changes of use need new steel inside old walls. We form mezzanine floors and transfer beams that carry loads the original timber never planned for.

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Examples

Recent structural steelwork work.

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Client reviews
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"I've worked with UIS for several years on some high profile and very complex projects. Their attitude and work ethic are second to none - providing high quality services and products which are delivered safely and on time every time. Overall they are a pleasure to do business with and wouldn't hesitate recommending UIS for any steelwork or metalwork packages."

Stuart Bale
Sir Robert McAlpine
Start to finish

One team, from drawing to installed.

Liverpool contractors get their steel from a single source: we design, fabricate and install across the North West from our South Yorkshire base. Everything is drawn, cut and welded by our own teams, then delivered and erected by the same crews. Around 100 tonnes leave the workshop each month, all to BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2, covering beams, columns, portal frames and mezzanine floors.

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Common questions

FAQs

Yes. We supply and install structural steel throughout Liverpool and the wider North West, covering postcodes from the L1 city centre out to L24, L20 and L8. Steel is fabricated at our South Yorkshire base and erected on site by our own installation teams.

Lead times depend on drawing approval, tonnage and current workload, so we give a firm programme once we have seen the details. Because design, fabrication and installation all sit in house, we are not waiting on outside suppliers and can hold to the dates we commit to.

Our fabrication is certified to BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2 and UKCA marked, and we run an ISO 9001 quality system. On the safety and procurement side we hold CHAS Elite, SafeContractor and ConstructionLine Gold, so your steel arrives with the paperwork main contractors ask for.

No. The teams that erect your frame in Liverpool are employed by us, the same as our detailers and fabricators. Keeping installation in house means one firm is accountable for the whole job, and the people bolting steel together already know how it was drawn and made.

We work with main contractors, developers and architects on commercial and industrial buildings - warehouses, retail and trade units, factories and mixed-use schemes. Typical packages include primary and secondary steelwork, portal frames, mezzanine floors, staircases, access platforms and structural alterations to existing buildings.

Across North West

We work right across North West.

See our full structural steelwork coverage across North West, or jump to a nearby area below.

Our base

Based in Rotherham. Delivering across Liverpool.

We work from our own fabrication facility in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and deliver and install across Liverpool and the UK with our own teams and transport, one accountable team from enquiry to handover.