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Structural Steelwork in Manchester.

Manchester is building upward in the centre and outward across its industrial estates, from the Piccadilly and Deansgate towers to the logistics sheds of Trafford Park. Steel frames sit behind almost all of it, and we design, fabricate and install each one with our own directly employed teams.

30 +
Years Trading
1,200 +
Projects Delivered
UK
Wide Coverage
- Manchester 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 Manchester. 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 Manchester 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 Manchester.

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.

M1

Manchester City Centre

The Piccadilly end of the city centre keeps rising with office and apartment towers on tight plots. We phase the craneage and erect primary frames and transfer beams where new cores meet existing streets and basements.

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Examples

Recent structural steelwork work.

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Client reviews
Sir Robert McAlpine logo

"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.

Steelwork for a Manchester scheme is handled by a single team rather than a chain of suppliers. We produce the fabrication design, cut and weld the frame at our South Yorkshire base, and send our own crews into Greater Manchester to erect it. That one line of responsibility, held by a family-run business since 1994, is what keeps a busy regeneration programme on track.

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Common questions

FAQs

Yes. Manchester and the wider North West are a regular part of our nationwide work. Your steel is designed and fabricated at our South Yorkshire workshop to BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2, then erected by our own installation teams. Being based elsewhere makes no difference to the service you receive.

Yes. Much of Manchester's mixed-use and regeneration work sits on constrained plots next to live streets and neighbouring buildings. We plan lifts, deliveries and sequencing around the site before our crews arrive, phasing steel to suit restricted access and shared roads so erection stays safe and predictable.

Programme depends on tonnage and how settled the drawings are, rather than location. With around 100 tonnes moving through our workshop each month, we set a fabrication and erection date once details are approved and keep to it, since both stages are run by our own teams.

Our own installers, employed directly by us. We do not pass Manchester site work to subcontracted or agency teams, so the crew bolting your frame together answers to the same business that designed and fabricated it. That keeps quality and responsibility in one place.

Yes. A lot of Manchester's growth is mixed-use, with commercial ground floors and residential or office levels above. We fabricate primary and secondary steelwork, transfer beams, columns, staircases and access platforms, so the structural frame for that kind of layered building can be designed, built and installed by one team.

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 Manchester.

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