Merchant City
The Merchant City wraps bars, offices and apartments into converted Victorian warehouses. We set new steel inside these listed shells, detailing beams and columns that carry added floors without disturbing the sandstone frontages.
Structural Steelwork in Glasgow.
Glasgow is regenerating its Clyde waterfront and city core while its industrial estates keep manufacturing, and structural steel carries much of that work. From Finnieston to Hillington, we handle the design, fabrication to BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2 and installation in-house, with no subcontracting.
30 +
Years Trading
1,200 +
Projects Delivered
UK
Wide Coverage
- Glasgow
A family firm
Structural Steelwork
Fully accredited and independently assessed
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.
30+
Years, since 1994
In-house team
How it works
Your structural steelwork from brief to installed, in four stages.
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Survey & quote
A free site visit anywhere in Glasgow. 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.
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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.
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Deliver & coordinate
We schedule delivery to your Glasgow site on our own transport, around your access windows and site programme, not third-party haulage timetables.
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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 Glasgow.
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Examples
Recent structural steelwork work.
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Client reviews
"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."
Start to finish
One team, from drawing to installed.
A Glasgow contract sits with one accountable team from design through to aftercare. We detail the fabrication drawings, cut and weld the steel at our South Yorkshire base, then our own installation teams come to site to erect the frame across Glasgow and central Scotland. Nothing is subcontracted, so the family-run business that made your steel is the one that stands it up.
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Common questions
FAQs
Yes. Glasgow and central Scotland are firmly within our nationwide service. We design and fabricate your steelwork at our South Yorkshire workshop to BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2, then our directly employed teams come to site to install it. A Scottish postcode is never a barrier to us taking the work.
Yes. Every frame we build is fabricated to BS EN 1090 Execution Class 2 and UKCA marked, backed by ISO 9001 quality management. We also hold CHAS Elite, SafeContractor and ConstructionLine Gold, so a Glasgow contractor or building control body has the paperwork it expects.
Not in a way that changes your programme. We plan transport and installation into the schedule from the outset, moving around 100 tonnes through our workshop each month. Once your drawings are approved, we commit to fabrication and erection dates and organise our own crews and deliveries to meet them.
Yes. The installers who erect your frame are employed directly by us, not brought in as subcontractors for the job. The same family-run business designs, fabricates and installs, so accountability for the steelwork does not change hands when it reaches Glasgow.
Commercial buildings, industrial units and structural alterations are all within our scope. We fabricate primary and secondary steelwork, portal frames, beams, columns and baseplates, mezzanine floors and staircases, which covers most of what Glasgow's commercial and light-industrial developers need from a structural steel package.
Case studies
Recent project deep-dives.
Reclaimed Structural Steelwork Project London November 2025
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Large Steel Construction and Erection Project London December 2025
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Access Stairway at Thermo Fisher Scientific
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Across Scotland
We work right across Scotland.
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Our base
Based in Rotherham. Delivering across Glasgow.
We work from our own fabrication facility in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and deliver and install across Glasgow and the UK with our own teams and transport, one accountable team from enquiry to handover.
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Our facility Unit F, Bramley Way, Hellaby, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 8QB
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Phone 01709 352026
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Email info@uiservices.co.uk