Mid-Atlantic Steel Fabricators Association October 29, 2014 Bill Lo
History
Founded AISC Certified Learning the Business
Acquired Crystal Metalworks
Opened Detailing Center in Manila
Acquired Crystal Steel -Memphis
1992 1999 1992 - 2002 2003 2004 2012
John and Bill Lo start a family business by purchasing a fab shop in Delmar, DE
Improve
shop operations
Cultivated relationships with leading GCs (Gilbane, Turner, Whiting-Turner, etc.)
A “complete offering”
Access to large numbers of skilled detailers
Expand service area West and South
Manila, Philippines15,000 sq ft (Fab)28 people (Fab)10,000 sq ft(Engineering)125 people (Engineering)
Delmar, DE50,000 sq ft75 peopleStructural focus
Hatfield, PA30,000 sq ft50 peopleMiscellaneous and Ornamental Metals
Memphis, TN50,000 sq ft35 peopleStructural and Miscellaneous Metals
Similarities
• Customer relationships = Long term profitability
• Find a Way to Meet Schedules, Not Explain Why We Can’t
• Fabricate Quality Steel
Differences
• Complete 05 Metals (Structural, Miscellaneous and Ornamental)
• Offshore Operations Center
▫ Detail all our own work
▫ Detail for others
▫ 15 professional engineers
▫ 25 structural and misc. metals estimators
▫ Fabrication – mainly parts fabrication
MAFSA Collaboration
• MAFSA Subs we have used
▫ Atlas Tube, Bushwick Metals, Haydon Bolts, Infra-Metals, Liberato Steel, Levan Associates, Metals USA, New Jersey Galvanizing, New Millenium, Northwest Erectors, Peddinghaus, Roberts Oxygen, Schlosser Steel, V&S Galvanizing, Vulcraft, Weinstock Brothers
• MAFSA Members who have subbed to us
▫ Anvil Craft, Cianbro, Fisher and Ludlow, Papp Iron Works