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Steel Trade Management

Architectural & Engineering Connections

Virtual Factories & Process Equipment Interfaces
(Option Available)

Steel Services Associated with Conveyors
& Support Structures

Specialized Services


Steel Trade Management

Dumas Construction Services is the arm of the company which handles construction management and steel trade management. Years of experience in the related areas of construction, productive collaborative relationships with other construction firms, unions, subcontractors and community organizations provided Dumas Construction Services with expertise beyond that of many conventional steel fabricators and erectors. In addition to our own fabricating facility in Detroit, Dumas has formed strategic international alliances with other fabricators expanding our capability to handle up to 20,000 tons annually.

Dumas Construction Services brings 30 years of local and national experience to every client we serve. We have extensive knowledge of steel fabricators, erectors, and steel detailing firms. Our seasoned resources have CPM scheduling capability, computer aided take-off and pricing and modern transmission of drawings as part of the improved delivery service system for our clients.

We are not just another steel contractor. Dumas Construction Services offers the following services above and beyond what other steel contractors provide:

  • Trade Management
  • Development of Bid Packages
  • Fast Track: From early shop drawings up through Structural Steel Pre-
  • Purchase
  • Increased coverage (for larger projects)
  • Generate Union Fabricator Interest (for larger projects)
  • Generate Erector Interest (for larger projects)
  • Structural Steel Estimates & Budgets
  • Structural Steel Schedules
  • Schedules based on Erection Sequences
  • Constructability Reviews
  • Structure Erection sequence based on Professional Engineer and Safety
  • Consultant considerations
  • Value Engineering Reviews
  • Bulletins, Field Orders - Budgets
  • Bulletins, Field Orders - Quotation Evaluations
  • Field Supervision, inspections, trouble shooting
  • Total Quality Management & Documentation

Dumas Construction Services has performed on many large and complicated projects. Among them includes the replacement hospital in Detroit for the Veterans Administration. The VA Hospital project in Detroit was constructed by Union Tradesmen and was held accountable for minority participation goals. This project included nearly 2 million square feet of space, required 20,000 tons of steel and was erected in 20 months.

Architectural & Engineering Connections

Dumas has on going working relationships with leading architectural and engineering resources, including the Argos Group, Ghafari Associates, Albert Kahn and Associates, Sims-Varner, BEI Associates and Dave Ruby and Associates. These long standing professional working relationships provide a value-added benefit to our clients in that no learning curve is involved when we are teamed on a project. For nearly two decades Dumas Concepts in Building has been building up this A-E relationship.

Virtual Factories & Process Equipment Interfaces (Option Available)

We can eliminate costly and time-consuming structural steel interferences with examples such as plant ductwork, mechanical piping, electrical buss routes and other process equipment. With the use of computer aided drafting and solid modeling, we can assist clients and end users identify and eliminate problems as early as in the processing design stage/layout stages and not waiting for the installation phase to detect the problems. This is another service we have that we can offer as part of our structural steel services through our A-E connections and partners.

Steel Services Associated with Conveyors & Support Structures

  • Custom Components Fabrication
  • Handrails & Stairs
  • Header Steel Fabrication (tool rails, line lighting, etc.)
  • Ornamental Steel Fabrication & Erection
  • Roof Truss Supports
  • Steel Joist & Steel Deck
  • Structural & Miscellaneous Steel Fabrication & Erection
  • Technical Support (Material Handling Systems)
  • Work Platform/Mezzanine Fabrication & Erection

Specialized Services

  • Sophisticated paint endorsement*·
  • Fracture critical endorsement*
* - Through our strategic partners

 

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