Schuff Steel Opens Largest Steel Fab Plant in Houston Area
07/14/2008 - Schuff Steel-Gulf Coast completes its new 150,000-square-foot steel fabrication plant in Humble, Texas.
Schuff Steel-Gulf Coast, Inc. has completed its new 150,000-square-foot steel fabrication plant in Humble, Texas, a suburb of Houston.
Specializing in steel fabrication for both industrial and commercial use, the new Schuff Steel-Gulf Coast plant is also a leading manufacturer of custom steel pressure vessels. The new, larger facility joins the company’s existing plant in the area, helping to support its continued regional growth.
“The aggregate steel output of both Houston Schuff plants is now 3000 tons per month,” said Steven Knippel, President of Schuff Steel-Gulf Coast. “In addition to increasing output, the new plant is extremely efficient. The layout of the Humble plant is designed and equipped to maximize productivity.
“Another time-saving measure is Schuff’s company-wide implementation of barcode labeling and scanning every piece of steel throughout the fabrication and the construction phases,” added Knipple. “The process lets us track each piece of steel until the entire job is complete.”
The new state-of-the-art facility employs 60 support staff and is anticipated to employ up to 200 people to work in the fabrication portion of the plant.
Current Schuff Steel-Gulf Coast, Inc. projects include BP Operation Canadian Crude located in Whiting, Ind., which will require approximately 14,000 tons of structural steel to complete. Major projects the company has recently completed include the REC Silicon project located in Moses Lake, Wash., which required over 6000 tons of structural steel.
Schuff International, Inc. and its family of steel companies is the largest steel fabrication and erection company in the United States. The 32-year-old company is experiencing record growth with major projects in progress throughout the country. Schuff offers integrated steel construction services from a single source. Professional services include design-build, design-assist, engineering, BIM participation, 3D steel modeling/detailing, fabrication, advanced field erection, joist and joist girder manufacturing, project management and single-source steel management systems. Headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz., the company owns and operates eight steel fabrication plants and two steel joist manufacturing plants. Companies include Schuff Steel Co. (Arizona, Nevada and California); Schuff Steel-Midwest Division (Overland Park and Ottawa, Kan., and Denver, Colo.); Schuff Steel-Gulf Coast, Inc. (Houston, Texas); Schuff Steel-Atlantic, Inc. (Orlando, Fla., and Albany and Atlanta, Ga.); Schuff Steel Management Co.-Southwest, Inc. (Gilbert, Ariz.); and Quincy Joist Co. (Quincy, Fla., and Buckeye, Ariz.). Schuff employs approximately 2,000 people throughout the country.
