About

A little About Our Services

We have 25 plus years in the miscellaneous metals industry, specifically centered around the life safety areas of the means of egress in the built environment. Simplified; we specialize in stairs, ramps, handrails, guards, pool barriers, gates and access doors to name just a few.

Early Model ICC Code Advocacy Work

Some of our early code submittals can be seen throughout publications by the
International Code Council during the formation of the IBC & IRC codes, years 2000 and 2003

  • 1999-2003 Worked with NOMMA on the ANSI A117.1 standard, ADDAG 2004 ADA/ABA standard and the ICC’s International Building Code for the .01 inch radius.
  • 1999-2001 Worked with NOMMA to remove the term ladder effect from the ICC’s 2000 model International Residential Building Code, in the 2001 IRC Supplement.
  • 2000 Adoption of the “Infill” structural requirements for guards in the ICC’s 2001 Supplement for the International Residential Code.
  • 2000-2003 Adoption of the 4-3/8″ sphere exception for the 2003 International Residential Code on guard infill spacing on stair flights.

Recently Published Magazine Articles

The Above shown drawing was prepared for a client to provide a work through flow of the handrail graspability conflicts on a federal ABA project on a GSA building. Part of our services we offer is project review for both local buildings and federal ADA requirements.