Supervised structural design drawings
Design-assist documentation was prepared under Martin/Martin’s engineering supervision before the steel progressed into fabrication detailing.
LocationConvent, Louisiana
ClientMartin/Martin
Reported structural steelApproximately 523 tons
Project overview
One coordinated process from structural design development to erection drawings.
The Nucor Screening project was delivered through a design-assist workflow developed in close collaboration with Martin/Martin.
Our team prepared the structural design drawings under the engineer’s supervision and subsequently produced the complete fabrication and erection drawing packages. This continuous workflow created a direct connection between design development and steel detailing, helping the team respond to an exceptionally demanding project schedule.
Approximately 523 tons of structural steel progressed through design assist and detailing in around three months.
Project team and technical details
- Project period
- 2019–2021
- Design-assist and detailing duration
- Approximately three months
- Engineer of Record
- Martin/Martin
- Connection designer
- thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions
- Primary scope
- Design assist and structural steel detailing
- Design documentation
- Prepared under the Engineer of Record’s supervision
- Detailing deliverables
- Fabrication and erection drawings
Detailing scope
From the coordinated model to fabrication and erection information.
Coordinated structural steel model
The detailed 3D model connected engineering direction with steel assemblies across the approximately 523-ton package.
Complete fabrication drawings
Following design assist, the team produced the shop drawing package from the coordinated model.
Erection drawings and animation
The final scope also included erection documentation and a project animation communicating the structural steel.
Technical complexity
An exceptionally tight schedule with no separation between project phases.
Three months for both phases
Approximately 523 tons had to progress through design assist and full detailing in around three months.
Rapid incorporation of engineering direction
Close collaboration with the Engineer of Record allowed decisions to move directly into the developing model while design and detailing advanced together.
Continuity between drawing packages
Structural design, steel assemblies, fabrication drawings and erection information needed consistent data without losing context between project phases.
Our approach
Design and detailing advanced as one continuous workflow.
Rather than treating design assist, modeling and shop drawing production as separate assignments, our team managed them as connected stages of the same steel delivery process.
Close collaboration with the Engineer of Record allowed technical direction to be incorporated directly into the developing model. That model then supported the preparation of fabrication and erection drawings.
The approach helped the project team:
- respond quickly to engineering direction,
- reduce delays between design and detailing,
- maintain consistency across drawing packages,
- prioritize information around the delivery schedule,
- progress the steel package toward fabrication efficiently.
Working side by side with the Engineer of Record.
Our team collaborated closely with Martin/Martin throughout the design-assist phase. Under the engineer’s supervision, we prepared the structural design drawings required to advance the steel package into detailing and fabrication.
This approach enabled design development and detailing considerations to progress together rather than as isolated, sequential activities.
The design-assist scope included:
- developing structural design drawings under engineering supervision,
- coordinating design information with detailing requirements,
- incorporating engineering direction into the model,
- preparing the steel package for fabrication detailing,
- maintaining continuity between design development and shop deliverables.
Project animation
Explore the project in motion.
Project result
Complete design-assist and detailing delivery in approximately three months.
The team completed both the design-assist phase and the full structural steel detailing scope within the project’s demanding three-month timeframe.
This achievement demonstrates our ability to support fast-moving industrial projects where engineering collaboration, technical accuracy and delivery speed are equally important.