Hartford structural steel removal, planned and weighed
Portal frames, mezzanines, gantries, platforms and racking cut down in an order that keeps what is left standing. Steel is weighed at a licensed yard and credited against the price.
Steel comes down in reverse of how it went up, and the risk is that the drawings on site are not what was actually built. Frames get modified, bracing gets removed for access and never replaced, and mezzanines get tied into columns that were never designed to carry them.
So the sequence is written from a survey of the steel as it stands, not from the original drawings, and temporary support goes in before any member that is carrying something is cut. Where a member is holding a load, an engineer signs the temporary works before it is touched, the same as for shoring and support.
On a steel-heavy job the recovered tonnage can move the price by a meaningful margin, which is exactly why the two quotes in front of you may not be comparable. A price that looks low often assumes the contractor keeps the steel; a price that looks higher may be crediting it back.
Neither is wrong, but you cannot judge them side by side until you know which is which, and it is a fair question to ask before you choose. We weigh at a licensed yard, hand over the weighbridge tickets and show the credit as its own line on the invoice, so the number can be checked rather than trusted.
Yes, as a separate line with the weighbridge tickets attached. If you are comparing quotes, ask each contractor the same question, because a low price often means they are keeping it.
We read them, but we sequence from a survey of what is actually standing. Frames get modified over their life and bracing gets removed for access, and the drawings rarely record it.
Where a member is carrying load, yes. The temporary works are designed and signed before anything is released, and that sign-off is part of the job rather than an optional extra.
Usually yes, with hoarding, agreed hours and the area below closed. The limiting factor is craneage or access for the sections, not the cutting itself.
Racking comes out the same way and is worth recovering whole where it is a current system, because a complete run has a resale value that the same steel as scrap does not.
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