Challenge 01
Budgets change once the steel is priced
Our answer
We give tonnage and a budget price at concept stage, so the design and the cost stay aligned.
Customers · Consultants, architects & engineers
A fabricator's engineering team at your concept table
Early input on spans, grids and connections, design-assist for the steel you specify, complete calculation packages and 3D IFC models for coordination. Our engineers design it, our certified factory makes it, so what you draw is what gets built.
2018exporting steel structures to Thailand
IFC3D models for BIM coordination
EN 1090 EXC3execution class of our factory
2,500 Tfabrication capacity every month
What you need
Steel that can be built as you designed it
As a consulting engineer or architect, you carry the responsibility for the design of a factory building, warehouse or multi-storey steel frame, but you rarely control who fabricates it. The best design can lose its intent in shop drawings that change the connections, or in steel that arrives with the wrong tolerances.
Working with the fabricator early gives you real tonnage and cost at concept stage, connections that are economical to make, and a 3D model your BIM team can coordinate with the other trades.
- Real tonnage and cost at concept stage
- Connections designed to be economical to fabricate
- Calculation packages ready for your review
- 3D IFC models for BIM coordination
- Fabrication to recognised international quality standards
Your challenges, our answers
What consultants tell us, and how we answer
Challenge 02
Shop drawings change our design intent
Our answer
Our engineers keep your design criteria and send every change back to you for approval.
Challenge 03
Clients ask for international codes
Our answer
We design to AISC, Eurocode, AS/NZS or JIS, checked against Thai wind and seismic standards.
Challenge 04
BIM coordination needs a model
Our answer
We share a Tekla 3D model and IFC files for clash detection with MEP and architecture.
Challenge 05
Quality is hard to verify from afar
Our answer
ISO 3834-2, EN 1090 EXC3 and IAS AC472 certified fabrication, with ITP, weld and paint records.
Challenge 06
Special structures need special attention
Our answer
Long-span roofs, hangars, footbridges and multi-storey frames are designed and fabricated in-house.
Solutions & products that fit
What we offer consultants and designers
Designed, fabricated and shipped by one team, from our own factory to a Thai port or your site.
Concept & quotation design
Structural concept, tonnage and budget for early decisions.
Post-contract design & shop drawings
Calculations, approval drawings and shop drawings for review.
PEB solution with a 3D IFC model
IFC models for clash detection and coordination.
Multi-storey steel buildings
Composite floors, long spans and light frames.
Hangars & wide-span roofs
Large clear spans with big door openings.
Steel pedestrian bridges
Footbridges and link bridges fabricated and trial-fitted.
Quality control
ITP, NDT, mill certificates and paint records.
Fire protection up to R120
Intumescent coatings specified and applied in the factory.
Audit the factory online
Inspect fabrication by live video, without travelling.
How we work with you
How we work with your design team
You keep the design responsibility; we bring fabrication knowledge and capacity.
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Share the concept
Architectural drawings, design criteria and the code to follow.
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Tonnage & budget
Structural options with tonnage and budget for each.
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Design-assist & 3D model
Connections and model developed with your review.
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Calculations & shop drawings
Full package for your approval before fabrication.
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Fabrication you can audit
Visit the factory or audit online at any stage.
Designed and made in our own factory
Every piece passes through World Steel hands
We are not a broker or a steel trader. Our engineers design it, and our factory in Tay Ninh makes, inspects and ships every piece.
World Steel factory · Tay Ninh, Vietnam20,000 m² · 2,500 T/month · 100 T in 3–4 weeksISO 9001 · ISO 3834-2 · EN 1090 EXC3 · AS/NZS 5131 CC3 · IAS AC472
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01Designed by our own engineers
World Steel structural engineers calculate to Thai and international codes and produce the Tekla 3D model, approval drawings and every shop drawing. Nothing is outsourced.
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02CNC cutting and drilling
Plates and sections cut by plasma, laser and CNC drilling lines straight from the model, with first-piece inspection before the batch runs.
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03Built-up members welded in-house
Submerged-arc welding lines and qualified welders make columns and rafters to ISO 3834-2 and EN 1090 EXC3.
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04Inspected before it leaves
Dimensional checks, UT and MT weld testing and paint thickness readings, recorded piece by piece in the QC dossier you receive.
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05Blasted and painted in the factory
Shot blasting and an ISO 12944 paint system chosen for inland, coastal or port sites, or intumescent fire protection up to R120.
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06Packed by erection zone, shipped CIF
Every piece marked, bundled by erection zone and loaded so the first members your erector needs reach site first.
Who does what
We are the manufacturer and supplier. We do not compete with Thai contractors.
World Steel delivers the steel structure. Your Thai team does the foundations, erection and every other construction trade.
World Steel designs, makes and ships
- Structural design, 3D model and shop drawings
- Fabrication, inspection and painting in our factory
- C/Z purlins, bolts and every accessory in the kit
- CIF to a Thai port, or DDP to your site
- Erection manual and site advisor on request
Your Thai team on site
- Foundations, slabs and civil works
- Erection of the steel frame
- Roofing, walls and architectural finishes
- MEP, electrical and plumbing
- Permits and sign-off by your Thai engineer
Proven projects
Structures we have delivered in Thailand
Hangars, car parks and industrial buildings designed and fabricated by World Steel.
Why World Steel
One partner from brief to Thai port
Exporting to Thailand since 2018
Factories, warehouses and commercial buildings delivered across Thailand.
Our own certified factory
2,500 T of fabrication capacity a month, ISO 9001 quality and ISO 3834-2 welding, inspected before shipment.
Thai-code engineering
Approval drawings your Thai engineer can sign, with wind and seismic loads for your province.
CIF or DDP to your site
Shipped to Laem Chabang, Bangkok, Map Ta Phut or Songkhla, with documents for your customs broker.
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FAQ
Questions Thai clients ask us
Which design codes can you work to?
AISC, Eurocode, AS/NZS and JIS, always checked against Thai wind and seismic standards (DPT 1311-50, 1301/1302-61) for the site.
Can you provide IFC files?
Yes. We model in Tekla and export IFC for coordination with architecture and MEP.
Who keeps the design responsibility?
The engineer of record keeps it. We prepare calculations and drawings for your review and approval, and the licensed Thai engineer signs for the permit.
Can we inspect fabrication?
Yes. Visit our factory, send a third-party inspector or join a live online audit at any stage.
Other customers
Solutions for every type of customer
Investors & property developers Manufacturers & foreign-invested (FDI) factories Industrial estate operators Logistics, 3PL & e-commerce operators Retail, wholesale & convenience chains Farmers, agribusiness & food processors Design & build and general contractors Steel fabricators & erectors Government & public agencies Schools, hospitals & communities SMEs, shop owners & homeowners
Working on a steel structure design?
Send the concept drawings and design criteria. We reply within one working day with structural options, tonnage and budget.