Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel (AESS) refers to visual steel elements that showcase a unique aesthetic for a building’s structural design.
These beautiful custom-fabricated steel components are meant to be seen and appreciated while also playing a crucial functional role. They support structures or provide framework in prominent places like airports, bridges, museums, stadiums, canopies, and atriums.
Walters Group has a longstanding history of fabricating exposed steel metalwork to create strong buildings and infrastructure projects across Canada & USA. Ranging from basic elements to award-winning showcase elements, AESS at its very best requires our legendary coordination to exceed expectations and deliver a project within budget and schedule.
Each AESS project begins with collaboration with our team of innovators alongside clients, architects, engineers, general contractors, fabricators, detailers and erectors. This early partnership ensures that goals are clearly defined, while the function and aesthetics of the components are prioritized from the very start.
During AESS design and fabrication, Walters Group takes special care to ensure tight tolerances in every architectural steel structure and that the AESS’s finish remains undamaged during the fabrication, transportation and erection processes.
The exposed steel form of AESS is often different from standard steel framing. This form may include sweeping curves, unusual angles and unique steel connections.
There is a crucial requirement for accuracy and perfection in AESS fabrication, resulting in tighter tolerances, especially when considering connections and different materials that all must work together.
Finishing decorative steel structures take into account weathering, interior/exterior exposure and fire protection. Walters Group’s fabrication team ensures that the surface finishes are consistent and reveal the beauty of the exposed steel structure.
