Dowco provides automated structural steel detailing for medium to large construction projects requiring structural steel, miscellaneous steel, and plate work.

Today, most engineers use 3D analysis tools to design structures. They then create 2D design drawings for the steel detailer. For Dowco, the first step in the detailing process is to create a 3D model from those drawings. Pre-detailing eliminates this double-handling by bringing the detailer into the process at the design stage.

Many of today’s complex structures are incredibly hard to visualize. Sketches help the designer to decide the aesthetics of a structure, but often the only way to accurately position the structural elements is to create a 3D model of the geometry.

More and more projects are requiring BIM involvement from all parties disciplines involved in a project. Dowco has been working with BIM for years and can assist with the following services:

Dowco offers a range of consulting services that facilitate the design process, enable problems to be resolved early in the design process, even allow main material to be ordered much earlier.

Dowco offers a full connection design service, including sealed designs. We have forged strategic partnerships with several large engineering firms who specialize in connection design for the North American and European steel industry.