Steel Erection Manchester

Packages

Steel + more

Cladding, roofing and demolition too

Coverage

Manchester

M postcodes

Quotes

Same day

For most enquiries

Overview

Steel erection in Manchester and across Greater Manchester

Manchester steel falls into two kinds of job. Tall residential and commercial schemes in the centre need light gauge framing, rooftop plant steel and canopies, and there the crane has few places to stand, with the Metrolink often close by. Manufacturers and distribution firms on Trafford Park and by the Ship Canal want portal frames, extensions and mezzanines, and on those estates the made ground matters more.

We lift and erect fabricated steel anywhere in Greater Manchester, from Eccles and Altrincham across to Bury, Oldham and Stockport. With drawings and photographs, a new unit on Trafford Park is normally priced within the working day.

What steel erection covers

Our gangs stand the columns and rafters, bolt up, line and level, then fit bracing and secondary steel, plus any LFS or SFS framing. Dismantling is part of the service, for a unit being refitted or steel going to another site. On Trafford Park the tenant’s machinery move tends to come on the same order as the frame.

What we do

What we erect in Manchester

Structure	Where it goes up	What sets the method
LFS and SFS infill walls	Residential and office towers in the centre	Landing bundles on each floor ahead of the envelope trades
Rooftop plant steel and canopies	Commercial buildings and new schemes	Crane reach from the street and when the road is free
Portal frames and added bays	Trafford Park and the Ship Canal estates	Crane set-ups along the building and the order bays are braced
Mezzanine floors	Distribution and food units across Greater Manchester	Door openings and what the slab carries at each column
Plant platforms and access steel	Hospital, university and data hall buildings	Live services around the steel and agreed working hours
Steel taken down	Units being refitted or vacated	Keeping the frame stable as it comes apart, and marking pieces for reuse

The method in full is on our steel erection and dismantling service page.

Get a quote

Tell us about your project

Send us the details and we will come back with a quote, usually the same day for a desktop survey.

Or call 0161 568 8241

Sectors

Where we work in and around Manchester

Most enquiries come from these kinds of site.

Towers from Deansgate to Ancoats

Light gauge infill, rooftop plant frames and entrance canopies go onto high-rise schemes where the neighbours sit hard against the site. See our construction sector page.

New units and bays across Trafford Park

Portal frames, lean-tos and extensions go up for manufacturers and trade firms on Trafford Park and the canal-side estates, where yards and estate roads are shared with the firms next door. See our industrial sector page.

Plant decks on hospital and campus buildings

Chiller platforms, access walkways and link steel are added to clinical and teaching buildings that stay open. See our healthcare and pharma and education pages.

Salford Quays and the waterside

Canopies, plant frames and internal platforms are erected at occupied buildings around the Quays, where the quay edges limit where a crane can stand.

Process floors for food and drink makers

When a food or drink plant in the county adds a line, the mezzanine or platform it stands on is erected in a short shutdown. See our food and beverages page.

Generator and chiller steel for data halls

Support frames for generators and cooling plant are erected at data centres and substations inside fixed windows. See our data centre infrastructure page.

Planning

Access and planning for steel erection in Manchester

These points go into the plan before any Manchester steel leaves the fabricator:

Council permits and the Metrolink. Where the crane stands on the road, we apply to whichever of the Greater Manchester councils covers the address and set up the traffic management and road closure. Beside the Metrolink, we agree clearance from the tram wires, or an isolation, with the operator well ahead.
Crane positions settled at the design stage. Our appointed person fixes where the crane stands and what it places from each spot while the steel is still being detailed, so the fabricator can load to suit.
Deliveries called off in lifting order. Loading restrictions and bus lanes leave little space to stop in the centre, so trailers arrive one at a time with members stacked in the order they go up.
Temporary stability. At the end of each day the part-built frame must stand unaided, so temporary braces or guys stay in until the permanent bracing catches up.
Wind at height. Big LFS panels and light members catch far more wind at the top of a tower than at street level, so they go up on calmer days, with a gust reading taken at height before each lift.

Alterations

Alterations, mezzanines and dismantling

Adding steel to a Manchester building that stays open begins with a check of the existing frame and its connections. In an Openshaw warehouse the new mezzanine goes up under the roof from the floor, with the rest of the building still picking orders behind a barrier.

Members due to be re-erected get their match-marks first. The frame then comes apart bay by bay, in an order that leaves what remains braced.

Coverage

Postcodes and areas we cover

We cover every M postcode and the Greater Manchester districts around it:

Manchester: city centre, the Northern Quarter, Ancoats, Piccadilly, Clayton, Openshaw, Gorton, Levenshulme, Fallowfield and Withington
Salford and Trafford: Salford, Salford Quays, Eccles, Old Trafford, Stretford, Urmston, Sale and Altrincham
North and east: Cheetham Hill, Blackley, Failsworth, Denton, Whitefield and Worsley
Wider area: Stockport, Bolton, Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Wigan and Irlam

We erect steel right across the UK.

Why Synergy

Why Manchester firms choose Synergy Lifting for steel erection

Light gauge framing for the towers. We erect LFS and SFS infill floor by floor on central residential and office schemes, in the order the envelope trades need it.
Portal frames on Trafford Park. We put up units, extra bays and mezzanines for firms across the industrial west of the city.
Our lift planner works with the erectors. The gang who rig and bolt follow that plan on site, member by member.
Qualified and accredited. CPCS and CSCS carded operatives, lifts planned to BS 7121 by an appointed person, equipment inspected under LOLER and PUWER, SSIP approved, Constructionline Gold Member, certified to ISO 9001 and ISO 14001, and members of the Construction Plant-hire Association.

Services

More than steel erection

Manchester steel work can link to these services:

Process

How a steel erection job works

Our planners need your drawings, the steel schedule, where the site is and the programme.
A site visit covers where cranes can stand, ground conditions, delivery access, room for lay-down and any cables overhead.
The appointed person then writes the lift plan. Our method statement and risk assessment follow from it and show how the frame stays stable at each stage.
Your fabricator and our planner agree which steel travels on each load.
The gang erects, braces, lines and levels the steel, then the frame is released to the next trade.

FAQs

Common questions

Our tower in the Northern Quarter needs SFS infill on every floor. How do the bundles reach each level?

The crane lands them onto loading platforms or open slab edges, floor by floor, in the order the walls are built. On a central street those lifts are planned for the hours the road can be closed, including evenings and Sundays.

Our building at Salford Quays has one approach road. How do deliveries work?

Trailers are held back and called forward singly as the crane is ready, each carrying the next members in sequence. We agree the times with the estate management so the road stays open for everyone else.

Who plans the lifts?

We do. An appointed person plans every lift to BS 7121: where the crane stands, what it can place from each position, and how the frame stays stable at every break in the work. The same gang then rigs and erects to that plan.

Can you erect steel where a crane cannot reach?

Yes. Mezzanines and internal platforms go up with gantries, jacking equipment and our electric pick and carry crane, which works indoors without fumes. The steel comes in through a door and is lifted into place inside the building.