A staircase is rarely just a means of getting between floors. In the projects we work on across Miami-Dade, Broward, and beyond, it's often the first thing you see — and the piece everyone remembers. We build stairs that earn that attention.
A true custom spiral staircase is one of the most technically demanding pieces of metalwork in a building project. The geometry is unforgiving — every tread must align precisely with the central column, the handrail must flow without kinks or flat spots, and the whole assembly must be stiff enough to pass load testing without feeling hollow underfoot. We use digital templating at the installation site to capture actual floor-to-floor dimensions and any site irregularities before a single piece is cut. Our Casamar project in South Florida is a good example of what this looks like in practice: a sculptural centerpiece spiral staircase that anchors the building's interior atrium, fabricated to fractions of a millimeter and installed without modification.
Where a spiral staircase wraps around a central post, a helical staircase follows a curved path in open space — a more architecturally demanding geometry that requires precise rolling of stringers, careful fitting of curved treads, and a handrail system that bends in two planes simultaneously. We produce helical staircases from steel, aluminum, and combinations of both, with glass or cable balustrade systems that maintain the open, airy quality these designs typically call for. The fabrication starts in our Hialeah shop and typically involves multiple fit-up checks before final assembly and delivery.
Straight runs and switchback configurations may appear simpler, but in commercial and multi-family applications they carry significant engineering responsibility. We fabricate straight staircases with welded steel or aluminum stringers, properly sized for occupancy load, with tread pan or plate treads ready for finish application. Our shop drawing process captures landing dimensions, riser heights, and handrail heights to ensure code compliance — including the specific FBC requirements that apply to the project's occupancy classification. For the Morningside residential project in Miami, a carefully proportioned straight-run stair with custom steel stringers and white oak treads became a quiet focal point that feels entirely at home in the neighborhood's mid-century character.
Cantilevered stairs — where treads project from a single wall-mounted spine without visible support below — are among the most visually dramatic staircase designs available, and among the most demanding to engineer correctly. The structural calculation for a mono-stringer stair requires careful attention to the moment loads at each tread connection and the combined stiffness of the stringer and wall attachment. We work closely with structural engineers to size the spine and connections properly, then fabricate the assembly with the precision required to hold consistent tread reveals and keep the finished stair completely rigid. These systems are popular in high-end residential and boutique hospitality projects throughout South Florida.
We engage with the project team during design development — not just at bid time. Early involvement lets us flag coordination issues, suggest material and connection details that simplify installation, and build a shop drawing package that the engineer of record can approve with confidence. We use structural engineering software for load analysis and CAD for shop drawings, with each drawing reviewed internally before submission.
Complex stair geometries require CNC plasma or laser cutting to hold the tolerances that make field installation predictable. Hand-cut stringers and treads introduce variability that compounds across a flight of stairs — by the top landing, the errors are visible and often uncorrectable without disassembly. Our shop uses CNC equipment to cut all primary structural elements to digital drawings, keeping tolerances tight from the first piece to the last.
Staircase welding is finish welding — the welds are visible, and how they look reflects directly on the quality of the project. We assign certified welders with specific staircase experience to every stair job. TIG welding is used where aesthetics are paramount (visible joints, handrail connections, tread-to-stringer interfaces); MIG welding is used for structural connections where speed and penetration matter more than cosmetics. All welds are inspected before grinding and finishing.
We fabricate spiral staircases, helical (curved) staircases, straight-run stairs, cantilever stairs, and mono-stringer designs. All configurations can be executed in steel, aluminum, or a combination of materials, with tread finishes ranging from hardwood inlay to polished steel plate.
Every staircase we produce is designed in collaboration with the project's engineer of record. We prepare full shop drawing packages including load calculations, connection details, and material specifications. Our fabrication team follows these drawings precisely, and all welding is performed by certified welders. For projects in Miami-Dade County, we also coordinate HVHZ documentation as required.
Yes — this is where we do our best work. We collaborate with architects from design development through construction documents, translating conceptual ideas into fabricatable, code-compliant shop drawings. We use digital templating and CNC cutting to hold tight tolerances on complex geometries that are difficult or impossible to achieve with manual methods.
Notable completed projects include the Casamar centerpiece spiral staircase — a sculptural helical stair that anchors the building's interior atrium — and the Morningside custom staircase, a refined residential installation in Miami's historic Morningside neighborhood. Both projects involved close collaboration with architects from concept through installation.
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