The steel that holds Broward County projects together - embed plates, custom brackets, wind screens, and misc metals - fabricated by AWS-certified welders in Hialeah, installed by our own crew, with the Broward County and HVHZ documentation your inspectors expect.
Not every piece of a building gets photographed, but every piece has to perform. We fabricate the structural and miscellaneous metals that carry load, resist wind, and pass inspection - reviewed against the structural drawings before a single cut.
Placed before the pour and buried in the slab - no room for dimensional error. Fabricated in A36 and A572 with headed studs, deformed bar anchors, or hooked rebar to the engineer's drawings, dimensionally checked, and delivered on your pour schedule with material certs.
When catalog hardware doesn't fit the geometry or load, we fabricate gusset plates, angle brackets, moment connections, and weld-on tabs in mild, high-strength, and stainless steel - from engineer-sealed connection drawings, with weld size and placement matching what was calculated.
Steel or aluminum frames with glass, polycarbonate, or perforated infill for balconies, rooftop mechanical, and pool decks - engineered for Miami-Dade wind pressures by height and exposure, with connections that transfer load into the slab or parapet.
Floor plates, access hatches, roof curbs, equipment supports, pipe sleeves, column covers - the misc metals scope that doesn't fit another trade. One responsible fabricator for the whole package: reviewed against spec, priced by item, sequenced with the build.
Transfer beams, stair support structures, canopy frames, and equipment platforms in W-shape, HSS tube, channel, and plate - fit up in the shop to verify geometry before delivery. Prime paint, galvanizing, or intumescent fireproofing coordinated as specified.
Fort Lauderdale GCs, owners' reps, and developers vet more than price. Here's what makes GOPELIA a low-risk pick for a six-figure structural scope in Broward County.
We review S-sheets for connections, embeds, and wind loads early, then produce engineer-sealed shop drawings coordinated with your EOR - fewer RFIs, fewer field surprises.
One accountable team from shop floor to final bolt-up. No handoff between a fabricator and a separate erector to coordinate or blame.
Material certs traceable to heat numbers, WPS/PQR for every process, welder qualification records, and stamped shop drawings - assembled as standard, not when an inspector flags it.
Delivery sequenced to your pour dates and erection plan. Plates and assemblies on site when they're needed - not a week later.
Matcon Construction LLC, License CGC1530333, EMR 0.8. COIs and safety documentation ready for your prequalification package.
Line-itemed by material, fab labor, install labor, equipment, shop drawings, paint, and freight - the kind of number you can drop straight into a budget.
Structural welding requires documented qualification, not just skill. Every structural weld in our Hialeah shop is performed by AWS-certified welders, with the paper trail Broward County's HVHZ demands - ready for submittal, special inspection, and owner QA programs. Miami-Dade NOA product approvals are accepted throughout Broward.
Yes. GOPELIA fabricates from our Hialeah shop, roughly 30 miles south of central Fort Lauderdale, and installs across Broward County with our own W-2 install crews. We deliver embed plates, custom brackets, wind screens, miscellaneous metals, and structural steel assemblies for Fort Lauderdale GCs, developers, and architects.
Yes. All structural welding in our Hialeah shop is performed by AWS-certified welders. Welder qualification records are maintained and available for submittal to the Broward County or City of Fort Lauderdale building department, or to owner quality assurance programs. For projects requiring special inspection, we coordinate with the special inspector to schedule in-shop witness inspections during fabrication.
Fort Lauderdale is within Broward County's High-Velocity Hurricane Zone. Structural steel is engineered to Florida Building Code 2023, ASCE 7-22 wind pressures at 170 mph ultimate design wind speed (Risk Category II, 3-second gust), with product approval and NOA coordination as required. Broward County enforces the HVHZ across the full county line.
Yes. We prepare and coordinate material certifications, welder qualification records, and shop drawing submittals for Broward County and City of Fort Lauderdale permit submittals. For products requiring Miami-Dade NOA (accepted throughout Broward) or HVHZ engineering, we work with the engineer of record so all documentation is in order before submittal.
Send us the drawings for your Fort Lauderdale or Broward County project and we'll turn around a detailed, itemized quote - the kind of number you can actually put in a budget.
GOPELIA delivers structural steel across Broward County from our Hialeah shop. Fort Lauderdale service areas include:
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