Structural design, fabrication-ready shop drawings and certification for architectural metalwork and façade packages — balustrades, screens, stairs and canopies, resolved to the last plate and bolt.
Send the architect's drawings or your tender scope — a metalwork engineer replies with a clear scope and fee.
The architect shows an intent, the builder needs a price, and the fabricator needs drawings they can actually cut from. Metric does the structural design, produces the 3D-modelled shop drawings and certifies the finished package — one engineer accountable from the first mark-up to the final sign-off.
Steel and aluminium, primary and secondary — designed to the Australian Standards, documented for the workshop, certified for the certifier.
Steel, aluminium and glass-infill balustrades for stairs, voids, terraces and pools — designed and certified to the barrier loads in AS 1170.1, with fixings detailed for the substrate they actually land on.
Perforated and expanded-metal screens, battens and louvre systems with their support framing — wind loads to AS/NZS 1170.2, brackets and connections checked, and the compliance evidence coordinated for certification.
Steel stairs, spiral stairs, ladders, walkways and platforms — engineered, drawn member-by-member and certified, to AS 1657 where it applies.
Entry canopies, street awnings and steel pergolas — designed for wind and maintenance loads, and certified, including council awning certifications for existing structures.
Connection design, secondary steel, mezzanines and support framing — sized and detailed to AS 4100, coordinated with the primary structure so clashes are resolved on the model, not on site.
Fabrication-ready shop drawings from our design or yours — 3D modelled, issued as GA sheets and workshop sets with every plate, bolt and weld symbol resolved, in CAD and IFC for coordination.
Tendering supply-and-install? We carry the engineering behind your package — design, detailing, fixings and certification — so you can price the metal and leave the calculations to us. Send the tender scope and the fee comes back within 24 hours on business days.
Screens, balustrades, stairs and canopies engineered and documented before the trade goes out — so the package tenders cleanly, fabricates with fewer RFIs and is ready for certification at handover.
At an early-learning centre on Blaxcell Street, South Granville, we engineered the architectural expanded-metal screen wrapping the street elevation — the steel support frame designed for wind loads to AS/NZS 1170.2, every bracket and connection checked, and the whole system documented in 3D with GA drawings and IFC models for coordination.
The screen went through shop-drawing review with the fabricator to revision three — the iterations happening on paper, where they're cheap, instead of on site, where they're not. It's the same path we run on every metalwork package: design it, draw it, certify it.
Shade structures, walkway canopies, mesh balustrades and the street screen — every element on this page was engineered, drawn and certified by Metric.
Project renders given a photographic grade — real site photography to follow at completion.
Selected current work — project and client names available on request.
Architect's drawings, a tender package or a napkin detail — plus the deadline you're working to.
A metalwork engineer confirms scope, standards and what the certifier will want to see.
A clear written scope, fee and turnaround within 24 hours on business days — no obligation.
Calculations, 3D-modelled shop drawings and certification, issued ready for fabrication.
Tender closing this week? Call 0404 344 027 — we work to tender timeframes.
Their designs are well considered, clearly documented, and coordinated with the broader consultant team.
Having all engineering services provided in-house makes the process seamless and efficient, which is a huge advantage on projects.
Yes. Send what you have — architectural drawings, a sketch, photos or a written scope — and we'll tell you what we need to price the job. If you have nothing yet, a call works too.
The site address, what you're fabricating and the stage you're at, any drawings, photos or a method statement you have, and your timing.
The proposal. You get a written scope and fixed fee within 24 hours on business days. The design and certification program is set out in that proposal and agreed before we start.
The proposal itemises what is covered — the design, calculations, drawings and certification for the listed scope — with one design-development round and two revisions per item included. Anything outside that, such as extra site visits or changes to the brief, is priced at the schedule of rates in the proposal and agreed before it's done.
Certification is by engineering design, calculation and visual site inspection — we don't do physical or material testing. Construction-stage inspections are scoped as an allowance (a stated number of visits) and listed in the proposal, so there are no surprises.
You'll see a reference number straight away. An engineer reviews the enquiry and comes back within 24 hours on business days with any questions and a fixed-fee proposal. Nothing is charged until you accept it.
No engineer can guarantee a council, certifier or principal contractor's decision. We design and document to the relevant Australian Standards and the requirements you're given, and we respond to review comments on our work.
Send the scope. A metalwork engineer comes back with a clear, fixed-fee proposal — fast.