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One more look inside our new Durham location before the big reveal. We’ve been teasing our new Durham location for a few weeks now. Before we pull back the curtain, here’s one more look inside. Meet our Prodevco, the robotic backbone of the new shop. The photo shows the cell from overhead. A length of steel sits on the infeed, the robot is poised beside it, and the safety enclosure surrounds the whole work area. It doesn’t look like much at rest. Once it starts running, it do

Stiffeners, welds, and bolt holes: what goes into a steel beam before it ever leaves our shop floor. More than meets the eye To most people, a steel beam is a simple thing. It's long, it's heavy, and it holds something up. But spend a few minutes next to one on our shop floor and a different picture comes into focus. This week's Cool Pic Friday featured a beam fresh out of fabrication at Carolina Metal Fabricators. The photos show what goes into a piece like this before it ev

One pass, straight from your model file — and what that changes about the steel that shows up on your site. There is a robot going into our new building. That is the short version. The longer version is more interesting, because what this equipment changes is not really speed. It is certainty — whether the piece that arrives at your site is exactly the piece on the drawing. Here is what that looks like in practice. What changes on the shop floor Robotic processing collapses a

How our VP of Operations keeps two metal fabrication facilities moving in the same direction Every great fabrication shop runs on more than steel and welding rods. It runs on people, and on the leaders who keep those people organized, focused and moving forward. At Carolina Metal Fabricators, that leader is James “JT” Thomas, our Vice President of Operations. This month, we’re giving JT the spotlight he’s earned. Keeping Our Raleigh Facility on Task Anyone who has worked in m

Meet Rex If you've seen the photo making the rounds on our LinkedIn page, you've already met Rex. He's the dog standing on a pile of broken concrete, next to a battered sedan, looking like he owns the place. In a way, he does. That rubble pile is his classroom. Rex is one of the search and rescue dogs on Lori's team at North Carolina Disaster Dogs. Lori and her team of dogs and trainers will be based out of our new Durham location, and we couldn't be happier to have them ther

Carolina Metal Fabricators is expanding. We have taken on a new 20,000-square-foot building that will become our dedicated structural steel production facility. It is not finished. Crews are still on site. But the columns are set, the first machines are finding their homes, and the concrete is curing. Here is what it means for the contractors and plant engineers we build for. What the new facility adds The building is dedicated to structural steel production, which is the poi