Tekla steel detailing · Melbourne
Drawings your shop builds without calling.
Structural and miscellaneous steel detailing for Victorian fabricators. A fixed price per package, quoted within one business day, with your approval date in writing before work starts.
Detailed by Glen Farolan · 25+ years on Tekla Structures
Services
Detailing for fabricators, one package at a time
When your detailers are flat out, send the package that's holding up the shop.
Structural steel
Portal frames and commercial, industrial and health buildings, modelled in Tekla Structures to the engineer's design.
- Connections as designed by your engineer
- Shop files ready for your CNC line
Miscellaneous steel
Stairs, platforms, walkways and handrails detailed to AS 1657. Small, urgent packages are welcome.
- Stairs, landings and balustrades
- Access platforms and walkways
Overflow and pilot packages
Try one package at a fixed price and judge the drawings on your own shop floor before committing to more.
- Up to 20 tonnes, or one misc steel package
- Delivered in 5 to 10 business days
How I work
Three things in writing on every job
No hourly surprises and no moving dates. You know the price and the programme before a single member is modelled.
- Send the drawingsCurrent revision, the scope you want detailed and the date you need approval drawings.You
- Fixed price backScope, deliverables, assumptions and programme, all listed.Within 1 business day
- Issued for approvalDrawings issued with a transmittal and an RFI register.On the agreed date
- Issued for constructionYour comments incorporated, with shop files and lists.3 business days from comments
What you receive
A complete set the shop and site can use
Every package includes one approval round, one construction issue and same-day answers to questions from the shop floor. One site visit in metro Melbourne is included per package.
Galvanised work is detailed with vent and drain holes to AS/NZS 4680, and weld symbols follow AS 1101.3:2026. Nothing is issued without a clash check, a numbering check and a fresh-eyes review.
Deliverables
- 01General arrangement and erection drawings
- 02Assembly and part drawings
- 03NC1 / DSTV and DXF files
- 04Bolt, material and cut lists
- 05RFI register
- 06Tekla model, handed over at construction issue
Experience
25+ years detailing steel on major projects
Glen Farolan has spent more than two decades modelling and detailing steel in Tekla Structures, on towers, hospitals, research centres, stations and industrial plants. Farolan Steel Detailing puts that experience to work directly for fabricators.
A good drawing answers the question before the shop has to ask it.THE STANDARD ON EVERY PACKAGE
- Commercial tower · Melbourne477 Collins Street
- Health and research · Gold CoastRDX Lumina Life Sciences CentreComplex structural steel
- Health · MelbourneRoyal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital
- Health · MelbourneSt Vincent's Private Hospital
- Health · MelbourneWarringal Private Hospital
- Transport · MelbourneMetropolitan railway stations
- Industrial · VictoriaCSL Behring
Projects detailed by Glen Farolan during his career as a steel detailer, including work for previous employers.
Common questions
What fabricators ask first
What do you need to give me a price?
The drawing set at its current revision, the scope you want detailed and the date you need approval drawings. If the design isn't at construction issue yet, say so and the quote will allow for it.
Who designs the connections?
Your engineer. I detail to the engineer's design and raise an RFI, one question at a time, wherever the drawings leave something open.
What if the design changes after approval drawings?
Design changes after approval are a variation. You get a price for the change before any work starts on it, so there are no surprises on the invoice.
Can you work with a regional shop?
Yes. Models and drawings are shared through Trimble Connect, questions are answered the same day, and one site visit in metro Melbourne is included per package.
Get a quote
Send drawings today, have a price tomorrow
Fill in what you know. You'll have a fixed price, with scope and programme listed, within one business day.
- No obligation, and no charge for the quote
- Glen reads every request himself
- Prefer to talk it through? Call any time in business hours