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Trimble Construction One

Steel fabrication management

Optimize your structural steel fabrication workflows and decisions

Remove uncertainty from the steel fabrication process with real-time data and collaborative workflows to boost overall project performance and profitability.

Overcome steel fabrication hurdles

For professionals involved in structural steel fabrication processes, these daily challenges might sound familiar.

Uncertainty

Your work is subject to external economic, supply chain, and material cost challenges. Disconnected data and processes only add to the uncertainty.

Pressure for speed and accuracy

From estimates to bids to materials and budgets, your teams need the right information at the right time to deliver under strict deadlines.

Poor documentation

Limited access to data and outdated information and drawings lead to RFIs, delays, and rework.

Fabrication software the way it should be

We get it. When your fabrication teams face the same communication and documentation challenges as any field team, confidence and performance suffer. Trimble Construction One gives you a better way to work.

We built a flexible, connected construction experience to foster real-time data, workflows, and documentation across your construction fabrication processes. Connecting trusted steel fabrication management software like Tekla PowerFab to your projects and financial workflows creates better collaboration and more profitable jobs, done faster.

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40+ years of construction fabrication management innovation

Trimble's connected solutions empower construction teams to work better together and trust the process.

Easy to use

Streamlined workflows, process automation, and intuitive user experience make work easier.

Easy to manage

One vendor, one contract, one source of data truth, with dedicated customer success tools.

Choose the solution that fits your needs

Choose from the two steel fabrication management solutions below. Then, discover the other solutions you can connect in Trimble Construction One.

PowerFab with Estimodeling

Optimize your steel fabrication processes with a full, model-based estimating workflow—from planning to execution.

PowerFab

Discover a more systematic, collaborative approach to managing steel fabrication.

How Trimble Construction One streamlines steel fabrication

Learn how a connected solution suite simplifies your fabrication processes and ensures accuracy.

Make more informed decisions
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Become less reactive and more proactive with real-time data and connected workflows. Drive better decisions and spot and fix issues before they become problems.

  • Access the latest version of shared information when you need it
  • Work confidently with consistent estimating and prefabrication workflows across projects, with detailed historical data
  • Support decisions with intelligence via comprehensive reports and visual dashboards
Boost pre-fabrication shop performance
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Connect fabrication and esti-modeling workflows to enable speed and accuracy across the organization.

  • Achieve quicker, more accurate bids through model-based estimating
  • Track job performance in real-time using mobile tools
  • Optimize inventory usage and materials management with precise pricing and real-time availability
Simplify production and inventory operations
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Bring teams together through easy-to-use estimating and steel fabrication applications, connected to a shared database.

  • Make relevant data accessible for each employee, with simple logic built into software solutions
  • Track project-level and shop productivity with real-time dashboards
  • Create paperless workshop operations and reduce manual data processing
Procure the right materials at the right time
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Streamline material usage and inventory management with a shared up-to-date database.

  • Automate inventory updates at the time materials are procured, received, and consumed
  • Enable sustainability tracking from mill to finished product
  • Easily assign heat numbers, material traceability reports, and more to projects
Nail your production and delivery schedules
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Collaborative workflows and shared data inform production scheduling decisions from estimating through site delivery.

  • Realize a single source of project information with connected, sharable real-time data
  • Easily compare actual to estimated figures to understand how projects are faring
  • Create consistency across projects through settings and standards

Related resources

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Connected tech fuels Dave Steel's success

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McCombs Steel’s real-time fabrication management

Access to connected, real-time data has helped this North Carolina fabricator be more proactive and efficient.

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How Bennett Steel increased production tenfold

Learn how this steel fabricator leveraged connected, constructible data to transform workflows throughout project lifecycles.

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