Across more than 1,500 completed projects with detailing partners nationwide, we've engineered connections for nearly every kind of steel job a detailer runs into, from heavy industrial and high-seismic hospitals to data centers, aerospace, and schools, on projects anywhere from a few tons up to 40,000 tons. Every project sharpens the way we approach the next, which is why our process is built around what detailers actually need to keep their part of the job on schedule.

Steel engineering is all we do. We've built our team and our process around doing it well, and that focus is what lets us put out clear sketches, communicate effectively, and deliver connection packages that actually work for the people detailing them. Every engineer here has built their career around steel, and our founder came up as a detailer before he ever stamped a drawing. That perspective shapes how we draw a sketch, how we answer a question, and how we think about your part of the job.  

Connection design is the core of what we do, but it's only part of the picture. We handle the full delegated steel engineering scope, including misc design, stairs and rails, shop drawing review, and field support, and we're licensed in 46 states with more than 1,500 projects behind us. We work with detailers no matter what platform you're in (Tekla, SDS2, Bocad, AutoCAD), and we collaborate through the tools your team already uses like Bluebeam and Trimble Connect, so we can plug into your workflow instead of forcing you into ours.  

What we hear most from the detailers we work with is that we feel less like an outside engineer and more like part of their team. From the first kickoff call through shop drawing review and into the field, we're set up to support how detailers actually work, and we measure our success by yours. The goal is for working with SSE to feel like having a trusted engineering partner in your corner, one that already speaks your language and is invested in helping your team succeed on every project.