Design Assist
Value Engineering for Smarter,
Faster Fabrication
What Design assist Covers
Design Assist is built for teams that need more than drawings. It’s for fabricators and engineering groups who want value engineering support that improves efficiency, reduces costs, and keeps projects moving without delays. Instead of working through design challenges alone, you get an experienced partner who understands fabrication, shop logic, field conditions, and industry standards. The goal is simple: develop designs that are easier to build, safer to handle, and more practical for everyday production.
Fixture & Tool Design
Fixture & Tool Design
Strong fixtures make fabrication faster, more precise, and more repeatable. With Design Assist, you get support for fixture design, tooling design, and complete weld fixture design that matches your workflow and part requirements. We look at how your shop operates, how the parts move, and what alignment challenges your team faces on the floor. This helps us create fixtures that reduce setup time and improve accuracy.
Design for Manufacturability
Design for Manufacturability
This part of the service focuses on building products that are easier and more cost-effective to fabricate. Our design for manufacturability approach looks at material selection, weld locations, tolerances, cutting paths, and part geometry to simplify the build while maintaining strength and performance. With value engineering at the center, we help you refine designs so your shop can produce them with fewer steps, less waste, and more predictable results.
Tooling and Handling Equipment Design
Tooling and Handling Equipment Design
Lifting, moving, rotating, and supporting parts safely is a key part of heavy fabrication. Under Design Assist, we create tooling and handling solutions that support your workflow and keep your team safe. This may include custom lifters, clamps, support stands, transport frames, and specialized equipment sized for your assemblies.
RFI and Submittal Package Support
RFI and Submittal Package Support
Clear communication with project stakeholders makes any job easier. With Design Assist, we prepare RFIs that highlight missing details, unclear specs, or conflicts between drawings. This keeps your project moving instead of pausing to chase answers. We also assist with submittal package preparation, ensuring everything is organized and presented professionally.
Field Measurement & Retrofit Coordination
Field Measurement & Retrofit Coordination
Field conditions rarely match drawings perfectly. With this service, we take real-world measurements into account so your designs fit the first time. We help you coordinate retrofits, gather field data, and translate those measurements into updated drawings that align with existing structures.
Field Measurement & Retrofit Coordination
Shop Drawing Review & Coordination
Shop Drawing Review & Coordination
Shop drawings need to reflect how the work is actually built. With Design Assist, we review your drawings for clarity, accuracy, and consistency across the entire package. This includes checking assemblies, verifying dimensions, confirming weld details, and ensuring the drawings follow the logic needed for fabrication.
Connection Detailing per AISC or AWS Guidance
Connection Detailing per AISC or AWS Guidance
Structural connections require accuracy and full compliance with industry standards. With Design Assist, you get support for AISC connection detailing and weld detailing according to AWS expectations. This includes connection types, weld sizes, plate geometry, stiffeners, shear tabs, gussets, and any supporting calculations required for your project.
Connection Detailing per AISC or AWS Guidance
DESIGN ASSIST
Manufacturing engineer or experienced designer.
Fixture & Tool Design – Designing reusable setups to improve fit-up and consistency.
Design for Manufacturability – Reducing cost with value engineered designs, creating procurement & fabrication efficiencies.
Tooling and Handling Equipment Design – Lifting beams, spreader beams and lift planning.
RFI and Submittal Package Support – Technical responses for contractor or fabricator questions.
Field Measurement and Retrofit Coordination – Working with on-site teams to verify existing conditions.
Shop Drawing Review & Coordination – Acting as a liaison between fabricator, detailer, and end client.
Connection Detailing per AISC or AWS Guidance – Baseplates, clip angles, tabs, and built-up sections.
DESIGN ASSIST PLAN
Choose the package that best fits your needs
Base Rate
Choose the amount of hours
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DESIGN ASSIST
Manufacturing engineer or experienced designer
SOFTWARE ACCESS & EXPERTISE
FAQs About design Assist
What is Design Assist, and how does it help my fabrication process?
Design Assist provides engineering support that goes beyond drafting. It helps you refine designs, solve fabrication challenges, improve manufacturability, and reduce costs. You get a partner who understands shop workflow, field conditions, and industry standards resulting in designs that are easier and faster to build.
Do you provide support for Design for Manufacturability (DFM)?
Absolutely. We analyze materials, weld locations, tolerances, cutting logic, and part geometry to ensure the product is easier and more cost-effective to fabricate. This reduces unnecessary steps, limits waste, and helps your team deliver predictable, high-quality results.
How does Design Assist support RFIs and submittal packages?
We prepare professional RFIs that clarify missing or conflicting information in the project documents. We also help compile organized submittal packages so your team can communicate clearly with general contractors, engineers, or clients—keeping the project moving without delays.
Can Design Assist help with fixture and tooling design?
Yes. We create custom weld fixtures, tooling layouts, and alignment jigs based on your shop’s workflow. The goal is to reduce setup time, improve precision, and make your fabrication process more consistent and repeatable.
What type of field measurement or retrofit assistance do you offer?
We help gather and interpret real-world measurements to ensure the updated designs fit existing structures accurately. Whether it’s retrofit coordination or resolving site conflicts, our field-based adjustments help eliminate installation issues.
How does Design Assist support RFIs and submittal packages?
We prepare professional RFIs that clarify missing or conflicting information in the project documents. We also help compile organized submittal packages so your team can communicate clearly with general contractors, engineers, or clients—keeping the project moving without delays.
DESIGN ASSIST
Manufacturing engineer or experienced designer.
Fixture & Tool Design – Designing reusable setups to improve fit-up and consistency.
Design for Manufacturability – Reducing cost with value engineered designs, creating procurement & fabrication efficiencies.
Tooling and Handling Equipment Design – Lifting beams, spreader beams and lift planning.
RFI and Submittal Package Support – Technical responses for contractor or fabricator questions.
Field Measurement and Retrofit Coordination – Working with on-site teams to verify existing conditions.
Shop Drawing Review & Coordination – Acting as a liaison between fabricator, detailer, and end client.
Connection Detailing per AISC or AWS Guidance – Baseplates, clip angles, tabs, and built-up sections.
DESIGN ASSIST PLAN
Choose the package that best fits your needs
Base Rate
Choose the amount of hours
5% OFF
10% OFF
DESIGN ASSIST
Manufacturing engineer or experienced designer.
Fixture & Tool Design – Designing reusable setups to improve fit-up and consistency.
Design for Manufacturability – Reducing cost with value engineered designs, creating procurement & fabrication efficiencies.
Tooling and Handling Equipment Design – Lifting beams, spreader beams and lift planning.
RFI and Submittal Package Support – Technical responses for contractor or fabricator questions.
Field Measurement and Retrofit Coordination – Working with on-site teams to verify existing conditions.
Shop Drawing Review & Coordination – Acting as a liaison between fabricator, detailer, and end client.
Connection Detailing per AISC or AWS Guidance – Baseplates, clip angles, tabs, and built-up sections.
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