Arctic Directory October 2015: Anchorage company solves construction challenges

Anchorage steel fabrication company STEELFAB is finding solutions to the challenges of creating large shop buildings for new projects on the North Slope. These buildings are quite large - 30 feet wide by 50 feet long by 26 feet high - making transportation of the fully constructed structures difficult and costly. A fully integrated steel fabrication plant, STEELFAB utilizes an innovative design to construct the buildings in sections, which allows them to be stacked and transported more efficiently. Once they are on site, sections can be assembled into a completed building in just four days.

As STEELFAB President Richard Faulkner explains, “We do work that others can’t or won’t and we do it fast. Janet and I have owned the business for more than 25 years and we provide every aspect of steel work, from fabrication to painting to maintaining the largest inventory of steel in the state. We’re proud to be an Alaska company that can provide an excellent product with our experienced employees and small-business flexibility.”

STEELFAB has been busy this winter with a slate of projects that for Alaska’s oil and gas producers, including ConocoPhillips and Doyon Drilling, thanks to the passage of Senate Bill 21.

Owned by husband-and-wife team Richard and Janet Faulkner since 1989, STEELFAB is fully certified for steel work in the Arctic. STEELFAB specializes in projects like these and others needed on short turnaround.

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