Structural Steel Fabrication
Beams, columns, portal frames and retrofit steel detailed, fabricated and installed for residential and commercial builds across Melbourne.
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Melbourne metal fabrication
Steel that fits, first time
Structural steel, architectural metalwork, balustrades and gates for builders, contractors, architects and homeowners across Melbourne. Detailed, fabricated and installed from our workshop in Campbellfield.
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- Shop drawings issued for approval
- In-house fabrication and finishing
- Our own delivery and install crews
- Free measured quotes across Melbourne
Fabricating in Melbourne since 2009
We detail, fabricate, finish and install from a single workshop in Campbellfield — so the steel that arrives on site matches the drawings that were approved.
Shop drawings before we cut
Detailing issued for approval on every structural and architectural job, so clashes are found on paper.
One workshop, no subcontracting
Cutting, fabrication, finishing and load-out happen under one roof in Campbellfield.
$20M public liability
Certificate of currency issued with every commercial quote, alongside our WorkSafe cover.
Quotes in three business days
Most residential and light commercial enquiries are priced within three business days of a site measure.
What we fabricate
Six capabilities, one workshop
From engineered structural steel through to a single blackened steel handrail. The same detailing discipline applies to all of it.
Custom Gates & Fencing
Sliding and swing gates, automation-ready frames, security fencing and privacy screens fabricated to suit the fall, the frontage and the finish.
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Balustrades & Handrails
Steel, stainless and glass balustrades, stair handrails and compliant barriers detailed against the loading and gap requirements in your documentation.
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Architectural Metalwork
Exposed steel, screens, feature stairs, planters and bespoke fabrication produced to architectural tolerances and finished to a specified colour.
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On-Site Welding & Repairs
Mobile welding, structural repairs, modifications and make-good across metropolitan Melbourne, including after-hours attendance for operating sites.
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Commercial Fabrication
Repeat-run and packaged fabrication for builders and contractors — platforms, walkways, plant supports, bollards and fitout steel, delivered to program.
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Recent projects across Melbourne
Each of these had a constraint that shaped the fabrication — an operating tenant, a heritage facade, a stair that was already built.
BrunswickCommercial contractor
Warehouse office mezzanine, Brunswick
A 190 square metre structural mezzanine and access stair inserted into an operating warehouse, installed in three night shifts to keep the tenant trading.
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KewResidential builder
Blackened steel stair balustrade, Kew
A blackened mild steel and glass balustrade to a three-flight floating staircase, template-fitted to a stair that had already been built.
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Port MelbourneProperty developer
Industrial security gates, Port Melbourne
Six cantilever sliding gates and 140 metres of matching security fencing across a multi-tenancy industrial estate, all automation-ready.
View projectWhy Northline
What actually makes a fabrication job go smoothly
None of this is exotic. It is the difference between steel that goes up in a morning and steel that turns into three weeks of variations.
Detailing comes before fabrication
Our detailer models every structural and architectural job before a single section is cut. Shop drawings are issued for your approval, which means clashes with services, framing and cladding get resolved on paper rather than on site.
One point of contact from quote to handover
The person who prices your job manages it. You are not passed between an estimator, a workshop manager and an installer, and you are not chasing a subcontractor we have never worked with.
We measure for site reality
Slabs move, frames rack and heritage openings are rarely square. We check-measure on site before fabrication and detail in the tolerance and adjustment needed to make the steel fit the building you actually have.
Finishes are specified, not assumed
Hot-dip galvanising, powder coat colour, primer system and touch-up procedure are written into the quote. You know what turns up, and so does the painter following behind us.
Programmed around your build sequence
Deliveries are staged to match the trade sequence rather than dumped in one load. On multi-stage commercial work we hold finished items in the workshop until the site is ready for them.
Compliance paperwork included
Welder qualifications, material test certificates and inspection records are supplied as part of the job on commercial work, not produced weeks later when the building surveyor asks.
How we work
From enquiry to handover
Six stages, the same on a single lintel and on a multi-stage commercial package. The difference is scale, not process.
01
Enquiry and scope
Send drawings, sketches or photographs through the quote form. We confirm what is included, flag anything that looks unresolved, and tell you what else we need.
02
Site measure or drawing review
For residential and retrofit work we measure on site. For new commercial builds we work from the architectural and structural documentation and raise RFIs where the detail is unclear.
03
Fixed quote and program
You receive a written quote with inclusions, exclusions, finish specification, lead time and installation requirements. Nothing is priced as a provisional sum unless we say so.
04
Shop drawings and approval
We issue shop drawings for approval. Fabrication does not start until they are signed off, which protects both of us from expensive rework.
05
Fabrication and finishing
Cutting, forming, welding and assembly happen in the Campbellfield workshop. Galvanising and powder coating are booked in as part of the program, not as an afterthought.
06
Installation and handover
Our crews deliver and install, make good, and hand over the documentation package. Any defect items are listed and closed out before we invoice the final claim.
Who we work for
Two audiences, deliberately kept separate
A head contractor and a homeowner need different things from a fabricator. We do both, and we do not pretend they are the same job.
Commercial
Commercial and construction
We work as a subcontractor to builders and head contractors on fitouts, warehouses, schools, plant rooms and multi-residential projects, and we understand what that requires administratively as well as technically.
- Shop drawings, RFIs and inspection records issued through your document system
- Public liability and workers compensation certificates supplied at contract award
- Staged deliveries programmed against your construction sequence
- Site inductions, SWMS and JSAs completed before we arrive
- Progress claims submitted in line with the Security of Payment Act
Residential
Homeowners and residential builders
For renovations, new homes and one-off custom pieces we keep the process plain. You get a measured quote, a clear lead time, and a crew that turns up when we said we would.
- Free measured quote across metropolitan Melbourne
- Design input on gates, balustrades and screens before you commit
- Powder coat colour matched to your window frames or joinery
- Balustrades detailed to the barrier requirements in the building documentation
- Clean, protected installation in finished and occupied homes
What clients say
Feedback from builders, architects and homeowners
Comments from people who engaged us on the projects shown above.
The trial assembly in their workshop is what sold me. They found two cleat positions that would have meant drilling on site at 2am, and fixed them before the frame went to galvanising. We despatched every morning of that install.
Dean Whitfield
Project Manager, Harrowgate Fitouts
See the project in BrunswickOur stair was already built and it was not perfectly true. Northline templated the whole thing rather than working off the drawings, and absorbed the variation at the landings. Standing at the bottom you would never know.
Priya Raman
Director, Raman Constructions
See the project in KewI have specified perforated screening on a lot of projects and the panel joints usually give it away. They nested the pattern across the whole elevation and cut the panels out of it. That is not the standard approach and it is the reason it works.
Marcus Ellery
Associate Architect, Ellery Studio
See the project in FitzroyWhere we work
Servicing metropolitan Melbourne
Metropolitan Melbourne, and regional Victoria within roughly 90 minutes of the workshop.
Inner Melbourne
Eastern Suburbs
South East
Bayside
Western Suburbs
Request a quote
Send us the drawings, or just a photograph
Tell us what you need fabricated and we will come back with a written quote, a lead time and a clear list of what is included. Site measures across metropolitan Melbourne are free.
- Workshop
- Unit 6, 42 Hume Reserve Court
Campbellfield VIC 3061 - Phone
- (03) 5550 0142