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Material procurement
Buy it here rather than freighting it across the country. Quoted against Pacific Northwest service centers and mills, and expedited to your sequence instead of a supplier's convenience.
Purchase orders can be issued on your accounts and in your name, or bought on ours and passed through at cost on the project invoice. Either way there is no hidden margin on the steel.
What this covers
- Regional buyout. Take-off reconciled against the drawings, then quoted to Pacific Northwest service centers and mills. Compared on delivered cost including cut lengths and freight, which is where shipping from a home-state supplier usually loses.
- Purchase orders. Written with the correct ASTM callouts. A992 wide flange, A572 grade 50, A36 plate, A500 hollow sections, F1554 anchor rods, F3125 high-strength bolts, with test report requirements stated on the order rather than chased afterward.
- Mill test reports. Collected on receipt and matched to heat numbers against what actually arrived. Where the contract carries domestic material provisions, melt-and-manufacture documentation is verified at order rather than at inspection.
- Expediting. Tracked against the dates on the order and against the erection sequence, and escalated while there is still time to react. This matters more when your project manager is two time zones away.
- Receiving and claims. Packing lists, weight tickets, and shortage or damage claims documented at delivery, while the claim is still good.
- Equipment and rentals. Lifts, welders, and rigging reserved locally, compared on delivered cost rather than day rate, with on-rent and off-rent dates confirmed in writing so nothing keeps billing after the work is done.
How it works
What you send
- Drawings or the advance bill of material
- The erection sequence and required delivery dates
- Any domestic material or sourcing requirements
- Your supplier accounts, if you want orders on them
What comes back
- A quote comparison on delivered cost
- Issued purchase orders and confirmed delivery dates
- A mill test report file matched heat by heat
- A delivery, expediting, and rental log
Pricing
Priced per scope, per project. You tell us the project and the date you need to start, and you get a fixed number back before anything begins. No retainer, and no percentage of your contract value.
The work goes out as yours. We are not named to the owner or the general contractor, we do not contact your customer as ourselves, and we hold no relationship with them.
Common questions
Should an out-of-state contractor buy steel locally for a Washington job?
Usually yes. Buying from Pacific Northwest service centers and mills is normally cheaper on delivered cost than freighting material across the country, and it shortens reaction time when the erection sequence changes. Delivered cost including cut lengths and freight is the comparison that matters, not list price.
Who holds the purchase orders?
Either party can. Purchase orders can be issued on the client's accounts and in the client's name, or bought on Gusset Group's accounts and passed through at cost on the project invoice. There is no margin taken on the steel in either arrangement.
What are mill test reports and why do they get chased?
A mill test report is the mill's certification of the chemical and mechanical properties of a heat of steel. On projects carrying special inspection or domestic material provisions, mill test reports have to be matched to the heat numbers actually delivered, and reconstructing that file after the fact is far harder than collecting it at receipt.
Tell us about the Washington project.
Where the job is, when you need to start, and what your company already has in place here.