Steel Portal Frame Fabricator in Reading
SV Steel is a steel portal frame fabricator for Reading and the Thames Valley. We fabricate columns, rafters, haunches, bracing and secondary steel to your engineer's design, to BS EN 1090-1, Execution Class 2 (EXC2), for industrial, business-park and plant buildings.
Steel Portal Frames for Reading projects
Reading anchors the Thames Valley corridor, and alongside the offices and data centres it is a steady market for industrial, business-park and plant buildings, which is where portal frames do their work. Clear spans, no internal columns and eaves set to the operation rather than the architecture. We fabricate the primary frame with its bolted haunch connections, plus the bracing, eaves beams, purlins and side rails.
Reading sits outside the London ULEZ beside the M4 with good road access, which makes it straightforward to move the longer primary members that portal frames need in full lengths rather than spliced for transport. We fabricate to your engineer's design under audited factory production control and deliver from our Denham works to the erection programme, erecting the frame too where you want one accountable team.
What we make
- Clear-span portal frames for warehouses, logistics sheds and industrial units
- Columns, rafters, haunches, eaves beams and apex connections
- Bracing, purlins, side rails and secondary steelwork
- Fabricated to your engineer's design, delivered and erected to programme
- Grade S355 steel, fabricated to BS EN 1090-1 Execution Class 2 (EXC2)
Steel portal frame specifications
| Frame type | Single-span and multi-span clear-span portal frames |
|---|---|
| Primary members | Columns and rafters (universal beams / built-up sections) with bolted haunch connections |
| Secondary steel | Bracing, eaves beams, purlins and side rails |
| Steel grade | S355 as standard; S275 where specified |
| Fabrication standard | BS EN 1090-1:2009+A1:2011, Execution Class 2 (EXC2), CE marked |
| Delivery | Fabricated at our Denham works; delivered and erected across London and the South East |
Steel Portal Frames in Reading: common questions
- Can you fabricate a portal frame for an industrial or business-park unit in Reading?
- Yes. We fabricate clear-span steel portal frames for industrial, business-park and plant buildings across Reading and the Thames Valley to BS EN 1090-1, Execution Class 2 (EXC2), including columns, rafters, haunches, bracing and secondary steel. Send your engineer's drawings for a free quote.
- Can you deliver full-length primary members to a Reading site?
- Reading sits outside the London ULEZ beside the M4 with good access for larger loads, so longer primary members can usually travel in full lengths. Access, craneage and any site constraints are worked into the delivery and lift plan.
- Do you erect portal frames in the Thames Valley as well as fabricate them?
- Yes. Fabrication and erection under one team keeps the frame on one programme with one point of accountability, working to a documented method statement and lift plan. Reading is a straightforward run from our Denham works.
Need steel portal frames in Reading?
Send your drawings or schedule and we'll come back with a fabrication quote.