Founded in 1984 by two structural engineers, STS Steel fabricates structural steel and plate for complex buildings, bridges, hydraulic structures and other demanding projects. The Schenectady company works from a 62,000-square-foot former American Locomotive Company heavy-fabrication shop and has grown to more than 60 employees, shipping pieces that require substantial lifting capacity and exacting tolerances. STS became 100% employee-owned through an ESOP established in 2009 and holds AISC certifications covering building structures, advanced bridges and hydraulic steel structures.
AISC Steel Building Structures (BU)
AISC Advanced Bridge (ABR)
AISC Hydraulic Steel Structures
AISC Fracture Critical Endorsement (FCE)
AISC Sophisticated Paint Endorsement (SPE)
SSPC QP3
OSHA and New York State Department of Labor SHARP
Compliance program
AISC Member
Registration
100% Employee Owned ESOP
Compliance program
AISCBU
Quality certification
AISCFCE
Quality certification
OSHASHARP
Quality certification
Stewart-Amos Steel, IncFounded in 1976 after its executives acquired the former Goetze Welding Company, Stewart-Amos Steel fabricates structural steel for commercial, industrial, and institutional buildings and other structures. Its Harrisburg shop has completed projects as large as 9,100 tons and $25 million under a single contract, and the company has been an AISC Certified Fabricator since 1994.HARRISBURG, PA
Jeffords Steel and Engineering CompanyFounded by Larry and Judy Jeffords in Plattsburgh the day after their 1985 wedding, Jeffords Steel and Engineering Company is a family-owned fabricator of structural and miscellaneous steel for construction projects across the Northeast. The company has grown from a 30-by-30-foot rental shop into two New York facilities spanning more than 100,000 square feet and employing over 100 people, while keeping design-build and engineering capabilities in-house. Jeffords has been an AISC-certified fabricator since 2000 and is also an AWS Certified Fabricator Facility.PLATTSBURGH, NY
Tygart SteelFrom its McKeesport plant, Tygart Steel turns prime and non-prime steel plate into fabricated components such as counterweights and custom weldments. The division has supplied plate products for more than 60 years and is part of M. Glosser & Sons, a family-owned business founded in 1899 and now 100% employee-owned. Its 100,000-square-foot facility and ISO 9001:2015 certification support plate fabrication for material handling, construction, and other industrial applications.MCKEESPORT, PA
Lexicon, IncStarted by Tom Schueck in a Little Rock garage in 1968, Lexicon has grown into an employee-owned construction and fabrication company that builds structural steel and complex industrial structures across the United States and around the globe. Its Prospect Steel division operates more than 400,000 square feet of fabrication facilities and four robotic lines producing over 100,000 tons of structural steel annually. Today, Lexicon’s more than 2,000 employees also support industrial construction, plant maintenance, energy facilities and golf-course construction through a family of specialized companies.HARRISBURG, PA