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UKCA Approved to Execution Class 2 & 3

Specialists insteel fabrication& welding.

Stainless, aluminium and carbon steels, fabricated and welded in our 22,000 sq ft factory in Sheffield. Over 30 years of making it in Steel City.

Our capabilities
Machined serrated pads
Daver Serrated Solutions

Machined serrated pads & washers, laser cut in Sheffield

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Certified, audited and trusted across the UK

BCSA member Execution Class 3 SCCS UKAS BS EN 1090 70+ weld procedure qualifications SCCS UKAS ISO 9001 Components up to 7 tonnes & 13 m SCCS UKAS ISO 3834 UKCA marked fabrications BSSA member Made in Sheffield SME Climate Commitment Execution Class 3 70+ weld procedure qualifications Components up to 7 tonnes & 13 m UKCA marked fabrications Made in Sheffield
How we work

Partners in steel.

We enjoy forming manufacturing partnerships with our clients, using our experience and expertise to offer value-engineered solutions that ensure buildability, functionality and savings.

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Collaboration.

We don't design or install, but we interpret what you need, offer value-engineered advice and produce fabrication drawings for your approval.

  • Value engineering
  • Fabrication drawings
  • Free issue materials
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Innovation.

Over 70 weld procedure qualification records let us weld almost any material and geometric configuration, from S460 to Duplex and dissimilar metals.

  • S460 qualified
  • Duplex 2101 & 2205
  • In-house NDT
Our capabilities
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Automation.

Our Collaborative Welding Robot, the Cobot, works alongside our welders on repeat batches for consistent, programmed accuracy.

  • Improved lead times
  • Consistent quality
  • Small to medium batches
Meet the Cobot
Proudly Sheffield

3 decades of steel.

Daver Steels has been established for over 30 years. In that time we've delivered steel fabrication projects across the UK, from small bespoke fabrications to large-scale commercial and complex construction projects.

We're immensely proud to be based in Sheffield, and to play a part in the engineering and manufacturing industry that still remains here in Steel City.

  • All grades of steel, ferrous and non-ferrous
  • Aluminium, Duplex and Super Duplex alloys
  • Supplied nationally and overseas
About Daver Steels Download certificates
Daver Steels factory on Petre Street, Sheffield 395 Petre Street, Sheffield
EXC3

Approved to Execution Class 3Our Factory Production Control system is audited and approved by SCCS.

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Fabrication & services

Every process. One roof.

We offer most manufacturing processes in-house, and lean on a skilled local supply chain for galvanising, painting, powder coating, pickling, passivation and polishing.

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Materials

Any grade. Any shape.

Our buyers are meticulous, only purchasing CE / UKCA certified, high-quality steel of European origin from trusted mills and specialist stockholders. Pick a grade to see what we do with it.

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Stainless steel

316 Stainless

1.4401 · UNS S31600

Indicative guideline values only, not for design. Check with the appropriate standard.

Sectors

Built for construction. Trusted beyond it.

All of our work is bespoke and made to our clients' requirements, often across several phases of a development.

Fabricated stone support brackets Most requested

Windposts, parapet posts & brickwork supports

Stainless and carbon steel posts and support brackets, fixed with adjustable serrated connections we make in-house.

 Stainless steel frames

Exterior cladding

Components for stick curtain walling and stone façade systems, with all the ancillary fixings.

 Balustrade fabrication

Balustrades & handrailing

Architectural balustrading, often TIG welded for a neater profile, galvanised, powder-coated or polished.

 Frame at the galvanisers

Balconies

Cantilevered balcony base frames, made for offsite installation and speedy modular construction.

 Glulam brackets

Glulam & timber framing

Bespoke and standard connections in stainless and galvanised carbon steel, concealed or exposed.
Also supplying
Daver Serrated Solutions Ltd

Serrated solutions.

UK manufacturers of machined serrated square washers, pads and plates. Laser cut for quality and precision, in stainless steel, carbon steel and aluminium, with over ten years' experience behind every order.

Spec your pads & washers

Choose a grade and thickness to check it against our standard range.

Material grade
Thickness 6 mm
Serration pitch 3 mm × 1.5 mm deep
Profile 45°, machined not pressed
Adjustment 3 mm increments
Within our standard range for Carbon steel S355.
Serrated padsPads & washers Galvanised bracket with welded serrated padsApplications
Typical applications
  • Brickwork fixings
  • Bespoke brackets
  • Stonework fixings
  • Façade engineering
  • Secondary steelwork
  • Wind posts
  • Solar shading fixings
  • Timber engineering

Delivered to site or collected, and shipped to customers across the UK, Ireland, Europe, Australia, Canada and the Middle East.

Projects

Fresh off the shop floor.

“The value-engineering advice on our brickwork supports saved us time on site. Drawings came back fast and every bracket fitted first time.”
“EXC3, UKCA marked and properly documented. Daver are the fabricators we call when the spec is tight and the programme is tighter.”
“Repeat batches of glulam connections, all identical, all on time. The Cobot has made a real difference to their lead times.”
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Project ManagerFaçade contractor, London
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Welder at Daver Steels
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Environmental

Our road to net zero.

Daver Steels is proud to be one of the smallest companies holding BCSA membership. The industry has committed to Net Zero by 2050. We set ourselves a far more ambitious target: carbon neutral by 2030.

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EVFleet, including our electric Combilift C5000XLE
Our road to zero
Solar panels on the Daver Steels factory roof Generating our own power
50%

Of our electricity, made on siteA predicted annual average, also charging our growing EV fleet.

Our story

Made in Steel City.

From a Sheffield fabrication shop to a certified EXC3 fabricator with its own serrated manufacturing business, solar-powered factory and electric fleet.

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Environmental

550+ solar panels go live

The Daver Steels team outside the factory

Real people. Real steel.

A dedicated team with practical skills and technical expertise, and a real commitment to bringing apprentices and trainees into the industry.

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Lee StonesCommercial Director
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Rob ButtsProduction Director
News

From the factory floor.

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Projects

Aasta Hansteen

Fabrication and welding for a new balcony on the world's largest spar platform, in the Norwegian Sea. It's taller than the Eiffel Tower.

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Reclaimed mild steel sections
Environmental

Giving second life to steel

How free issue reclaimed sections are being fabricated, welded and put back to work on new projects.

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Welding Duplex stainless steel
Technical

Challenges of welding Duplex

What it takes to weld Duplex 2101 and 2205 to spec, and why the procedure matters as much as the welder.

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Got a drawing? Let's talk steel.

Send us your drawings and specification, and a member of the Daver Steels sales team will come back to you with a quote.

01142 611 999