Piece marks, heat numbers, erection sequence and tonnage billing in one system.
Manage structural steel packages, detail drawing revisions and piece mark lists, with one numbered line per member. Mill test certificates are kept by heat, the mill’s cast number, alongside sawing, welding, shot blasting and zinc phosphate priming. Truck loading lists and the tonnage stage bill are produced from the same piece marks. Every column, rafter and purlin carries its revision and its heat. The shop builds from the current drawing, and site receives members in lift order.
- Sections, plate grades and stage names entered as your shop uses them
- Open packages, piece lists and vendor list migrated
- Edits to stages and loading rules made by GullySystem staff when asked
Structural steel fabricators keep packages, piece mark lists, drawing revisions, mill certificates, fabrication stages and dispatch in Structural Steel Fabricator Management Software, which GullySystem configures for the shop. Each member carries its drawing revision, its heat and its place in the erection sequence. Cleats and bolt sets are counted out, and stage bills follow fabricated and delivered tonnage.
What goes wrong before the software.
How the work flows through it, step by step.
- 1
Package and drawings
A building package is opened with its client, contract and general arrangement drawing set. Each shop drawing is stored with its revision letter and the date it was issued.
- 2
Piece list and material
Marks are listed with section, length and weight. The total steel by grade, such as S355 plate or beam and column sections, drives purchase orders to the stockist or rolling mill.
- 3
Receipt and heat records
Sections and plate arrive with mill test certificates. Each heat is booked in against its cast number, and the yard rack view shows which heats are on hand.
- 4
Fabrication
Marks pass through sawing, drilling on the beam line, fit up, welding and inspection. Each stage records who did it and when. Revisions flag marks already cut.
- 5
Surface treatment
Members go to shot blasting and priming, in house or at an outside yard, and return with coating thickness and paint batch recorded against each mark.
- 6
Loading and billing
Trucks are loaded to the erection sequence and the site’s receipt is compared with the delivery note. Stage bills are raised on the weights in the piece list.
What is inside.
Every module can be switched on, left out or changed to match how your team already works.
The business modules it is built from.
Each one is also available on its own, or inside a system built for you.
- Project Document Management
Shop drawings are held by revision letter and issue date, so a new issue shows which marks it changes and whether they are already cut.
- Bill of Materials
Every mark lists its section, length and weight, and the totals by grade and size drive the plate and sections to be ordered.
- Purchase Order Management
Orders for sections and plate are raised against a package and tracked until the cast arrives with its test certificate.
- Batch and Serial Tracking
A heat number is attached to each cut piece, so a beam opens its own certificate and a rejected cast leads to every member.
- Work Order Management
Each mark moves through sawing, fit up, welding and inspection as a work order, with the welder and date at every stage.
- Quality Control
Dimensional checks and ultrasonic weld tests are recorded against the mark, and a defect stays open until a named person closes it.
- Job Work Management
Members sent for blasting, hot dip galvanising or painting are tracked as job work, with the yard, the coating specification and the return date.
- Invoice Management
Stage bills are raised on the fabricated or delivered weight in the piece list, with the weight sheet kept behind each invoice.
How we would put it in.
Setup, data migration, integrations and anything built on top.
One system, each person sees their part.
For owners
See tonnes fabricated and delivered by package, revisions waiting for acknowledgement, and stage bills raised against what the client has paid.
For project managers
Watch each package by bay, release shop drawings to the floor and keep the site’s delivery request beside what the yard has ready to ship.
For the detailing and planning desk
Load piece lists, issue revision letters and see which marks they hit before the band saw has touched any steel.
For shop and yard supervisors
Mark pieces through each stage, assign heats from the rack and load trailers to the lift sequence the site engineer asked for.
For quality staff
Record weld inspections, match mill certificates to members and close non conformance reports with a named owner against each.
The numbers the owner asks for.
- Packages by tonnes fabricated, primed and delivered
- Marks at each fabrication stage, by bay
- Drawing revisions issued and marks affected
- Heat numbers on hand and the members they feed
- Shortages of cleats and bolt sets reported from site
- Stage bills raised, retention held and balances
- Galvanising and painting yards holding members, with dates due
Who this is built for.
- Fabricators of columns, rafters, purlins and trusses for factories and warehouses
- Shops that fabricate platforms, stairs, crane girders and pipe racks
- Firms that supply steel for commercial buildings and bridge elements
- Fabricators who also arrange blasting, painting and delivery
- Steel contractors who buy detailing and erection from others
When it is not the right choice.
- A small welder who makes gates and trusses to a customer’s sketch will find Welding Shop Management Software closer.
- Producers of sheet metal cabinets and housings will find Industrial Enclosure Manufacturer Management Software closer.
Adapted to your business before it goes live.
You are not handed a login and left to it. The product is set up around your records, your people and the tools you already use.
Works alongside
- Detailing software export
- SMS
- WhatsApp or other messaging
- Accounting export
Questions owners ask before a demo.
Does it replace our detailing package?
No. The detailer draws and produces the lists. This system holds the marks, revisions, heats and dispatch plan that follow from them. It never redraws a connection.
What happens when a drawing revision arrives after cutting?
Affected marks are flagged with their stage. The supervisor sees which are already sawn or primed and decides what to rework or scrap.
Can an inspector see the certificate for a single beam?
Yes, once cut pieces have been assigned to heats. The member’s record opens the mill certificate, and the same heat lists every other member cut from it.
How are trucks planned for the crane?
Each mark has a bay and lift number. The loading plan sorts by those numbers, and the trailer’s list shows what is missing from the sequence.
Are loose items handled?
Yes. Cleats, base plates and bolt sets are listed per connection. Each bag or crate has a number. The site’s receipt is checked against it.
Can it handle work done by outside blasting and painting yards?
Yes. Members go out with a note of the coating system, are tracked while away and are booked back with the coating thickness recorded.
How is tonnage worked out for billing?
Weights come from the piece list and the section tables you enter. Fabricated and delivered tonnage are kept apart, so each stage bill states which it is based on.
Can we move open packages across?
Yes. The planning desk imports piece lists, drawing registers and unpaid stage bills, then compares weights with the old sheets before the first live package.
Who owns our drawing and piece data?
You do. Before work begins, the quotation states the file format in which a package’s records can be exported.
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