Architectural fabrication · Sheffield

Someone has to make the drawing stand up.

That part is ours. Steel, bronze and aluminium for architects who would rather the detail survived contact with a building site.

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Fabricator welding a steel beam at Vantage Metalworks

01 — Full-pen butt weld02 — 254 UC primaryBay 3 / 06:40

32yrsOn the same yard

12mSingle-piece capacity

40tThrough the shop, monthly

14Staff. Nine on the floor

SHT 01Selected work2023 — 2024

Six we would
show you round

AllCommercialCulturalResidentialInfrastructure

Anodised aluminium cladding on a Manchester tower

Commercial / Manchester / 2024

Meridian Tower Cladding

Client: Halloway Architects
Material: Anodised aluminium
Finish: Bronze anodised, Class 2
Scope: 1 840 m² rainscreen
Programme: 22 weeks

Blackened mild steel helical staircase in a gallery

Cultural / London / 2024

Riverside Gallery Staircase

Client: Morrowfen Studio
Material: Blackened mild steel
Finish: Hot wax over gun blue
Scope: Three-storey helical
Programme: 16 weeks

Bronze and glass balustrade overlooking Edinburgh

Residential / Edinburgh / 2023

Nordic House Balustrades

Client: Fenn & Rowe
Material: Bronze and glass
Finish: Living patina, unsealed
Scope: 96 linear metres
Programme: 11 weeks

Commercial / Leeds / 2023

Studio M Reception Desk

Client: Calder Practice
Material: Brass and oak
Finish: Brushed, lacquered
Scope: Single 6.4 m piece
Programme: 9 weeks

Galvanised steel bridge balustrade in Bristol

Infrastructure / Bristol / 2023

Harbour Bridge Balustrade

Client: Sowerby Civil
Material: Galvanised steel
Finish: Hot-dip, 85 µm
Scope: 340 m, 42 bays
Programme: 19 weeks

Brushed stainless entrance and halo-lit architectural signage

Commercial / Birmingham / 2023

Apex Tower Signage

Client: Halloway Architects
Material: Brushed stainless
Finish: No.4 satin, halo lit
Scope: 4.2 m letterform
Programme: 7 weeks

SHT 02Materials & finishesIn-house

Six metals.
No favourites.

Corten will streak, bronze will go green, brass will darken where hands touch it. We will tell you which of those is a defect and which is the point, before you specify it.

Samples posted free / Any finish, any metal / Usually next day

SteelStructural & decorative

AluminiumExtrusion & sheet

BrassPolished & brushed

BronzeCast & fabricated

CortenWeathering steel

CopperSheet & mesh

Finishes: Hot-dip galvanised · Powder coat · Patination · Brushed · Mirror polish
We model in: Tekla Structures · Revit · SolidWorks · IFC in, IFC out
Plant: 5t overhead crane · 6m press brake · Fibre laser · Blast booth

SHT 03How it goesEnquiry → sign-off

Five stages, and
nobody hands it off

Enquiry

Send a drawing, a model, or a photo of a sketch. You get a feasibility view in five working days — what it takes to make, not a number we will move later.

Detailing

We model it in Tekla and issue for approval. Nothing gets cut until your name is on the drawing.

Fabrication

Made on Ironworks Yard. Photographed at every stage, so you see it before it leaves the floor.

Finishing

Galvanised, powder coated, patinated or polished in-house. No subcontracted surprises.

Install

Our own fixing teams, programmed with the main contractor, signed off on site by the person who drew it.

Typical programme — 6 to 10 weeks from approved drawingsFeasibility view in 5 working days

SHT 04The studioIronworks Yard, S9

One roof, and
nowhere to hide

Vantage started in a single unit on Ironworks Yard with two welders and a manual guillotine that is still in bay one, still working, still the thing we reach for when the laser is busy.

Thirty-two years on it is the same yard, four bays wider, and the same rule: whoever drew it is standing there when it goes up. It makes for honest drawings.

Workshop detail
image pending

Bay 3 — 254 UC primary, prepped for a full-penetration butt weld

They found the clash in our model before we did, and priced the fix instead of the argument.

Project architect — Halloway Architects
Meridian Tower Cladding, 2024

Arrived on the programmed day, in one piece, and fitted without a single site weld. Nobody believed me.

Site manager — Sowerby Civil
Harbour Bridge Balustrade, 2023

SHT 05Start somethingReply in 2 working days

Send a drawing. Or a photo of a napkin.

We have quoted off both. You get a feasibility view — what it takes to make it, where it will fight you, and what we would change.

Name

Jane Halloway

Practice

Halloway Architects

Project

Feature stair, blackened steel

Stage

Concept · Tender · Construction

Detail

Three storeys, open riser, 1:1 mock-up wanted…

Attach

PDF, DWG or IFC

Workshop: Unit 7, Ironworks Yard
Sheffield S9 2QL
Talk to a person: 0114 496 0182
studio@vantagemetalworks.example
Open: Mon–Thu 07:30–17:00
Fri 07:30–14:00
Visitors welcome, boots on