Schuff Steel

The historic restoration of the iconic Hangar 1 at Moffett Federal Airfield was recently completed, and Schuff Steel is proud to have been part of it. ✈️✨

Schuff Steel fabricated and erected 165 tons of retrofit steel to reinforce the structure while preserving as much of the original historical frame as possible. Working with historic materials and complex geometry, our team had to innovate at every turn, and nearly all structural components ended up requiring field fabrication as a result.

Our scope:
📋 Project Management
⚙️ Steel Detailing
👷 Steel Fabrication
🏗️ Steel Er****on
📐 BIM
🦺 Design-Assist

This project achieved a major safety milestone: over one million safe working hours across all trades with zero lost-time injuries. Schuff Steel’s Union Ironworkers from Locals 377 & 378 completed 100,000+ of those hours, performing complex ironwork at height inside a historic structure without a single lost-time incident. 🔩💪

Congratulations to the entire Schuff Steel team for their contributions to the restoration of this incredible aviation landmark. 🎉👷

PROJECT TEAM:
Owner: Planetary Ventures / Google
General Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.
Structural Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers
Architect: HDR

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🏗️👷 Introducing Jeffrey Krieg, AKA "Red Dog," a Maintenance Mechanic at Schuff Steel and a true living legend of the craft! With 45 years at Schuff Steel, Jeffrey embodies everything our 50th Anniversary celebration is about: dedication, craftsmanship, and taking pride in the work.

Jeffrey has done it all at Schuff Steel. Starting as a general laborer, he worked his way through welder, welder/fitter, and team leader before landing in his current role keeping our welding machines and cranes running. There truly is never a dull moment.

🏆 Some of his most memorable projects: Jeffrey's hands have helped build some of Schuff Steel's most iconic structures. The MGM Grand, the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas, and Chase Field (formerly Bank One Ballpark) to name a few. At Chase Field, his team fabricated massive trusses that to this day remain one of the most impressive feats of steel fabrication he's been a part of. As Jeffrey puts it, 'It's still standing, welded with my own hands.'

💡What keeps him coming back? You can't do what we do at Schuff Steel anywhere else. For Jeffrey, it has always been about the craft and taking real pride in the work, building things that stand the test of time.

🔩 Advice for those just starting out: "Come here, dig in, and actually learn the trade. Take pride in what you're doing. Don't just make it a paycheck."

🪡 Outside of work: When he's not on the shop floor, Jeffrey is working with his hands in a different way, doing upholstery on everything from couches to cars, and spending time camping and fishing. A craftsman through and through! 🎣🏕️

👏Thank you, Jeffrey, for 45 years of dedication, craftsmanship, and pride in the work at Schuff Steel. Here's to 50 years of Schuff Steel and many more! 🎉

Recently, our Stockton team attended a Healthy Conflict Training event hosted by IMPACT - Ironworker Management Progressive Action Cooperative Trust alongside teammates from our Pacific Northwest, Utah, and San Diego offices.

The session was designed to shift perspectives on conflict, emphasizing critical elements for team cohesiveness, team development, customer management, and individual personal growth.

The best part… the Stockton team became the first team ever to complete the building challenge! 🎉 It was competitive, a ton of fun, and a moment we're really proud of.

Great work, team! 💪

🏗️👷 Introducing Hobby Nelson, our Shop Trainer and Team Leader at Schuff Steel, a passionate builder and dedicated mentor who has spent 32 years helping make Schuff Steel what it is today, and whose decades of steel fabrication experience are shaping the next generation of craftsmen on our shop floor! Hobby works at our Phoenix shop, Schuff’s very first fabrication shop, and he is exactly the kind of person who represents the heart and soul of our company as we celebrate our 50th Anniversary.

🔧📋 As a Shop Trainer and Team Leader, Hobby leads classroom training programs that cover everything from industry processes, sequencing, bundling, and tracking, all the way to the most important thing: safety. Then he takes it to the floor, where he draws on years of hands-on fabrication experience to show new team members exactly how it's done.

🔧 What he loves most about his job: It's a passion, plain and simple. Hobby has always loved building things and at Schuff Steel, he gets to do that every single day while passing that same love for the craft on to others. Here at Schuff, some of what we do is experimental by nature. We figure it out as we go, and we always build to code, no shortcuts. When you walk away from it, you're proud of it.

🏆 Some of his favorite Schuff projects: Hobby's resume speaks for itself, including the Eiffel Tower at Paris Las Vegas, a 50-story replica of the Parisian landmark; the Wilshire Grand Center, the tallest building on the West Coast; the Loma Linda University Medical Center, a 2.5-year mega project located in a seismic region; and Chase Field with its retractable roof, just to name a few. 🏙️🏗️

💡 What keeps him motivated? The pride that comes from doing things the right way. Every project, every beam, every column, built to last and built to code. That sense of craftsmanship and purpose is what gets him going every day.

🔩 Advice for those just starting out: "Give 100% and you're going to go somewhere. Show up, show like you care, and have a positive attitude, because attitude is everything in life."

🎣 Outside of work: When he's not on our shop floor, Hobby is out in nature, fishing every Monday and hunting with his son on the weekends. Both of his kids are hugely successful, and he's rightfully proud of the family he's built alongside the steel structures that define his career. 🦌🎣

Thank you, Hobby, for your 32 years of dedication to Schuff Steel and the investment you make in every person who comes through your classroom. Here's to 50 years of Schuff Steel and many more! 👏🎉