SDS/2 · Steel Detailing · Est. 2020

Stairs are not a side job.
They’re the specialty.

Digital Steel details the complex geometry most shops dread — monumental stairs, switchbacks, curved runs, rails, ladders, misc steel. Clean SDS/2 models, low RFI volume, fixed-fee quotes. No hand-holding required.

01 / What we detail

The packages that crowd your pipeline. Off your plate.

Beam-and-column detailing is becoming a commodity. Stairs aren’t. Complex geometry still takes judgment — that’s the work we take on.

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The core of the shop

Stairs — every configuration

Monumental stairs, switchbacks, scissor stairs, curved and circular runs, straight egress, exterior steel stairs. Stringers, treads, risers, landings, and every connection in between — modeled clean so your shop floor never has to interpret.

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Handrails & guardrails

Pipe rail, bar rail, picket and cable infill. Code-compliant geometry, clean welded details, splice and mounting layouts.

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Ladders & access

Ship ladders, fixed access ladders, cages, roof access, equipment platforms. Anchorage and tie-back details included.

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Miscellaneous steel

Bollards, lintels, embeds, posts, frames, miscellaneous structural support. The “everything else” package that bogs down in-house detailing rooms.

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Connection engineering coordination

Stair and connection calcs coordinated through our licensed engineering partner — stamped calculations available when your project requires them.

02 / The work

Geometry a configurator can’t generate.

Most of our work is schools, municipal, and commercial buildings — projects with documentation discipline and zero tolerance for field surprises.

School / Municipal

Multi-story egress stair towers

Full-height stair packages — flights, landings, rails, and embeds coordinated floor to floor across the tower.

Commercial

Curved & monumental stairs

Architecturally exposed work where the connections show. Rolled stringers, faceted rails, geometry that has to land within a sixteenth.

Industrial

Access ladders & platforms

Ship ladders, caged ladders, equipment platforms with bar grating — OSHA-compliant details, anchored and tied back.

Want to see something closer to your shop’s typical work? Send a project description and we’ll share relevant model views.

03 / How we work

Senior-detailer output. Outside resource.

Built for fabricators who don’t want a learning curve — or a project manager between them and the person doing the work.

Software
SDS/2 primary. Bluebeam and Procore workflows; AutoCAD and Revit interoperability for incoming backgrounds.
Deliverables
Approval drawings, E-sheets, IFC models, CNC files, KSS files. Gather sheets, bill of material, anchor bolt plans — confirmed per project at kickoff.
Project types
School, municipal, commercial. Public-sector experience with the documentation discipline those projects demand.
RFI discipline
Front-loaded. Unknowns get flagged in the first review pass — with the scope impact called out — not midway through fabrication.
Engineering
Connection calcs coordinated through a licensed engineering partner; stamped calculations available when the EOR requires them.
Pricing
Fixed fee per package, quoted up front. Small packages billed at completion; larger packages on a simple 50/50 milestone schedule.
Turnaround
Quoted and held. If a date moves, you hear it from us before the deadline — not after.
04 / About

One detailer. One inbox. No subcontracting.

Digital Steel LLC is owned and operated by Justin Temple from Angel Fire, New Mexico — working with fabricators nationally. Every model on every project is built by the same person who answered your first email.

The shop is small on purpose. No handoffs between detailers, no quality drift between projects, no junior staff learning on your job. It’s how the turnaround stays predictable and the communication stays direct.

While AI tooling commoditizes beam-and-column work, stairs still demand judgment — reading the architect’s intent, catching the conflict before it’s steel, knowing what the shop floor actually needs. That judgment is the product.

100+
Stair packages detailed
SDS/2
Native platform
2020
Established
USA
100% U.S. based

We’re not for everyone.

If you need a pre-fab stair shipped to a job site, a catalog company will serve you better. If you need offshore volume detailing at the lowest hourly rate, that market exists too. We do custom commercial stair and misc steel packages that need judgment — and we do them for fabricators who’ve been burned before.

05 / Contact

Have a stair package on your plate?

Send drawings, scope notes, or just a question. You’ll get a fixed-fee quote and a target turnaround — not a sales call.

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Send the package

Scope notes, a drawing set, or just the job name and stair count — whatever you have.

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Fixed-fee quote

Price and target turnaround inside one business day. No sales call, no follow-up sequence.

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Modeling starts

You talk directly to the detailer doing the work — from first reply to final deliverable.

LocationAngel Fire, NM · serving nationally
HoursMon–Fri · Mountain Time

First response inside one business day. No gatekeeping, no “call for details.”

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