CAST CONNEX - the Making of Precision Cast Steel Nodes for Complex Structures

Your Vision in Freeform Structural Steel. CAST CONNEX provides design-build services for custom cast steel components. We specialize in the structural engineering of cast steel components for building and bridge structures. Our experience with steel castings for structural and architectural uses is unparalleled. Our areas of expertise include industrial design and 3-dimensional modeling, finite element stress analysis, steel connection design, casting detailing, steel casting manufacturing and technologies, destructive structural testing of full-scale cast steel components and structural assemblages, performance-based casting and non-destructive examination specification writing. We leverage steel casting manufacturing to offer our clients unparalleled opportunities for optimization and beauty in structural form. We’ll work with you to design your custom cast steel components to ensure that they provide the desired aesthetic, carry loads safely and efficiently, integrate with your structural steel framing, and are castable and economical. Cast steel nodes can provide improved structural performance characteristics in comparison to conventionally fabricated connections, including: enhanced strength, stiffness, fatigue performance, and improved quality. Castings also offer tighter tolerances than achievable using standard fabrication, which translates to improved fit-up and overall dimensional control for the structure. Given these advantages, when castings are leveraged appropriately and are well integrated into the project’s overall design, they offer overall project cost savings, risk reduction, and can dramatically improve the resilience and longevity of the structures in which they’re incorporated.