Steel plate girder spanning a highway on falsework, crawler crane alongside and a tractor-trailer passing beneath

Services

Certified Field Execution for Steel and Precast

High Structural Erectors provides certified field execution for bridge steel erection, bridge steel rehabilitation and repair, heat straightening and emergency bridge repair, precast bridge erection, precast parking structure erection, and precast architectural and structural wall panel erection. Our role is safe, schedule-driven field work, coordinated closely with general contractors, construction managers, engineers, owners, fabricators, precast suppliers and project teams. We specialize in the planning, coordination and execution of complex projects, delivering safe, precise and efficient solutions from preconstruction through final completion.

  • AISC Certified Erector with Bridge Endorsement
  • PCI Certified Erector, Categories A and S2
  • Licensed Professional Engineers on staff
  • Experienced ironworkers, foremen and superintendents
  • Self-performing in PA, NY, DE, MD and VA
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Night girder erection over a highway

Bridge Steel Erection Services

HSE provides bridge steel erection services for projects requiring experienced field crews, safe erection sequencing, crane coordination, and schedule-focused execution. Our crews support the installation of bridge steel, complex girder systems, staged construction work, and other bridge steel components requiring careful field planning and coordination with the project team.

  • Highway, rail, and pedestrian bridges
  • Complex girder systems and staged construction
  • Accelerated bridge construction (ABC)
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Curved steel girders set on a pier

Bridge Steel Rehabilitation & Repair Services

HSE supports bridge steel rehabilitation and repair projects involving damaged steel members, retrofit work, selective member replacement, constrained access, active traffic coordination, and schedule-sensitive field execution. Our work is focused on steel repair and rehabilitation, helping project teams extend the service life of bridge structures while maintaining safe and controlled field operations.

  • Controlled jacking and bearing replacement
  • Member repair, retrofit, and selective replacement or reinforcement
  • MOT-sensitive work around live traffic
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Girder lift during a bridge rehabilitation

Heat Straightening & Emergency Bridge Repair

HSE supports bridge steel heat straightening and emergency repair services involving damaged steel members from over-height bridge strikes, section replacement, and heat straightening supervision services, often requiring complex planning, owner and contractor coordination, and specialty training and execution. Our work aids bridge owners in the repair and extension of service life of their structures even after a significant impact.

  • Heat straightening repair of structural steel bridge members
  • Expertise and supervision for complex damage repair, for all owners
  • Structural steel member repair and selective section replacement
  • In-house engineering of repair design and safe procedures under live traffic
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HSE ironworker heat straightening a bridge girder over a live highway

Precast Bridge Erection

HSE provides precast bridge girder erection services for projects requiring experienced field crews, safe erection sequencing, crane coordination, and schedule-focused execution. Our crews support the installation of precast bridge girders, accelerated phased precast construction, and other precast components requiring careful field planning and coordination with the project team.

  • In-house engineering erection procedures and calculations
  • Delivery and site access assessments
  • Operating under the extreme time constraints of MOT coordination
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Precast Parking Structure Erection

HSE provides full-scope erection services for precast parking structures across the Mid-Atlantic. Specializations involve structures with complex architectural finishes, rigging support for critical lifts, site laydown analysis, delivery timing, traffic constraints, and field coordination.

  • In-house erection sequencing for every precast piece
  • Strong experience with complex parking structures and detailed architectural panels
  • Decades of experience in safe, efficient parking structure erection
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Architectural precast wave panels on a completed parking structure

Precast Architectural & Structural Wall Panel Erection

HSE supports precast erection projects involving architectural and structural precast cladding, including complex detailed architectural panels and large-panel installation. Projects often involve full-height panels, insulated wall panels, and high-detail architectural panels that require detailed rigging and lift planning.

  • Erection sequencing and lift plans for every piece to be erected
  • Flexibility with complex structures and high-detail architectural panels
  • In-house engineering of bracing design and safe procedures
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Precast wall panel erection
HSE at a glance

The field execution partner, what we bring to a project

Certified crews, in-house planning, and coordination with everyone who touches the structure, from the first lift plan to the last connection.

Certified field execution

AISC Certified Steel Erector w/ Bridge Endorsement; PCI A & S2.

Steel & precast erection crews

Experienced ironworkers, foremen and superintendents on our own payroll.

Bridge steel rehab & repair

Jacking, bearing and member replacement under live traffic.

Heat straightening & emergency repair

Impact-damaged girders, beams and columns, rapid response.

Precast field erection

Bridge beams, parking structures, wall panels and architectural cladding.

Lift planning & crane coordination

Lift planning, constrained access, multi-crane picks.

Erection sequencing & site access

Sequencing, crane access, delivery timing, laydown and MOT constraints.

Schedule-sensitive sequencing

Staged construction, night work and accelerated bridge construction.

Integrated with the project team

GCs, owners, engineers, fabricators and precast suppliers.

Can We Help?

Have a bridge, a precast structure or a damaged steel member that needs an experienced field crew?

Send the plans or piece schedule with the let or bid date, location and any staging or MOT constraints, a link to your plan room or ITB works.