For Architects & Designers
ARC is the design studio of Bromley Steel, a Christchurch workshop with over thirty years of structural fabrication behind it. Bring us your details and we make the steel, engineered, finished and installed to your intent.
Why specify ARC
We work from your drawings and details, holding the proportions, junctions and tolerances you have designed. Nothing is trimmed to fit a standard range.
Structural pieces are engineered to New Zealand standards, with a PS3 producer statement from Bromley Steel provided where your consent requires one; the PS1 design statement comes from a Chartered Professional Engineer.
Stairs, balustrades and barriers are designed to the NZ Building Code, including F4 fall protection, so a piece is never beautiful but non-compliant.
Corten, matte blackened and raw waxed steel, or powder-coated in graphite, white or a custom colour in any shade. Request a physical sample set for your library.
From a single floating stair to a run of corten facade screens, the workshop scales from one-off pieces to commercial quantities.
We work alongside you and your builder, and we credit the practice on every project we publish. Your design, our fabrication.
Scope, clearly
ARC supplies the designed, engineered and finished steelwork. Staircase treads, masonry surrounds, gate automation, pergola roofing and consent are completed by your builder or a specialist. We coordinate these directly so your programme runs clean.
How we work
Send us your plans, sections and details, even early ones. We review for fabrication and feasibility.
We develop shop drawings to your intent and issue a firm fixed price before anything is cut.
Where needed, the piece is engineered by a Chartered Professional Engineer who prepares the PS1, and we provide a PS3 for our fabrication.
Cut, welded and finished by hand in the Christchurch workshop, to your chosen finish.
We deliver and install the steel, coordinating with the builder for treads, glass and surrounds.
Involve us at design stage for the cleanest result. Bespoke steel is made, not stocked, so early is best.
Specifier resources
A posted box of our steel and powdercoat finish swatches, plus a capability and finish guide for your sample drawer.
Request a sample packWorking on a project? Send the drawings and we will come back with feasibility and a price.
Start a projectBacked by Bromley Steel
ARC is the design studio of Bromley Steel, so every piece is backed by a commercial fabrication shop, certified welders and engineering sign-off. Beauty you can specify with confidence.