Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc.

SUB-FABRICATION QUESTIONNAIRE
Company Name   
Address  
Contact Name  
Phone  
Fax  
E-Mail  
Website  

 Facility
Total Facility (sq ft)  
Paint Department (sq ft)  
Number of Bays  
(list crane capacity of each bay)  
How much raw material  
storage is available?  
Fab / Prep Department (sq ft)  
Welding Department (sq ft)  

 Quality Control and Certification
Indicate your association with AISC    Active Member No Association
Certifications   Conventional Steel Building Structures
  Simple Steel Bridges
  Complex Steel Building Structures
  Paint Endorsement
  ISO
  Other 

 Production Control/ Operations 
Please provide an organizational  
chart of your company.  
Please provide an example of  
fabrication and delivery schedules  
used to manage projects.  
Bonding Capacity   
Identify procedures used in material   allocation, advanced bills of  
material, and job take-offs.  
Do you have CNC program capabilities?   Yes No
Do you employ a full-time  
CNC  Programmer?  		 Yes No
Number of CNC Programmers?  
Number of Project Managers  

 Equipment Capacity
  Drill Line Beam Line
  Angle Line Portable Punch
  Brake Press Camber Machine
  Shear Burning Table
  Saws  
  Crane / Capacity
  Wheelabrator/size
  Other: 

 Capacity Man Hours
Number of hours generated weekly  
Number of production employees  
Number of production shifts  
What percent of your total  
fabrication work is subcontracted  
work from other fabricators  

 Production Capabilities - Prep Processing
Number of material handlers  
Number of machine operators  
Fabrication expertise in   Trusses Columns
the production of    Plate  Beams
  Prep Parts Framing

 Weld/ Fabrication
Types of Weld Processes used?   FCAW GMAW
  SMAW 
  Other
Welders qualified to AWS D1.1   Yes No
WPS Written procedures used?   Yes No

 Finishing/ Shipping

 Paint
In-house paint capability    Yes No
Complex Steel   Yes No
Architectural Exposed   Yes No
Paint System Used  
Application of Alcid paints   Yes No
Epoxy paints   Yes No
Performance coatings   Yes No
Crane lifting capacity in paint division   (tons)  

 Blasting
Blasting capacity  
Automated recovery system   Yes No

 Shipping
Company owned fleet   Yes No
If owned size of fleet  
ICC authority   Yes No
  Other
Over-dimensional load capability  
If no fleet owned please indicate  
method of delivery   
Shipping and delivery of  
steel by rail system  		 Yes No

 Trade Reference
Are you interested in servicing  
Merrill Iron & Steel, Inc. in a  
subcontracting capacity  		 Yes No
Please provide listing of current and   completed projects with customer  
name, contact information.  
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