Protected steel components secured in a transport frame on a flatbed trailer.
After a structural steel order is signed, the buyer and manufacturer should turn the delivery process into a shared, checkable milestone list before production is scheduled. Zhonghengfeng’s September 17, 2026 source note identifies seven common stages to align.
Confirm information and materials before production
- Shop-drawing approval: confirm component drawings, connection details, material schedules and the change procedure. Freeze the relevant information or define the agreed change window.
- Incoming-material verification: keep heat or batch numbers, material certificates and any required incoming retest results traceable, including independent retesting where necessary.
- Production planning and cutting: schedule by area or batch and identify priority components on the critical path.
Verify the first work before expanding the batch
- First-component or first-segment acceptance: check the required dimensions, welds and holes before proceeding with batch production.
- Trial assembly where needed: verify complex connections or components subject to special size constraints before they leave the factory.
Agree factory release and receiving responsibilities
- Coating and factory inspection: confirm the specified surface-preparation grade, coating dry-film requirements, component identification, conformity records and packaging.
- Phased dispatch and receipt inspection: coordinate arrival windows with the receiving party’s lifting sequence, and define unloading and receipt-inspection responsibilities.
The seven stages are a planning checklist rather than a promise of fixed completion times. The actual tests, acceptance conditions, release authority and delivery dates belong in the project agreement.
Do not treat installation as an automatic supply obligation
Where site erection, final tightening of high-strength bolts or field-weld inspection lies outside the supply contract, the responsible parties and interfaces should be agreed separately. An order for fabricated steel does not by itself assign installation general-contracting duties to the supplier.
This guidance concerns the steel fabrication and supply interface. The contract and technical agreement determine the actual responsibilities; it does not offer EPC general contracting or assume responsibility for site installation.
Zhonghengfeng Construction Group Co., Ltd. identifies its manufacturing and processing base as Baotou, Inner Mongolia, China. The company can discuss the relevant fabrication and supply interfaces with buyers, with the scope of any preliminary technical discussion agreed separately.
Archive source: Zhonghengfeng’s original Chinese company article, published 17 September 2026.