COMMERCIAL SUBCONTRACTOR BRONX, NY

Commercial Metal Framing in the Bronx, NY

Panelized walls, composite floors and repetitive corridor framing for large Bronx multifamily and institutional buildings, floor after floor on schedule.

20+ years of experience
Quality work
On schedule

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Working in Bronx

The Bronx has some of the largest residential projects in New York City. Affordable and mixed-income housing has gone up along the Grand Concourse, in Mott Haven and Port Morris on the south end, around the Jerome Avenue corridor and in Melrose, often eight to fifteen stories or more with ground-floor community or retail space. Hospitals, schools and other institutional campuses add steady work across the borough.

These buildings are big and repetitive. Floor after floor carries the same unit layouts, the same corridors and the same wall types, which rewards a framing crew that sets a production rhythm early and keeps quality consistent from the second floor to the roof. Panelized load-bearing walls with composite floors are common, and so are long double-loaded corridors framed in light gauge steel.

Dos Santos Construction LLC has 20+ years of experience in commercial metal framing. We work for general contractors, developers and owners' reps from our base in Kenilworth, NJ, and our commitment on every floor is the same: correct, clean installation and a crew that keeps the pace the schedule needs.

Open web steel joists for a composite floor system on a multifamily building

Large footprints and a production pace

Bronx sites tend to have bigger footprints than Brooklyn or Manhattan infill, but they are still busy: tower cranes shared by several trades, hoists booked in time slots and deliveries that need to land around school zones and elevated train lines. We work our picks and deliveries into the GC's crane and hoist schedule rather than competing with other trades for them.

Affordable housing projects often come with documentation and site requirements set by the funding program and the GC, from daily reports to safety orientation. We follow the job's procedures and keep our paperwork in order so the GC is not chasing us.

Like the rest of the city, framing goes through NYC Department of Buildings inspections and the special inspections set by the design team. Cold, windy winter days on upper floors are part of the job, so we plan exterior and deck work around the weather and move to interior corridors when needed.

What we install in Bronx

Scopes we bring to Bronx projects

How we support Bronx projects

Reaching the Bronx from Kenilworth means crossing into the city every morning, so we plan travel and deliveries a day ahead and get our crew on the hoist schedule before the rush. Our foremen are used to big residential jobs where many trades share the same crane, hoist and floor space.

On a tall repetitive building, consistency is the quality measure. We set the layout standard on the first typical floor, check it on every floor after that and keep punch items from piling up, which keeps the GC's cycle on track all the way to the roof.

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Areas and landmarks we work around

Mott Haven
Port Morris
Melrose
Grand Concourse
Highbridge
Morrisania
Fordham
Hunts Point
Kingsbridge
Parkchester

Questions from Bronx GCs

Planning a job here? Read our Commercial and Multifamily Construction in the Bronx: Planning Steel, Panels, Floors and Framing.

We size the crew to the scope and schedule on each bid, and we tell the GC honestly what we can support. On repetitive buildings, a steady crew that learns the typical floor is often more productive than a large crew that keeps changing. We discuss the floor cycle the GC needs during bidding and staff to it, adjusting as the job moves from structure to interiors.

We set the standard on the first typical floor: layout, anchors, openings and corridor walls are checked with the GC before we move up. After that, each floor is checked against the same marks, and the foreman walks the floor with the super before releasing it to the next trade. Catching a layout issue on floor three is far cheaper than finding it on floor twelve.

Yes. Affordable housing jobs often have extra documentation and procedures set by the funding program and the GC, from sign-in and orientation to daily reports. We follow the requirements the GC lays out for the job, keep records current and get them to the project team on time. If a requirement is new to us, we ask before mobilizing.

That depends on the drawings, submittal and shop drawing approvals, and the GC's master schedule, especially on large buildings where the floor cycle drives everything. When the structure is ready and approvals are in, we confirm the start, crew and delivery plan with the super. Hoist and crane time are booked together with the GC so the first floor starts on a clean footing.