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Light & Heavy Gauge Metal Framing in NY & NJ

Steel stud walls laid out accurately, framed straight and ready for board, from interior partitions to heavy gauge exterior and load-bearing walls.

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Metal stud framing is the trade most other trades measure themselves against. If the layout is off, doors, cabinets, ceilings and fixtures all fight it. We frame light gauge interior partitions and heavy gauge exterior and load-bearing walls on commercial, mixed-use and multifamily buildings across New York and New Jersey.

Light gauge studs are used for non-structural partitions, corridors, shaft walls and furring. Heavier gauges carry wind and axial loads in exterior walls, curtain wall backup and load-bearing walls, sized by the engineer of record. Our crews work in both, and we keep the walls straight, plumb and on layout so the drywall and finish trades can move fast.

Scope we install

  • Layout from the architectural and framing drawings
  • Light gauge interior partitions, corridors and demising walls
  • Shaft walls, furring and chase walls
  • Heavy gauge exterior walls and curtain wall backup framing
  • Load-bearing and braced walls per the engineer's details
  • Blocking, headers, deflection track and bracing as detailed

From our jobsites

Real work, real crews

X-braced steel stud wall framed in Mineola NY
X-braced steel stud wall framed in Mineola NY
Interior metal stud corridor framing in Mineola NY
Interior metal stud corridor framing in Mineola NY
Heavy gauge steel exterior wall framing on a multistory building
Heavy gauge steel exterior wall framing on a multistory building

How it works

How we run the work

A short, predictable sequence the GC can plan around.

01

Layout

Wall lines, openings and door locations are laid out on the floor from the drawings and checked before any track goes down.

02

Track and studs

Bottom and top track go in, then studs at the specified spacing and gauge, with deflection track where the design calls for it.

03

Openings, blocking, bracing

Headers, jambs, blocking for fixtures and bracing are installed so the wall is ready for MEP rough-in.

04

Ready for inspection and board

Walls are checked for plumb and line and handed over for rough-in inspections and drywall.

Straight walls save time later

Every hour spent shimming cabinets or fixing door frames comes back to the framing. We take layout seriously because it is cheaper to get right on day one than to fix during punch list.

Framing also controls when MEP rough-in and inspections can start. We sequence our crews with the GC so floors open up for the other trades in the order the schedule needs.

Where this goes in

  • Apartment corridors and unit demising walls
  • Office and retail tenant fit-outs
  • Exterior walls and parapets on mid-rise buildings
  • Rooftop additions and mechanical enclosures
Light gauge studs are thinner steel used mainly for non-structural interior walls. Heavy gauge studs are thicker and carry structural loads, such as wind on exterior walls or floor loads in load-bearing walls. The engineer of record specifies the gauge, size and spacing for each wall type, and we frame to it.
Yes. Our crews frame curved soffits, domes, circular medallion ceilings and other shapes in metal. Those details take more layout time, so tell us about them at bid time and we will price them properly.
Our focus is the steel: framing, joists, floor systems, structural steel and suspended ceiling systems. If drywall is part of the package you are pricing, tell us and we will let you know what we can include for that project.
We work across New York and New Jersey. Our crews have framed steel stud walls on projects in Brooklyn, interior corridors and braced walls in Mineola, and commercial jobs in Jersey City and East Brunswick, among others.