California Erectors (CEI) is an AISC Advanced Certified Steel Erector formed in 1964. The mission of the founders and shared by subsequent shareholders is to be the premier steel erector in California.
CEI is a privately held corporation licensed in California. CEI has a wide range of experience that enables us to handle any project involving structural steel and miscellaneous iron in the most efficient way. Throughout our history, CEI has safely and successfully installed over a 1,000 projects which had millions of bolts and weld metal. As a result, Cal Erectors has received numerous awards for safety, performance and professionalism from owners, general contractors and within our industry.
We pride ourselves in recruiting and consistently retaining the industry’s finest talent as part of our team. In an industry known to have high turnover rates for field positions, we have managed to differentiate ourselves by retaining almost 100% of our core group since 1999.
All employees at CEI, most with 15 to 20 years’ experience, take pride in the high quality of our work and are ready to apply our expertise to your next project. At Cal Erectors,
“we say what we do and do what we say.”
To help us meet this guiding principle, California Erectors is committed to extensive training of employees and supervision. It starts with ownership that is committed to Safety and Quality. At CEI, we empower employees using the correct equipment with specific expectations to complete the job safely and efficiently without sacrificing quality.
Our Superintendents facilitate weekly safety tailgates at a minimum and they are specific to steel construction. We also do job site specific training identifying and eliminating the specific issues on that job site. Issues and solutions that benefit the entire organization are distributed and shared with the entire workforce.
California Erectors has also adopted and implemented a Drug-Free Workplace Program which includes random testing. This was done with full cooperation of local unions.
California Erectors utilizes an outside consultant to review and supplement our efforts. Jobsite audits are done frequently by our Safety Manager and we request our insurance company to audit the jobsites to provide a different perspective. All of this is done with the full support of ownership including review of performance from the apprentice to ownership. These efforts have resulted in behavioral changes such as implementing 100% tie off above 6 feet on all jobsites.
We work with a variety of clients on very diverse projects. Whether it be design build or competitive bid projects, California Erectors has a staff of qualified Estimators, Project Managers, Certified Welding Inspectors (CWI’s) and Registered Professional Engineers ready to meet your needs.
Our field workforce is highly trained including D1.8 certified welders (Seismic Structural Welding Code). Projects include airport/train terminals, auditoriums, bridges, air craft hangers, high rise buildings/structures, hospitals, hotels, manufacturing facilities, office/retail buildings, schools, stadiums and a variety of other types of steel structures such as retrofits.
10-Story Office Building, 681,000 Sq.Ft, 7,223 Tons
Location: San Jose, CA
Completed in 2014
707-746-0752
Monday – Friday: 8am to 4:30pm