Process

Five stages from drawing
to handover.

Every bespoke staircase we make moves through the same five stages. Each one is signed off in writing before the next begins — that's how we keep site work predictable and decisions reversible while they're still cheap to reverse.

Site survey & templates

We arrive on site with 3D scanning equipment and physical templates. The opening, the structural slab edges, the finished floor level, the wall conditions — everything is captured to ±1mm before we touch a drawing.

3D laser scan of the staircase void
Physical templates for non-standard openings
FFL datum marked and photographed
Site survey report issued to architect within 5 days

3D laser scanner on tripod surveying a staircase void on site, operator reviewing the point-cloud on a tablet

3D model & engineering review

The survey data becomes a full 3D model of the staircase — every stringer plate, every tread, every fixing detail. The model is shared with the architect for design coordination, and our in-house structural engineering team verifies every connection under domestic and commercial load cases.

Full BIM-compatible 3D model (IFC export available)
Up to two non-principal design revisions included
Structural calculations against UAE / Dubai Building Code
Architect approval gate before fabrication drawings

3D engineering model of a multi-storey helical staircase

3D model of a helical staircase shared with the architect

Fabrication drawings

Once the 3D model is approved, we issue a full fabrication drawings set: stringer geometry sheets, tread schedules, connection details, glass cutting list with curve radii, handrail and balustrade fixing details. Cross-referenced to the model so the workshop can build directly from it.

Full fabrication drawings set, sealed
Glass cutting list with bend radii and edge work
Connection details for every fixing
Issued to client and workshop simultaneously

CAworks staircase fabrication drawing — plan and elevation

CAworks CNC cutting sheet — all parts laid out with laser-mark bend notes

Workshop fabrication

Steel stringers are 3D-bent and laser-cut to the geometry. Treads are plasma-cut to shape, edges deburred and joints polished. The full staircase is dry-assembled in our workshop before disassembly for shipping — every connection trial-fitted under our supervision.

3D-bend laser-cut S275 stringers, polished joints
Plasma-cut treads, deburred
Full dry-assembly trial-fit in workshop
Daily progress logs with photo documentation

Staircase fabrication workshop scene with welding sparks

Site installation & handover

The staircase is delivered to site in pre-assembled segments. Our installation team rigs, sets out, levels and connects the staircase, fits the glass balustrade panels into channels, installs the handrail, snags the work, and hands over with a full installation log and operations & maintenance package.