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Fabricated from your measurements, drawings, and site conditions — not a stock part forced to fit.
Design-Build Fabrication is a service model combining engineering coordination and fabrication under one team.
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Send your specs, drawings, or photos and we'll get you a quote.
Rated 5.0 on Google for custom metal fabrication across Toronto and the GTA — grates, gates, bollards, and structural metalwork built to spec, delivered on time, and backed by our workmanship warranty.
Fabricated from your measurements, drawings, and site conditions — not a stock part forced to fit.
Heavy-duty steel and finishes chosen for the load, traffic, and environment on site.
Send specs, drawings, or photos and get a clear, buildable quote with no guesswork.
Installation and site work completed in accordance with Ontario requirements.
Design-Build Fabrication is a service model combining engineering coordination and fabrication under one team. In Peterborough, The Grate Guys makes design-build fabrication to spec: measured, built, and finished for the real conditions.
In Peterborough, design-build fabrication is typically needed for custom industrial, commercial, and infrastructure builds. The recurring drivers are streamlined design-to-fabrication delivery with single-team accountability — each Peterborough order is scoped to its own situation rather than a standard package.
What drives design-build fabrication in Peterborough (Peterborough County) is electrical and aerospace manufacturing, advanced manufacturing and machining, food and beverage processing, cleantech and electrical equipment, Trent-Severn Waterway tourism and marine. The work concentrates around Peterborough Airport business park, Park Street industrial area, Kawartha industrial lands, downtown commercial core. The area's anchors, including General Electric / GE legacy electrical works, Rolls-Royce Canada (aerospace components), Bryston, Flying Colours (aircraft completions at airport), Quaker/PepsiCo (food processing), Trent University and Fleming College, shape the kind of work Peterborough needs: load-rated, code-documented, and built for hard use.
Peterborough buildings vary widely — electrical and aerospace manufacturing, advanced manufacturing and machining, food and beverage processing, cleantech and electrical equipment, Trent-Severn Waterway tourism and marine — and the right design-build fabrication approach changes with each. The Grate Guys reads the property before it scopes the order.
Peterborough's manufacturing legacy runs from the historic GE electrical works to Rolls-Royce and aircraft-completion shops at the airport business park; metal-fab work spans heavy structural retrofits, machine guarding and crane rails inland, plus marine-grade railings and grating along the Otonabee and Trent-Severn lock system. Each Peterborough order is scoped around exactly those conditions, so nothing about the building or the neighbourhood is treated as a generic case.
In Peterborough, the work has to account for legacy heavy-industrial structural retrofit and crane systems, Otonabee River and Trent-Severn lock-side marine railings and grating, freeze-thaw corrosion on bridges and walkways, aerospace-grade fabrication tolerances at the airport. The Grate Guys sets the gauge, material, and finish for those exact conditions on every Peterborough order, working to the measured opening rather than a regional default.
Expect about 5-10 business days on a Peterborough design-build fabrication order: The Grate Guys quotes fast, fabricates to the measured spec, and delivers and installs it on site.
The Grate Guys works each Peterborough job methodically — measure the site, fabricate to the drawing, finish, and verify on install — no guesswork.
A typical Peterborough design-build fabrication order pairs the work with local conditions: custom industrial, commercial, and infrastructure builds around Peterborough Airport business park. The Grate Guys tailors each order to the situation and documents it for the file. The Grate Guys also serves nearby the surrounding area, so projects spanning the surrounding area stay with one team.
The Grate Guys fabricates each Peterborough order to a measured spec: the right gauge, the right steel, and a finish matched to the environment, with documentation that holds up to inspection.
Across Peterborough, owners call The Grate Guys for design-build fabrication for a simple reason: licensed, insured, and fully WSIB-covered work, 5-star-rated on Google, 5-10 business days, and a crew that actually knows Peterborough Airport business park, Park Street industrial area, Kawartha industrial lands, downtown commercial core and how local buildings fail.
From Peterborough Airport business park, Park Street industrial area, Kawartha industrial lands, downtown commercial core to the rest of Peterborough, The Grate Guys brings the same design-build fabrication response to every Peterborough neighbourhood.
Clean fabrication and a tidy install — coordinated with concrete, drainage, doors, and surrounding work, and completed to code where site work is in scope.
Put simply, Design-Build Fabrication is a service model combining engineering coordination and fabrication under one team. For Peterborough projects, it's made to order for the actual opening, not a catalogue part.
Yes — we respond across Peterborough and the surrounding area. Response time is 5-10 business days.
Across Peterborough — the work concentrates around Peterborough Airport business park, Park Street industrial area, Kawartha industrial lands, downtown commercial core, each job scoped to its own conditions.
Mostly electrical and aerospace manufacturing, advanced manufacturing and machining, food and beverage processing, cleantech and electrical equipment, Trent-Severn Waterway tourism and marine — The Grate Guys serves commercial, industrial, and institutional sites across Peterborough.
In Peterborough, the work accounts for legacy heavy-industrial structural retrofit and crane systems, Otonabee River and Trent-Severn lock-side marine railings and grating, freeze-thaw corrosion on bridges and walkways, aerospace-grade fabrication tolerances at the airport, so the gauge, material, and finish is matched to the site.
Engineered structural and service loads, chosen for the Peterborough job rather than a default.
The Grate Guys responds to Peterborough with 5-10 business days, covering Peterborough Airport business park, Park Street industrial area, Kawartha industrial lands, downtown commercial core and the surrounding area.
All of Peterborough — Peterborough Airport business park, Park Street industrial area, Kawartha industrial lands, downtown commercial core and the surrounding neighbourhoods — plus nearby the surrounding area.
Yes — The Grate Guys serves electrical and aerospace manufacturing, advanced manufacturing and machining, food and beverage processing, cleantech and electrical equipment, Trent-Severn Waterway tourism and marine across Peterborough, each scoped to its own building and use.
Cost depends on the size and complexity of the order, the materials, and the scope — The Grate Guys reviews the plans for each Peterborough project and provides a clear, documented quote.
Yes — The Grate Guys assesses Peterborough design-build fabrication on site and provides a documented scope before any work begins.
A 5-star Google rating, real knowledge of Peterborough — Peterborough Airport business park, Park Street industrial area, Kawartha industrial lands, downtown commercial core — 5-10 business days, work that is licensed, insured, and fully WSIB-covered, and full documentation on every order.
Yes. a 2-year warranty, and The Grate Guys is licensed, insured, and fully WSIB-covered on every Peterborough job.
Yes — The Grate Guys is 5-star-rated on Google, trusted by Peterborough property owners, managers, and contractors for documented, on-spec work.
Project-driven structural and plate steel, available raw, galvanized, or powder-coated per design — matched to the load and environment of each Peterborough site, not a fixed catalogue part.
Both — The Grate Guys fabricates the design-build fabrication, delivers it across Peterborough and the surrounding area, and installs it on site so it fits the opening; work for sites further out can be shipped with install coordinated.
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Custom grates, gates, bollards, and structural metalwork — fabricated and installed for contractors, property managers, and industrial sites.
Send photos, drawings, measurements, or a description. The Grate Guys can quote design-build fabrication for Peterborough — fabricated to spec, licensed, insured, and WSIB-covered.
Backed by our workmanship warranty — we stand behind every job · Licensed, Insured & WSIB-Registered
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The Grate Guys provides design-build fabrication — delivered and installed with quote-ready support across Toronto and surrounding Ontario communities.
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The Grate Guys has fabricated grates, gates, bollards, and structural metalwork for recognized brands, institutions, and property groups across Ontario.
