Steelhead Metal & Fab

What Steelhead Metal & Fab does

Steelhead Metal & Fab LLC is a private, founder-led structural steel fabricator founded in 1999 by Mike Kreitzberg and headquartered on a 5-acre campus at 3958 Boone Road SE, Salem, Oregon, with over 40,000 sq ft of production and administration space across four existing buildings and a fifth 7,200 sq ft facility under construction. The company engineers, fabricates, and delivers custom steel structures for five end markets: wireless/telecommunications (self-supporting towers, monopoles, and concealment structures such as water tanks, cupolas, monopines, and architectural features); transportation infrastructure (steel bridges, pedestrian railings, sign structures); utilities (substation structures and solar panel supports); industrial/marine (hoist towers, conveyor structures); and commercial/government construction (structural steel, miscellaneous metals, seismic retrofits).

The company's core technology platform combines in-house engineering and CAD detailing with Tekla Structures BIM software for 3D modeling and automated fabrication drawings, supported by an in-house QC/QA system and a methodology of fully pre-assembling structures at the Salem facility before shipping. Production capacity includes plasma cutting and a 10-ton overhead crane in the new facility, with demonstrated ability to deliver large one-off structures (e.g., a 154,000-pound FAA VOR structure delivered to remote Alaska and a 70-foot hoist tower with 300,000-pound lift capacity at the Columbia River Carbonates marine terminal). Certifications include AISC Simple Certified Bridge Fabricator (SBR) and Certified Building Fabricator (BU), City of Los Angeles Type 1 Fabricator, and approvals from dozens of state, county, and municipal agencies.

The business model is project-based custom fabrication sold through direct enterprise field sales led by owner Mike Kreitzberg, Sales Manager Damon Johnson, and Lead Estimator Paul Mary. Customers include the major US wireless carriers (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile), federal and state agencies (FAA, California Highway Patrol), regional general and mechanical contractors (JH Kelly, F&W Construction, Capstone Solutions, Mastec, North Ridge Wireless, TRLink Communications), and commercial/industrial owners (Columbia River Carbonates, Umpqua Bank, Elsinore Theater). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with project values ranging from the low hundreds of thousands of dollars to multi-million dollar contracts.

Name

Steelhead Metal & Fab

Legal name

Steelhead Metal & Fab LLC

Website

https://steelheadmetals.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Steelhead Metal & Fab is a private, founder-led structural steel fabricator founded in 1999 in Salem, Oregon, engineering and delivering custom towers, bridges, concealment structures, substations, and industrial steel structures for wireless carriers, government agencies, and contractors nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Salem

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom Steel Fabrication Projects: Project-based custom steel fabrication for communications, industrial, architectural, energy, and transportation applications. Revenue is generated through one-time project contracts for engineered steel structures including towers, concealment structures, bridges, conveyor structures, and substation structures.
2. Structural Steel Projects: Fabrication of structural steel including support columns, beams, frames, miscellaneous metals, stairs, elevator pits, canopies, catwalks for commercial and government projects.
3. Engineering and Detailing Services: In-house engineering, shop drawings, installation drawings, and CAD detailing services integrated with fabrication projects.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Steelhead Metal & Fab is a custom manufacturer of engineered steel structures for the wireless, transportation, energy, industrial, and commercial/government sectors. It designs, fabricates, pre-assembles, and delivers self-supporting towers, monopoles, concealment structures (cupolas, monopines, faux water tanks, rooftop cupolas), structural steel, miscellaneous metals, steel bridges, substation structures, solar panel supports, hoist towers, and conveyor structures from its Salem, Oregon facility. Projects are sold as one-time custom fabrication contracts to enterprise and government customers nationwide.

Product overview

Steelhead Metal & Fab is a national leader in design-to-destination engineered steel structures for communications, industrial, architectural, energy, and transportation applications. The company operates as a unified steel fabrication platform offering self-supporting towers, monopoles, and concealment structures (including water tanks, cupolas, monopines, and architectural features) for the wireless industry, along with structural steel projects, bridges, and utility substation structures for commercial, government, and energy sector clients. Their core differentiator is complete in-house engineering, pre-assembly at their Salem, Oregon facility, and logistics management for complex, remote installations. The portfolio spans communications infrastructure (wireless towers and concealment structures), transportation infrastructure (bridges, pedestrian railings, sign structures), utilities (substation structures, solar panel supports), and marine/industrial applications (hoist towers, conveyor structures).

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Self-Supporting Structures and Towers Custom-engineered four-leg and three-legged self-supporting towers designed to support multiple antennas, parabolic antennas with multiple azimuths, and three-sector cellular antenna arrays. Built to TIA, EIA, IBC, and other local design and building code standards for major wireless carriers and co-location providers.
• Monopole Structures Single-pole wireless structures with smaller footprints and foundations than self-supporting towers, ideal for tighter sites. Antenna supports can be mounted 360 degrees around the pole, and monopoles can be erected in as little as a day.
• Concealment Structures Custom wireless towers disguised to look like water tanks, church bell towers, clock towers, lookout towers, trees (monopines), church crosses, flag poles, light poles, or architectural features such as church steeples and cupolas. RF-transparent materials are integrated with structural steel so carriers can deploy antennas without compromising aesthetics or zoning requirements.
• Structural Steel Projects Detailed structural steel fabrication for commercial and government projects, including support columns, beams, frames, new construction, and seismic retro-fit work. Engagements include plan set review, shop drawings, RFI submissions, and onsite erection support, delivered as AISC Certified Building Fabricator (BU) work.
• Miscellaneous Metals Custom metal fabrication of pipe bollards, HVAC frames, catwalks, awnings, leveling plates, loading dock frames, door jambs and headers, plates, stairs, handrails, ladders, bracing, grating, embeds, and angle/beam lintels for commercial, government, and industrial projects.
• Steel Bridges AISC-certified bridge fabrication including steel bridges, inspection walkways, existing bridge reinforcing material, structural platforms, simple bridge trusses, rolled steel beams, pedestrian railings, overhead and cantilevered sign structures, and welded plate girders.
• Substation Structures Utility substation steel structures including arrester mount structures, bus structures, floodlight mounts, safety switch structures, static wire pole structures, station service structures, terminal structures, transformer supports, CCVT supports, insulator pedestals, multiple dead end towers, disconnect switch supports, and circuit switch supports, available in lattice, tubular, and wide-flange steel designs.
• Solar Panel Supports Custom-engineered support structures for solar panel installations, designed and fabricated for any location or style needed for renewable energy applications.
• Hoist Towers and Conveyor Structures Custom-fabricated industrial material-handling structures including pier-mounted hoist towers (e.g., 70-foot tall with 300,000-pound lift capacity) and marine terminal conveyor structures (e.g., 180-foot shoreline conveyors and 310-foot over-water gallery conveyors), delivered pre-assembled and sequenced for installation.
• In-House Engineering and Detailing Services Integrated in-house engineering, shop drawing, installation drawing, and CAD detailing services (including Tekla Structures BIM modeling) bundled with fabrication projects for wireless, transportation, utility, industrial, and commercial/government customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10%-15% labor and time savings for on-site teams due to quality fabrication and pre-assembly
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Tekla Structures (Trimble)coreTechnology or Integration · 15 September 2025Steelhead acquired Tekla Structures software from Trimble for steel detailing and BIM modeling. Tekla Structures is the premier platform for steel detailing due to its purpose-built features for construction including accurate 3D modeling, automated fabrication and erection drawings, efficient material management, and seamless integration with other systems. Steel design veteran Pedro Rodriguez joins to manage the steel design and detailing team, fluent in Tekla Structures.
• Capstone SolutionscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerStrategic partnership on significant concealed wireless projects. Capstone Solutions serves as wireless infrastructure solutions provider with Steelhead as fabricator. Long history demonstrating attention to detail, quality and QA/QC consistently results in 10%-15% labor and time savings for Capstone's on-site teams.
• F&W ConstructioncoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerF&W Construction is the general contractor for Alaska projects including FAA VOR sites. Relies on Steelhead for precision-fabricated structures delivered to remote locations where missing the boat is not an option. Quote: 'Few fabricators can successfully manage the complex detailing, quality fabrication and lead-time performance they consistently deliver.'
• JH KellycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of the largest industrial mechanical contractors in the Pacific Northwest. Steelhead has worked with JH Kelly on multiple projects including Nippon Dynawave Pulp Dryer and Columbia River Carbonates terminal. Quote: 'Steelhead has performed flawlessly on all the projects we've undertaken.'
• TRLink Communications (Terralink company)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership on concealed wireless water tank towers. TRLink is a Terralink company out of Carson City, NV. Quote: 'The value proposition in working with the Steelhead team is not just the quality of the structures they build, which are consistently superior; it's in their attention to detail, the quality of their communication, and their responsiveness.'
• Mastec Network SolutionsminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPrimary contractor for concealed wireless projects who observes pre-assembly at Steelhead's facility and coordinates installation.
• Solar Communications International (SCI)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLong-term partnership on wireless concealment structures with owners Rodger and Jennifer Smith. Cited as example of successful collaboration on complex projects.
• North Ridge WirelesscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerTurnkey wireless infrastructure contractor. Partnership on Ewing Young concealed wireless rooftop cupola project. Quote: 'Steelhead understands the construction process and they're incredibly proactive in their communication.'

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance6 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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