Brakewell

What Brakewell does

Brakewell Steel Fabricators, Inc. (founded 1969) is a privately held, project-based steel fabrication company operating from a 26,000 sq ft facility on 6 acres in Chester, NY, with approximately 45 employees, two 10-ton overhead cranes, and capabilities including CNC plasma burning, CNC punching, brake forming up to 1/2" thick x 20' long, plate rolling, and welding in carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. The company is AISC certified in three categories (Simple Bridge, Bridge Component, Steel Structures) maintained for over 10 years, with welders certified under AWS D1.1 and D1.5 standards, two AWS Certified Welding Inspectors on staff, and all welders NYS DOT certified; it also holds authorized fabricator status with NYS DOT, NYC DOT, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, and TBTA.

The company's commercial portfolio is organized around four core service lines: structural fabrication (AISC-certified steel structures and bridge components, canopies, temporary steel), stair fabrication (its flagship specialty, including shop-erected curved and monumental stairs delivered as complete units), miscellaneous weldments (tanks, column covers, cylinders, curved fencing, stage lighting yokes), and miscellaneous bending/brake work. Brakewell also stocks pre-fabricated stair carriers as a standardized catalog offering supplied to iron shops across the Northeast. Its project portfolio includes visible installations for Facebook Headquarters, Chanel, Trump Tower Manhattan, ESPN Sportzone Times Square, the Statue of Liberty, JFK Airport, Throgs Neck Bridge, Yankee Stadium, Harvard, Juilliard/Alice Tully Hall, and the Army West Point Gross Center.

Revenue is generated through project-based, quote-driven contracts awarded via direct enterprise sales, with each job run end-to-end by a single project manager from estimate through completion. The customer base is concentrated in the Northeast US and NYC metro area and spans government infrastructure agencies, commercial real estate and luxury retail, sports and entertainment venues, higher education, and media companies. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is negotiated per project on multi-year contract cycles typical of large-scale construction and infrastructure work.

Name

Brakewell

Legal name

Brakewell Steel Inc.

Website

https://brakewell.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1969

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Brakewell Steel Fabricators is a privately held, AISC-certified steel fabrication shop in Chester, NY, with ~45 employees serving Northeast government agencies, luxury commercial, sports, and education clients via custom structural steel, curved stair, weldment, and bending projects.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Steel Fabrication

NAICS

Plate Work Manufacturing (332313)

SIC

Fabricated Plate Work (Boiler Shops) (3443)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD), Welding, Fabrication & Field Machining Services (On-site) (IMAIACAD)

Keywords

• Steel fabrication services
• Structural steel fabrication
• Curved stair fabrication
• Bridge component manufacturing
• Custom metal welding

Headquarters

HQ city

Chester

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. Steel Fabrication Projects: One-time project-based fabrication services for structural steel, stairs, miscellaneous weldments, and bending. Revenue generated through individual project quotes and contracts, typically large-scale infrastructure or commercial construction projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Brakewell Steel Fabricators is a steel fabrication company that produces structural steel, curved and monumental stairs, miscellaneous weldments, and plate bending/brake forming services for enterprise and government clients in the Northeast US. Operating from a 26,000 sq ft facility in Chester, NY with 45 employees, the company delivers AISC-certified structural and bridge components, NYS DOT/NYCDOT/Port Authority/TBTA-authorized fabrication, and specialty curved stairs that are fully erected in-shop before shipping to ensure field fit.

Product overview

Brakewell Steel Fabricators is a steel fabrication company offering a unified portfolio of fabrication services centered on four core offerings: Structural Fabrication (AISC-certified steel structures and bridge work), Stair Fabrication (specialty curved and monumental stairs, their primary focus with over 50 years of experience), Miscellaneous Weldments (custom tanks, column covers, cylinders, curved fencing, stage lighting yokes), and Miscellaneous Bending/Brake Work (plate rolling, forming, and custom bending services). The company also stocks standard stair carriers for rapid supply. All services are delivered through a single service-oriented model with dedicated project managers handling each job from estimate through completion.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Fabricated hundreds of curved stairs for major clients including Facebook, Chanel, Trump Tower over 50 years
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers22 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• Lexicon Inc. Structural steel and miscellaneous metals fabricator serving industrial and commercial projects, with comparable AISC-certified capabilities. Operates in a different regional market than Brakewell.
• Havens Steel Company: Midwest US structural steel fabricator with AISC certifications serving commercial and infrastructure markets. Comparable product offering but operates in a different geography than Brakewell's Northeast focus.

Direct peers

• Berlin Steel Construction Company: Mid-Atlantic structural steel fabricator serving government, institutional, and commercial clients with AISC-certified bridges and steel structures. Directly comparable in size, certifications, and project mix to Brakewell.
• Koenig Iron Works: Long Island/NYC-area structural and miscellaneous metals fabricator serving commercial, institutional, and government clients. Comparable regional focus and project mix to Brakewell, including stairs and architectural metals.
• Crystal Steel Fabricators: Northeast US structural and miscellaneous steel fabricator with AISC certifications, serving similar infrastructure and commercial clients. Closely comparable size and scope to Brakewell.
• Monti Inc. Mid-Atlantic structural and miscellaneous metals fabricator specializing in stairs, railings, and structural steel for institutional and commercial projects. Comparable scale, regional focus, and product mix including curved/monumental stairs.
• High Steel Structures: Pennsylvania-based structural steel and bridge fabricator with AISC certifications, large-plate/weldment capabilities, and a long history of DOT and infrastructure work in the Northeast corridor. Direct overlap with Brakewell's structural and bridge business.
• Empire Steel Fabrication: Mid-size Northeast structural steel and miscellaneous metals fabricator with similar DOT and commercial customer base. Comparable service offerings and operational scale to Brakewell.

Broad incumbents

• Canam Steel Corporation: Large North American structural steel and steel joist manufacturer with extensive bridge and building fabrication capacity. Operates in the same AISC-certified structural steel space as Brakewell but at substantially greater scale and geographic reach.
• Cives Steel Company: Large diversified structural steel fabricator serving commercial, industrial, and infrastructure markets across North America. Operates in the same fabricated structural steel category as Brakewell but at much larger scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

Compliance11 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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