The Stor-Con Company

What The Stor-Con Company does

The Stor-Con Company, Inc. is a privately held Texas corporation founded in 1977 that provides industrial steel detailing services for pre-engineered and structural metal buildings. Originally formed as a sales and project management company assisting overseas clients with turnkey building projects, the firm pivoted into industrial detailing in 1981 at client request and gradually shed its project management business after the mid-1980s oil industry downturn. The company maintains a staff of 10-20 industrial detailers, most with at least 10 years of tenure, and operates from Katy, Texas in the Houston metropolitan area.

The company's core offerings are two integrated services: a 2-D CAD detailing service built on MicroStation (used since 1992), AutoCAD, and Tekla; and a BIM 3-D modeling service built on Tekla Structures (used since 2007), which can produce models exportable to IFC, REVIT, and other formats and supports collaborative workflows through Trimble Connect for clash detection. Its differentiation lies in handling exceptionally complex projects — hangars with clearspans exceeding 600 feet, buildings up to 400 feet wide by 930 feet long, hip/valley roof conditions, and modified gambrel roofs — across verticals including aviation, entertainment/sports venues, petrochemical, food and beverage, government, and religious facilities. The firm maintains a full-time IT department and can adapt deliverables to client-specific proprietary CAD formats.

Commercially, Stor-Con operates as a B2B project-services firm with a direct sales motion targeting metal building manufacturers and commercial/industrial construction clients. Revenue is generated through one-time project fees for detailing engagements; pricing is not publicly disclosed and is presumed to be quote-based given the custom nature of each structure. Named enterprise customers include Cornerstone Building Brands, Metallic Building Company, Midwest Building Company, United Structures of America, American Buildings Company, and the Army Corps of Engineers. The company distributes through a personal direct-sales channel and is a member of industry associations including AISC, NISD, and MBMA, but has no disclosed external funding rounds, parent company, or acquisition history.

Name

The Stor-Con Company

Legal name

The Stor-Con Company, Inc.

Website

https://stor-con.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1977

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Stor-Con Company provides 2-D CAD and BIM 3-D industrial steel detailing services for pre-engineered and structural metal buildings, serving metal building manufacturers and commercial/industrial construction clients with a 10-20 person detailer team from Katy, Texas.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Structural Steel Detailing Services

NAICS

Prefabricated Metal Building and Component Manufacturing (332311), Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing (332312)

SIC

Fabricated Structural Metal Products (3440), Prefabricated Metal Buildings & Components (3448)

akta.pro primary industry

Structural Steel Fabrication (IMADACAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Steel Plate, Sections & Welded Assemblies (IMADACAD)

Keywords

• Steel detailing services
• Structural steel drafting
• BIM 3D modeling
• Metal building detailing
• Pre-engineered buildings

Headquarters

HQ city

Houston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Industrial Detailing Services: Project-based industrial detailing services for pre-engineered and structural metal buildings. Services include 2D CAD drawings and 3D BIM modeling. Revenue is generated through one-time project fees for detailing work.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Stor-Con Company provides industrial steel detailing services for pre-engineered and structural metal building projects, delivering 2D CAD drawings via MicroStation, AutoCAD, and Tekla, and 3D BIM models via Tekla Structures with export to IFC and REVIT formats. The firm supports large clearspan hangars (over 600 feet), large storage facilities (up to 400 feet wide by 930 feet long), and complex commercial, industrial, aviation, and government structures for metal building manufacturers, construction firms, and project developers.

Product overview

The Stor-Con Company provides industrial steel detailing services as a single unified offering rather than a modular platform. The core service comprises two integrated capabilities: 2-D CAD Service for two-dimensional detailing drawings, and BIM 3-D Modeling Service for three-dimensional structural modeling. These services work together to deliver complete steel construction documentation for pre-engineered metal buildings, structural projects, hangars, commercial facilities, and industrial complexes. The company maintains 10-20 industrial detailers on staff, serving the metal building industry with projects ranging from simple structures to complex clearspan facilities exceeding 600 feet.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Named customers11 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Metal Building Manufacturers Association (MBMA)minorOthersIndustry association membership providing access to metal building industry standards and resources.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• AECOM: Global infrastructure consulting firm with structural engineering and BIM service lines serving aviation, commercial, and industrial clients. Comparable because it engages in complex structural steel projects and uses the same BIM platforms Stor-Con uses, but offers a much broader portfolio of services.
• WSP: Global professional services firm with structural engineering and BIM capabilities serving commercial, industrial, and aviation projects. Comparable because it provides structural design and BIM services for complex steel buildings in markets overlapping with Stor-Con's customer base, though at vastly larger scale.
• Bechtel: Global engineering, construction, and project management firm with structural and steel detailing capabilities on large industrial and government projects. Comparable to Stor-Con in that it executes complex steel structures for industrial and government clients, but at a dramatically larger scale.
• Burns & McDonnell: Major US engineering, construction, and architecture firm headquartered in Kansas City with a strong Houston presence. Comparable to Stor-Con because it designs and delivers complex industrial and aviation facilities in the same Houston/regional market, including work that requires structural steel detailing.
• Walter P Moore: Large US structural engineering firm that provides structural design and engineering services for complex buildings and infrastructure. Comparable to Stor-Con because it also serves complex steel structure projects and operates in the structural steel design space, but at a much larger scale and with a broader portfolio.
• Thornton Tomasetti: Global engineering consultancy with structural engineering, BIM, and steel detailing-adjacent services. Comparable because it tackles large-span and complex steel structures and engages in BIM-based delivery, though its primary focus is engineering rather than dedicated detailing services.
• Haskell Company: US design-build firm with in-house structural engineering and steel detailing capabilities for industrial and commercial buildings. Comparable because it serves metal building and complex industrial projects end-to-end, including the detailing work Stor-Con specializes in, though as part of a broader EPC offering.

Others

• Bentley Systems: Provider of MicroStation, the CAD platform Stor-Con has used since 1992 for industrial detailing. It is a software enabler rather than a direct competitor, but is materially relevant given Stor-Con's long-term use of MicroStation and its ability to adapt drawings to client-specific CAD formats.
• Autodesk: Provider of AutoCAD and Revit, two core platforms used by Stor-Con for 2D CAD and BIM workflows. While not a direct competitor, Autodesk shapes the CAD/BIM ecosystem that Stor-Con operates within and is a critical software counterpart for any steel detailing service firm.
• Trimble (Tekla Structures): Owner of Tekla Structures, the BIM platform Stor-Con has used since 2007 for steel detailing. It is an enabling technology peer rather than a direct competitor, but is highly relevant because Trimble Connect and Tekla are central to Stor-Con's BIM-based delivery and to broader industry workflows.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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