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would ask us to provide more of the building scope,” says
Bourne. “And as we were asked to provide more, we did;
we found ways to make it happen.” In the 90’s,the build-
ings that indicated our growth in size as a company were
The Concourse “Queen” and “King” towers, the Prominade
in Midtown Atlanta, the Federal Reserve Bank in Midtown
Atlanta, and many of the buildings in Atlantic Station. Each
of these building took Universal Steel to a new level of pro-
duction and exposure.
Over the past 15 years, Universal Steel has increased pro-
duction and product scope by acquiring other companies.
The growth has allowed Universal Steel to become a one-
stop-shop for all carbon steel fabricated products required
in a building: structural framing, stairs, handrail, canopies,
bridges, embeds, and other miscellaneous steel features.
“We found that giving the contractors one source for all
their carbon steel needs helped to separate us from our
competition. We, of course can provide the structural fam-
ing and stairs but also the site handrails, pipe bollards,
lintels and many other steel items that are involved in a
