ISS, Innovative Steel Structures

Cold-formed steel · El Paso · West & Central Texas

Steel wall panels and trusses, built in a factory for Texas jobs.

ISS supplies labeled cold-formed steel (CFS) wall panels, roof trusses, and framing packages for builders and developers. Send your plans. You get two prices: one to manufacture, one to install.

2 prices

Manufacturing and install, quoted separately

Labeled

Every panel tagged to your drawings

Shop reel: steel coil to labeled panel

Walk through the line: steel members staged, panel framing, assembly, stack.

What ISS does

Three ways we work. Manufacturing, Construction, Installation.

Innovative Steel Structures makes cold-formed steel (CFS) framing in Texas. Buy the panels only, or have us carry the job through to installed. Two prices, you choose.

Manufacturing

CFS wall panels and roof trusses, built in our plant and labeled for your job.

  • Factory-built light-gauge steel panels and trusses
  • Every piece labeled to the layout

Construction

We design, engineer and panelize the framing for Texas jobs.

  • Send plans; we lay out the CFS framing
  • Engineering coordinated for each job
  • Delivered as a panelized framing package

Installation

Our install crews set the panels and trusses on your site.

  • ISS crews, or your own framer with our package
  • Install is in its pilot stage, quoted per job
  • No install rate promised until it is in your written quote

Two prices: manufacturing only, or manufacturing + install. Each is quoted per job in writing.

How we price

Two prices. You choose.

Most framing bids blur material, labor, and risk into one number. We split them so you can compare and decide.

Price 1 · Manufacturing

Panels and trusses, built and labeled

CFS wall panels, roof trusses, and framing packages made to your approved shop drawings, labeled by location, and staged for delivery. Hand them to your own framing crew.

  • Built to approved shop drawings
  • Labeled panel-by-panel to your plan
  • Delivery quoted with the package

Price 2 · Install

We set what we make

Our install program is in its pilot stage. We quote install job by job, only where we can staff it, and no install rate is promised until it is in your written quote.

  • Separate line item, never bundled
  • Quoted per job while install is in pilot
  • Take price 1 alone if you have a crew

Estimates are planning numbers until we review plans. Engineering of record and code approval stay with your engineer and your local building official.

  1. 01

    Send plans

    PDF or CAD. A rough set is fine for a first number.

  2. 02

    Two prices

    Manufacturing price and install price, side by side.

  3. 03

    Shop drawings

    Panels and trusses detailed. You approve before we cut steel.

  4. 04

    Manufacture + label

    Built in a Texas factory, tagged to your plan, staged.

  5. 05

    Deliver / install

    Delivered to site. Install where quoted (pilot program).

Planning estimator

A number you can take to the next meeting.

Square-foot planning bands for Flat-Pack, Panelized, and Installed, one to five stories.

Planning bands only, not a quote. Your written quote (manufacturing and install priced separately) sets the number.

Estimates are planning numbers until we review plans. Engineering of record and code approval stay with your engineer and your local building official.

Gross square feet

Stories

Delivery

Planning band · USD

$40k – $52k

Panelized · 768 SF · 1-story · $52–$68 / SF · $40k – $52k

USD planning range at selected stories. Excludes land, entitlements, foundations, and owner finishes above spec.

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Video

From the shop floor

Every video on this page, including the shop reel at the top, is an animated rendering of the process, not footage from our shop. Real shop and job-site footage replaces each clip as it's filmed.

Roll-former run

Coil to cut-to-length studs and track, punched and marked.

Panel table: assemble and label

A wall panel framed, screwed, squared, and tagged.

Trusses built, stacked, loaded

Roof trusses off the table, banded, and loaded for delivery.

Job time-lapse: panels set

Panels arriving and standing up on site (install pilot).

Why cold-formed steel

The frame that stays straight

Non-combustible

Steel studs don't burn. Fire ratings come from the full tested assembly your designer specifies.

No rot, no termites

Steel doesn't rot, mold, or feed termites.

Straight and consistent

Factory-cut members. No crowned or twisted lumber on the slab.

Recyclable

Steel is recyclable, and factory cutting keeps site scrap down.

Read the CFS vs masonry seismic FAQ

Who we build for

Builders, GCs, and developers in Texas

General contractors and framers

Take the manufacturing price and set panels with your own crew.

Developers and multifamily

Workforce housing, apartments, and mid-rise paths on one CFS system.

Home builders

Repeat plans framed in a factory, labeled for a fast set.

Serving El Paso, West Texas, Central Texas, and the U.S. Southwest.

Guides

Plain answers before you call

Get your two prices

Send plans or call today

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