Schenectady Steel Co., Inc.

Schenectady Steel Co., Inc. Schenectady Steel is an AISC Certified Structural Steel Fabricator doing projects throughout the Northeastern United States. from this point forward.

Schenectady Steel, founded in 1924 by Leon Phelps, started as a four man workshop in Rotterdam, NY, a suburb of Schenectady. Leon, a civil engineering graduate of the University of Michigan, gained extensive knowledge of the steel industry in the drafting room of American Bridge. Schenectady Steel grew as a company until the Great Depression. Reflecting on that time period, it is thought that a si

ngle project, the new Mont Pleasant High School, sustained the company through the worst of the economic downturn. Without that key project, it is unlikely that the company would have survived. In the years that followed the depression, the company reestablished its pattern of growth for over a decade until the Unites States joined World War II. Business ground to a halt during this time period as the United States military effort required all available steel in the country. Schenectady Steel was forced to suspended operations for three years. Fortunately, soon after the war ended, business returned to normal. By late 1948, Leon’s sons, John and Glenn bought into Schenectady Steel. Taking after their father, both sons had graduated from the University of Michigan as well. At this juncture, Schenectady Steel became a corporation, doing business as Schenectady Steel Company, Inc. In 1955, the sons bought the remainder of the corporation from Leon, allowing him to retire. From here, the brothers ensured that Schenectady Steel Co., Inc. continued building strong relationships with contractors across the northeast, completing a myriad of projects, many with very aggressive schedules. However, John and Glenn did not share the same vision for the future of the company. In 1970, John and Glenn Phelps agreed to disagree. An agreement was made such that John would continue to own and operate Schenectady Steel Co., Inc. while Glenn would open a competing fabrication shop on an adjacent four-acre lot, called Phelps Steel. For over a decade, these shops existed side by side competing for work in the northeast. John Phelps made the decision to sell more than half of his stock in the company to his employees in 1975, through a distributed employee stock ownership plan (ESOP). Over the course of the next few years, John stepped away from the day to day operations of the company while the ESOP purchased his remaining shares. In 1986, Schenectady Steel Co., Inc. became a 100% employee owned company. In the years since becoming fully employee owned, Schenectady Steel Co., Inc. has completed numerous expansions and modernization projects, including the purchase of Phelps Steel, effectively doubling the shop floor space. The company, with its dedicated and hard-working group of employee owners, continues to produce quality products, on schedule, for today’s construction industry.

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02/17/2019

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This is a video montage of the Steel Topping Ceremony for the Construct ETEC 2020 Project, Albany New York. Ceremony was held on 2.14.19. I do not own the ri...

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Rotterdam District 7 Fire House, by Miscellaneous Iron Fabricators and Schenectady Steel.
07/14/2018

Rotterdam District 7 Fire House, by Miscellaneous Iron Fabricators and Schenectady Steel.

Saratoga Gaming & Raceway Hotel - Saratoga Springs, NYThis 123,000 square foot, 636 ton hotel was fabricated and erected...
07/02/2018

Saratoga Gaming & Raceway Hotel - Saratoga Springs, NY

This 123,000 square foot, 636 ton hotel was fabricated and erected from July to early September 2015.

Here's a video about senator Gillibrand's visit!
05/01/2018

Here's a video about senator Gillibrand's visit!

The 'Main Street Employee Ownership Act' would help businesses become employee owned or co-ops. Camille DeLongis explains.

05/01/2018

Carl Estill has worked at Schenectady Steel Co. for 38 years, and has two nest eggs for his golden years. One, a union pension through the Teamsters, is not doing very well, and is currently worth about half of what he had counted on. But as a part owner of the 94-year-old steel company, along with....

Office / Retail building in downtown Schenectady
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Office / Retail building in downtown Schenectady

Here's a photo of the roof at our incredible high school project in Bridgeport, CT this morning!
07/27/2017

Here's a photo of the roof at our incredible high school project in Bridgeport, CT this morning!

Finished view, via Google Maps Street View
07/05/2017

Finished view, via Google Maps Street View

Address

18 Mariaville Road
Schenectady, NY
12306

Opening Hours

Monday 6:30am - 4pm
Tuesday 6:30am - 4pm
Wednesday 6:30am - 4pm
Thursday 6:30am - 4pm
Friday 7am - 4pm

Telephone

(518) 355-3220

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