STRATUS Hanger Prefabrication in STRATUS

Discover the benefits of prefabricating hangers in STRATUS on your next project: save on materials, improve safety, increase installation efficiency and track production with ease.

To coordinate and prefabricate hangers or to not coordinate and prefabricate hangers?  That is the question.  If you are a GTP customer and STRATUS user, I think you know on which side of this question I fall.  That being said, let me explain to you why you should coordinate and prefabricate hangers on your next project:

Less Waste = Cost Savings On Materials

Hangers cut to exact (coordinated)length within your fabrication shop help you eliminate ending up with excess material waste because you are able to take advantage of the linear nesting routines built into STRATUS and the STRATUS Workstation application.

Labeling Of Material And Production Tracking

When you cut hanger materials (Threaded rod, Unistrut, etc) through STRATUS every part receives a label with a QR code.  That label can include all kinds of information to help support the fabrication and installation of that hanger.  Below you will find an example of a Hanger Prefabrication Hanger Report and the resulting labels when cutting the materials with STRATUS.
hanger fab 1

As you can see, you can put all kinds of information on your labels to support your fabrication and field installation:  areas (Zone 1), grid measurements (11’-6” to Grid E and 3’-0” to Grid 4), centerline or BOP elevations, and much more!

Safety In The Shop

Performing the cutting and assembly of hanger materials in your shop reduces your exposure to injury.  It is much safer to perform these tasks in a clean and conditioned space with specialized tools.

Hanger Installation Efficiency

By prefabricating your hangers, you can ship them in batch sizes that suit your project and sequencing needs.  Those batches can be sorted in your fabrication shop and shipped so the first hanger the field needs to install is the first one available from the shipping container.

Safety In The Field

Using deck inserts eliminates the need to come back and drill the deck post-pour to install your hangers.  If you are not drilling overhead, you are not at risk of hitting a post tension cable or getting debris in your eye.

System Installation Efficiency

Hanger layouts that are coordinated prior to pouring the structural slab also help to increase the speed of installation of your MEP systems.  Hangers that are preinstalled at the correct location and elevation allow for speedy installation of the electrical, plumbing, ductwork, and other systems they support.

Don’t leave your project team hanging by not prefabricating your hangers!  Reach out to your GTP CSG representative for more information on setting up your hanger workflows!

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Curtis Watson

Written By: Curtis Watson

Curtis joined GTP in 2018 as Director of Customer Success, bringing nearly 30 years of AEC industry experience. He gained experience working his way up from an entry level drafter to drafting manager and mechanical designer in the consulting engineering space, over an 8-year period. In 2002, University Mechanical Contractors, Inc. (UMC) welcomed Curtis as a plumbing and piping detailer. Over the next 17 years, he managed the VDC team on numerous high-profile and complex projects in the Seattle area ranging from hospitals, cancer research centers, wastewater treatment plants, high-rise office buildings and district heating plants. Known for his tech savviness, Curtis implemented new technologies and VDC processes that kept his high performing team on the bleeding edge of technology and workflow optimization. He now works as the company's Chief Product Officer