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Sculptural black steel spine staircase with timber treads in a white void

Architectural metal fabrication

Designed. Fabricated.Installed.

James Ross — J.R Fabrications

Balustrades, staircases, screens and structural steel for the region’s best builds — Newcastle, Lake Macquarie & the Central Coast.

Design · Fabricate · Install
one crew, drawings to final fix
Morisset workshop
steel, stainless + aluminium
Builder-trusted
Ort & Co, JSH, TMS + more
Newcastle to the Coast
Lake Mac · Hunter · Central Coast

What we do

All types of architectural fabrication

One workshop, one crew, one standard — from a single flat-bar balustrade to every piece of metal on the build. Pick the job you’re planning to start an enquiry.

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Tell us what you’re building

Pick the job type and attach whatever you have — photos, architect drawings, engineer’s specs or just a sketch on paper. The crew reads every request and comes back with the next step.

What people say

The steel speaks. So do the builders.

@j.r.fabrications
They are such an incredible feature…. You did an incredible job!
@__thebuild__ · Builder — Mitchell St duplexes
Love your work mate!
@eastelevationconstruction · Builder — Mitchell St duplexes
Come up shmick 👏
@natis_constructions · On the Parkway externals
Ooft so pretty! Well done lads 🔥
@ohh_livvv · On the Bonnels Bay stair
🔥
@midcoaststairs · A stair company, on their stair

Verbatim public comments on JR FAB’s Instagram posts

The real @j.r.fabrications Instagram profile — 859 followers and a grid of finished JR FAB projects

The actual feed — tap to open

Who we build with

The trade the region’s builders call back

Repeat work with the same high-end builders, year after year — Ort & Co Building across multiple projects (“we’ve enjoyed working together for years”), JSH Projects at Avoca, TMS Construction at Bonnels Bay and Eleebana. Builders come back because the steel turns up right and goes in on programme.

JSH Projects logo
TMS Construction logo
The Build logo
East Elevation logo
Habitat Landscape logo

How we work

Design. Fabricate. Install.

Technical drawings of a steel staircase on the workshop bench
01
Design

Send plans, engineer's drawings, photos or just the idea. We turn it into workshop drawings and a price — and flag anything that won't work before it's made.

Fabricator welding a steel stair stringer in the workshop, sparks flying
02
Fabricate

Built in the Morisset workshop — steel, stainless and aluminium, powder-coated to spec. Curves, perforation, glass: whatever the drawing calls for.

Installer fixing a black steel and glass balustrade on site
03
Install

The same crew that built it fits it — measured to the actual site, sequenced to your programme, finished to handover standard.

One crew, no handoffs: the people who draw it build it, and the people who build it install it. When a detail changes on site, the workshop knows the same day — not after three phone calls.

Who’s building your steel

The JR FAB crew, Morisset

J.R Fabrications is a Morisset-based architectural fabrication workshop supplying the builds between Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, the Hunter and the Central Coast. Balustrades, staircases, screens, fencing, structural steel — designed, fabricated and installed by the same crew.

The work speaks in specifics: a single spine stringer at Bonnels Bay, curved balustrades through matching duplexes on Mitchell Street, a whole facade’s worth of hoods, stairs and screens at Parkway. Demand from the region’s high-end builders keeps the workshop growing — the same builders, project after project.

Want to talk through a job before sending drawings? Use the form below and the crew will call you back.

Stainless powder-coated fence and letterbox detail — Avoca Beach House, by JR FAB
Avoca Beach House — fence detail

FAQ

Fair questions, straight answers

Do you work direct with builders?

Most of our work comes through builders — Ort & Co, JSH Projects, TMS Construction and others, many across multiple projects. Send the architect's or engineer's drawings and we'll come back with a price and any buildability flags before anything is fabricated.

Can you fabricate from architect or engineer drawings?

Yes — that's the normal starting point. We turn design intent into workshop drawings, confirm the details that matter (fixings, junctions, finishes), then fabricate to those drawings. If something on the drawing won't survive real-world use, you hear about it before it's made.

What if I only have a photo or an idea?

That's plenty to start. Homeowners often come to us with a screenshot of a stair or balustrade they love — we design it for your space, price it, and you decide from there. Design is the first step of every job anyway.

What finishes and colours can you do?

Powder coating in the full Colorbond and Dulux ranges — Surfmist satin and matt black are the two we fabricate most — plus stainless and raw architectural finishes. Coastal jobs get coastal-grade prep; a beachfront balustrade is built for the salt.

Do you do glass?

Yes — frameless glass balustrades and glass pool fencing, supplied and installed along with the steel it fixes to. One trade on site instead of two.

What areas do you cover?

Based in Morisset, working across Lake Macquarie, Newcastle, the Hunter and the Central Coast — Avoca to Bar Beach in the current portfolio. Outside that? Ask — for the right job we travel.

How do lead times work?

Honestly: it depends on the workshop schedule and the complexity of the piece. Tell us your programme dates in the form and we'll tell you straight away whether they're achievable — before you commit to anything.

Curved feature gate against sandstone — Avoca Beach House, by J.R Fabrications

Got a detail worth doing properly?

Send the drawings — or just the idea — and we’ll take it from design to fabricated to installed.

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