Updated: 2026-10-16Reviewed by Jonaid Hassan, Business Development Manager
Cuts, bends and ties reinforcement steel into position ahead of concrete pours, working from bar bending schedules and reinforcement drawings.
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Gulf Orbit supplies steel fixers across Saudi Arabia for reinforced concrete work on construction and infrastructure projects, working from bar bending schedules to fix reinforcement ahead of pours.
State the element types (footings, slabs, walls, columns), the approximate tonnage or area, and whether benders are needed too.
Request a quoteSteel fixing sits directly on the critical path: the pour cannot happen until the reinforcement is fixed and inspected, and a pour that slips usually drags the following floor with it. That is why reinforcement requirements are better raised against the pour programme than against a monthly average headcount.
Steel fixer, steel bender and steel fabricator appear next to each other on a rate list and are often confused. A fixer places and ties reinforcement in position. A bender prepares bar to schedule, often at a cutting and bending yard. A fabricator works structural steel sections rather than reinforcement. Asking for the wrong one produces a crew that cannot do the work in front of them.
Reinforcement is inspected before concrete covers it for good. The inspector checks bar sizes and spacing against the drawing, cover to the formwork, lap lengths, chairs and spacers, tie density and cleanliness. Each failed item is rework on the critical path. Fixers who have worked to regular inspections set out the bars correctly the first time, which is why inspection experience is worth stating in the RFQ when your consultant is strict.
Reinforcement mats in the Saudi summer get hot enough to burn through gloves, and the summer midday break for outdoor work takes the middle of the day out of the programme. Fixing crews often start early and shift heavy work to the cooler hours. If your pour programme runs through the summer, share the working hours you plan, so the crew size reflects the hours actually available for fixing.
Steel fixers usually work with benders who cut and bend bar to the schedule, helpers who carry and distribute bar across the deck, and a civil foreman who sequences fixing against formwork and pours. Shuttering carpenters work alongside them element by element. Send the tonnage or area and the pour dates, and the fixer-to-bender ratio is proposed for your programme.
Send how many workers you need for Steel Fixer, the city, the start date and the duration. CVs and documents for each worker come to you for approval, and nobody mobilizes before you approve them. See the full request process
Yes. Short-duration requirements around a pour programme are a normal request. Send the pour dates rather than a duration in months and the crew can be sized to them.
State in the RFQ whether your site provides working tools. Anything site-specific, such as particular couplers or proprietary systems, is worth naming too.
Yes. Add a line for each trade with its quantity in one RFQ; steel benders and civil foremen are on the same register.
Yes. State the element types, for example bridge decks, culverts or retaining walls, so the crew is matched to the work.
Yes. Reading bar marks, shape codes and positions from the schedule and the drawings is part of the trade. If your detailing is dense or unusual, say so in the RFQ so it is part of the match.
Name the coupler or splice system in the RFQ. Familiarity with a specific system is something to match on, and installation usually follows the manufacturer's procedure.
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