
How Large Decorative Metalwork Is Packed for Overseas Projects
Export packing for architectural metal: surface protection, crating, sequencing and why packing is part of the engineering.
GUIDE
Practical guides for architects, designers and contractors: finishes, materials, screens, budgeting and how fabrication decisions show up on site.

Export packing for architectural metal: surface protection, crating, sequencing and why packing is part of the engineering.

What actually drives the price of custom metalwork — and the design levers that control cost without losing the design.

From architectural intent to fabrication drawings — the steps, decisions and approvals that keep a metal package buildable.

Frames, glass make-up, acoustics and tolerances — what to think through before detailing a metal and glass partition.

When SS304 is enough, when SS316 is worth the premium, and how the decision interacts with finish and location.

Three stainless finishes, three very different surfaces. How to choose by location, touch and lighting — with sample discipline.

PVD colour drifts between coating batches. On a 200-panel project, batch control is the difference between a matched lobby and a patchwork.

Why big screens go out of flat, and the design decisions — modules, frames, fixings and finishes — that keep them true.

Solid brass and PVD brass-tone stainless steel look similar on a screen. Here is how they differ in cost, tone, maintenance and where each belongs.

How PVD coloured stainless steel behaves on hotel projects — base finishes, colour control, wear and what to confirm before signing off.
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Fabricated screens, cladding, ceilings and project packages referenced in the guides.
Metal screens and glass doors for the high limit gaming area at The Londoner Macao, with wire-glass inlays engineered to Macau gaming regulations.

Decorative metalwork package supplied for the Grand Lisboa Hotel, Macao.

Decorative metalwork package supplied for Grand Lisboa Palace, Macao.