Podcast Episodes

Andrew Llewellyn has spent his career welding and managing some of North America’s largest power, infrastructure, and nuclear construction projects. In this episode […]

University of Cincinnati professor Jim Swanson’s initial career interest was the farthest thing from structural engineering. His swift pivot to it in college has led to […]

Tata Steel UK’s electric arc furnace (EAF) will require up to 45,000 tonnes of high-quality, low-impurity steel scrap every week once operational, making Port Talbot […]

What are steel tariffs and quotas, and why do they matter to the future of UK manufacturing? In this episode of Steel Cast, recorded outside the Houses of Parliament, […]

Ted Redlarski, founder of Mississauga, Ontario-based Noram Enterprises, joins The Fabricator Podcast to discuss automation, entrepreneurship, and the leadership […]

One year after we first documented the transformation of the Port Talbot steelworks site, significant progress has been made in preparation for Tata Steel UK’s new […]

Ian Johnson has worn a lot of hats throughout his career: automotive technician, high school shop teacher, television host, and now founder of Big Tire Garage and […]

Longtime bridge engineer Domenic Coletti has worked on countless bridges and research projects since HDR hired him in 1993, but to him, they’re secondary to the […]

Milan Popik, owner of Metal Tronics in Mississauga, Ontario, joins The Fabricator Podcast to discuss transforming a family-run prototyping shop that started in his […]

Bolu Ojo joins The Fabricator Podcast to discuss SparkDefy, a startup developing fire-resistant welding head coverings for people with long or thicker hair. She […]

Wisconsin-based metal artist David Groenjes joins The Fabricator Podcast to discuss building detailed wildlife sculptures from scrap metal, turning a side hobby into a […]

Jake LeGrand of Missouri-based LeGrand Metal Works balances a full-time structural engineering career while growing a fabrication business focused on handheld plasma […]

Karl Frank’s decorated five-decade career in steel bridges has included teaching, impactful research projects, and even a study on maglev trains.

At 23, Emme Hughes is already running a 10,000-square-foot fabrication shop. In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, she shares how she built EH Metalworks in […]

Jon and Andrew DeWys of Michigan-based DeWys Metal Solutions join The Fabricator Podcast to talk about growing and managing a 50-year-old family-owned manufacturing […]

Switzerland-based professor Dimitrios Lignos has spent the last 10 years building a worldwide hub for seismic design and assessment resources and past research.

Lori Tapani, co-owner and co-president of Wyoming Machine in Stacy, Minnesota, joins The Fabricator Podcast to discuss what it means to think differently when running a […]

Lisa Wertzbaugher of Iowa-based metal fabrication shop Wertzbaugher Services returns to the podcast to discuss the realities of running a small manufacturing business […]

Andy Ziccarelli traded private practice for academia and has quickly become a prominent figure in studying steel members’ behavior at extreme limit states.

In this episode of Metal Minutes, Mike Fry and Jacob Sivells discuss the impact of winter storms on pre-engineered metal buildings. They explore the importance of […]

In this episode of Metal Minutes, host Mike Fry speaks with David Stermer from Cornerstone Building Brands about metal buildings’ performance in harsh winter conditions. […]

We’re joined by Chicago-based metal artist Eric W. Stephenson, founder of LunaBurn Studio and a fifth-generation craftsman. In addition to his own extensive career […]

Jeanette Vecchio Smith and Ken Pecho from Chicago Metal Rolled Products join us on our 100th episode to talk about CMRP’s role in shaping the Las Vegas Sphere. Ken, […]

Ken Charles’ steel industry career started because of an unexpected swerve. But it has turned into nearly five decades at joist and deck companies and recently earned […]

Colin Cosgrove, president and CEO of Laystrom Manufacturing in Chicago, returns to The Fabricator Podcast to discuss how a mid-sized fabrication shop can plan for growth […]

In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Maxwell Keeler of Electro-Mechanical Integrators (EMI) explains how modern tube plasma cutting systems handle multiple […]

  Ready to rethink metal building design? In this episode, host Mike Fry teams up with industry expert Brandon Holt to uncover the power of the patented Long Bay® […]

Jerry Hajjar once planned to spend his entire career as a practicing engineer, but an affinity for research pulled him into academia, where he has found a passion for […]

Rod Galbreath, president of CenMac Metalworks, discusses how the Ohio-based company evolved from a small metal stamping operation into a laser-focused fabrication […]

In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, guest host Nate Bowman (aka Weld Scientist) joins us as we speak with 3M abrasives application engineers Matt King and […]