Industrial mezzanines & steel stairs in Waterloo.
Span Line builds and installs structural mezzanines, work platforms, and steel stairs for Waterloo's manufacturing, research, and distribution facilities — the north Waterloo industrial and research-park areas.
In short: We're an Ontario fabricator serving Waterloo with mezzanines, platforms, and stairs, stamped to OBC 2024. Waterloo is about an hour up the 401 and Highway 85, within our install range, with shipping for supply-only orders.
- From our shop to Waterloo~1 hr 5 min via 401 & 85
- Typical mezzanine lead time4 – 8 weeks from sign-off
- Typical stair lead time3 – 6 weeks from sign-off
- DrawingsP.Eng.-stamped to OBC 2024, in-house
For north Waterloo's industrial lands.
Waterloo mixes a globally known research-and-technology sector with real manufacturing and light-industrial floor space across north Waterloo and the Northland/Weber corridors along Highway 85. That mix produces a range of needs — equipment mezzanines and lab platforms alongside more conventional storage and work decks.
Whatever the use, the engineering discipline is the same: a platform sized to its real load, stamped to OBC 2024, and welded to CWB W47.1. At just over an hour from the shop, Waterloo sits within our install range, with modular detailing available for supply-only orders.
Steel that solves a floor problem.
Storage mezzanines
Recover cube over racking or open floor — 125–500 psf decks for pallet and case storage.
Work platforms
Pick modules, pack-out decks, and value-add stations with conveyor pass-throughs.
Equipment platforms
Elevated support for HVAC, process equipment, and conveyor drives.
Egress & access stairs
Code-required exit stairs and mezzanine access towers to OBC §3.4.6.
Guardrails & handrails
42" industrial guarding, mezzanine edge protection, and pallet-drop gates.
Catwalks & access
Service walkways and crossovers over lines and equipment.
Measure, stamp, build, install.
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Site measure
A ~30-minute visit to capture clear heights, column grid, load requirements, and access for the specific facility.
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Stamped drawings
Engineered and P.Eng.-stamped to OBC 2024 in-house — the set the City of Waterloo Building Standards needs for the permit.
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In-house fabrication
Cut, welded, and finished at our shop to CWB W47.1 — not white-labelled out. Galvanizing or shop primer as the environment calls for.
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Install or supply
On most Waterloo projects we install with our own crew; for supply-only orders we ship contractor-ready with erection drawings.
See the full engineering & install process for how each stage is controlled.
Span Line Systems is the industrial mezzanine and stair division of Art Metal Canada. Drawings are stamped by a PEO-licensed P.Eng. on staff; welding is done to CWB W47.1 and CSA W59 by our own certified fabricators. We don't white-label the fabrication or subcontract it out — the shop that draws it builds it.
- WeldingCWB W47.1 · CSA W59
- Structural codeOBC 2024 · NBCC §4.1.5
- EngineeringPEO-licensed P.Eng., stamped in-house
- ParentArt Metal Canada
Straight answers.
Which Waterloo areas do you cover?
Do you build platforms for research or lab facilities?
Do you install in Waterloo or just ship?
We serve Waterloo Region — Kitchener, Cambridge, Guelph — and ship province-wide. See the full service-area map or tell us the span.