About Woodell

The premium detailing partner the market leaves out.

An independent, US-based structural steel and miscellaneous metals detailing firm — founded in 2012 and delivering nationwide.

Who we are

Detailing that combines craft and accountability.

Woodell Detailing produces shop drawings, erection drawings and coordinated 3D BIM models for the steel construction supply chain — fabricators, erectors, general contractors and engineers. We're headquartered in Blaine, Minnesota, in the Minneapolis metro, and we deliver across the United States.

We occupy a space the market leaves open: the top is enterprise and impersonal, the bottom is offshore and commoditized. Woodell pairs boutique responsiveness and domestic accountability with genuinely advanced detailing — including the architecturally exposed and ornamental work most shops decline.

Firm Profile
Founded2012 · Brian Wood
DisciplineStructural steel + misc metals detailing
PlatformTekla StructuresAlso SDS/2, Advance Steel, AutoCAD
ClientsFabricators · erectors · GCs · engineers
ReachNationwide (US-based)
HQBlaine, Minnesota
What makes us different

Four reasons to choose Woodell.

01

US-based team

No offshore handoffs, no time-zone delays — one senior team accountable from first model to fabrication release.

02

Genuine AESS & misc-metals depth

Canopies, feature stairs, tapered built-up members and ornamental railings — the design-forward work most shops decline.

03

Award-winning Tekla BIM

Model-driven detailing recognized with a 2016 Tekla North America BIM Awards category win — a third-party quality signal rare at our size.

04

Senior-checked QA

Every package independently reviewed against the design and calcs before it leaves our door.

Our team

Lean and senior, on purpose.

Woodell is led by owner and founder Brian Wood and staffed by a team of experienced structural and miscellaneous-metals detailers under a chief draftsman.

We keep the team lean and senior deliberately — so the person modeling your steel is the person accountable for it. That's how a package this technical stays responsive, and how your call gets returned the same day.

2012
Founded by Brian Wood
1
Accountable senior team per project
US
Based — no offshore handoffs
4
Detailing platforms in-house
Experience & recognition

Credentials you can verify.

We'd rather point to specific, checkable signals than make claims we can't back.

14
Years detailing steel — established 2012
2
Tekla BIM Awards projects — one a 2016 category winner
A+
Better Business Bureau profile
Tekla
Primary platform · also SDS/2, Advance Steel, AutoCAD

See how we work

Let's talk about your next project

Work with a partner who owns the outcome.

From a 30-ton misc-metals package to a high-tonnage structural frame, you'll work with a senior US team start to finish.