Who We Are
Turnkey construction, engineering & microgrid power — since 2008.
Steel Nation is a turnkey construction, engineering, and microgrid firm located near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in the heart of the Marcellus and Utica Shale plays. From site selection through commissioning, we deliver every phase of a project under one accountable team.
Steel Nation serves the energy, commercial, and heavy industrial sectors, addressing each client’s specific needs across four synergistic divisions.
Four Synergistic Divisions
- Steel Nation Buildings — pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMBs) designed for clean, cool, quiet, and safe operations.
- Steel Nation Engineering — civil, structural, electrical, and mechanical PE designs, permitting, and inspections.
- Steel Nation Microgrids— off-grid and on-site power generation, from RICE and turbine buildings to switchgear and BESS.
- Facility & Mechanical Services — HVAC design/install, preventive maintenance, retrofits, and repairs for existing facilities.
Our Mission & History
Steel Nation History
Founded in June 2008, Steel Nation began its roots in the design-build of coal preparation plants and bath houses, primarily throughout Appalachia, but also in Montana, Utah, and other Western states. Coal specialties included sound mitigation and air handling practices to ensure a safe environment for all personnel and neighboring communities.
With the drilling of the first Marcellus Well (The Renz Well) near Houston, PA, Steel Nation personnel were invited to tour the very first completed compression station. They discovered that the building was little more than a tin can with very few sound attenuation components. The station was extremely loud, affecting neighboring farms, homes, schools, and businesses. Steel Nation realigned its business strategy to designing and building the safest, coolest, and quietest compressor stations in the energy marketplace.
Steel Nation primarily operated in the Mid- Atlantic and Midwest, with a high core focus in PA, WV and OH. The Company benefits from its strong presence within the Appalachian Basin while continuing to expand into other U.S. markets, leveraging Steel Nation’s reputation and longstanding blue-chip nationwide customer relationships to drive growth beyond its core geographic footprint. By the early 2000’s, Steel Nation moved further West, mainly in the mineral-rich Natural Gas states including: Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Louisiana and Idaho.
In November of 2024, the Executive Team created Steel Nation Microgrids to serve the Behind The Grid Power Plants used to energize Microgrids and Data Centers. Shortly after, in January 2025, Steel Nation purchased the Pittsburgh Assets of Hayes Mechanical, which fit perfectly into the HVAC/Cooling of these Microgrid and Data Center Projects.
Due to tremendous growth over the years and a need to expedite the Design/Build of energy projects, Steel Nation developed to be Four Synergistic Divisions to better serve their clients across the United States:
- Steel Nation Buildings – specializing in pre-engineered metal buildings (PEMBs)
- Steel Nation Microgrids – turnkey Behind The Grid, PEMBs and development solutions for microgrid and critical data center infrastructure
- Steel Nation Mechanical – design, installation and management of HVAC systems, mechanical piping and ductwork
- Steel Nation Facility Services – preventative and predictive maintenance, repairs, retrofitting and employee facility training, designed to keep operations running
Steel Nation has become is an industry-leading provider of highly customized “Pre-Engineered Metal Buildings” (PEMBs) and related facility and mechanical solutions for mission-critical infrastructure applications. Since its founding in 2008, the Company has evolved into an asset-light integrated platform serving customers across natural gas processing, data center infrastructure, microgrids, renewable energy, utilities, commercial and industrial applications, and the broader power and energy markets. Steel Nation’s 40+ employees oversee design, coordination, procurement, and project erection & execution, supported by an established nationwide network of manufacturers, engineers, erectors, and specialized subcontractors. Steel Nation’s proven capabilities developed across thousands of completed installations since 2008 and is complemented by growing its’ Facility and Mechanical Services offerings to align with their Buildings and Microgrids divisions.
Videos
Video gallery of Steel Nation projects and thought-leadership content coming soon.
Certifications
Safety First — For Life
At Steel Nation, safety is an integral part of our culture. With every building that we design, engineer, and build, with every engineering and environmental service we provide, safety always comes first. When you partner with Steel Nation, you can feel confident that we are IS Networld, Avetta and Safeland Certified. Key Steel Nation field personnel are OSHA Certified, and where applicable, carry crane, lift, weld, CPR and have other major certifications at the jobsite.
With one of the lowest EMR rates in the industry, Steel Nation has never had a fatality or serious injury, and we take pride in tackling every single project with the overriding goal of “Safety First – For Life!”
For EMR rates, and/or to obtain a copy of Steel Nation’s Health and Safety Procedures, email us at info@SteelNation.com.
Our Clients
A curated set of Steel Nation client case studies and completed projects. See the Buildings Gallery for photography of each project — Zick, Welling, Bluestone, Carrollton, Chesapeake Pleasant Valley, Central, Redd, Shamrock, Wilcox, White, Liberty, Hawley, Robbins Air Force Base, Sherwood, St. Marys, NR-CPF1, Monarch, Poverty Hill, and Donegal.