
Retail metal — from an inline shop to a shopping-center shell.
LoTec, Inc. has designed, fabricated, and installed structural and miscellaneous steel for over 30 years. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, we deliver projects nationwide and internationally — hundreds of completed jobs across 40+ U.S. states. The company was built on industrial turbine and low-noise systems. That engineering standard is what general contractors get on commercial work.
LoTec is committed to complete customer satisfaction through the quality of our products, engineering, and service. Whether the project is a new facility or work at an existing site, the requirement does not change: efficient, cost-effective fabrication in complete compliance with the specifications, and quality that meets or exceeds what the drawings call for. Bonded and insured.
LoTec partners with contractors on new stores and on tenant finish-out in buildings already open. A shop has a short window. Customers never see the package. They see a storefront, a patio, a door that opened on the date the lease required.
That work is as large as a multi-tenant shell and as tightly built as a single inline shop — furniture, jewelry, discount, pharmacy. Each long-term partnership is valuable. The contractor keeps tenant finish-out moving; LoTec takes the defined metal package and gets out of the way.
What the store metal package usually covers
STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMES
Joist reinforcement
Multi-tenant shell framing
Rooftop unit opening frames
Storefront and hanging-column frames
Patio, trellis, and canopy frames
Roof-access opening frames
SUPPORTS & FABRICATIONS
Wall-mount sink reinforcement
Dumpster enclosure gates
LADDERS & BOLLARDS
Roof ladders
Site bollards
Recent store and mall work

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Addison, TX · 2024

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Frisco, TX · 2023

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Del Rio, TX · 2022
Request a metal bid
Send the drawings. LoTec will scope the steel and miscellaneous metal. We can further coordinate with the other trades. Bonded and insured.