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McNichols Steel — Industrial-Grade Hole Products

Load-rated metal grating, wire mesh, and perforated panels stocked across 19 service centers—mill-certified, ASTM-compliant, and ready for plant floors, platforms, and architectural screens.

73+ Years supplying hole products
19 North American service centers
15,000+ Stocked grating & mesh SKUs
Same-day Ship on most stocked items

Milestones in Specification-Grade Hole Products

From a regional grating distributor to a national network of cut-to-size service centers, McNichols has tightened the path from load table to dock door.

1952

Founded for industrial flooring

McNichols opens to supply steel bar grating and stair treads for plant platforms where load bearing capacity and open-area drainage matter more than catalog photography.

1980s

Mesh & perforated lines expand

Welded wire mesh, woven mesh, and perforated metal join the core grating offering so plant engineers can source screens, guards, and architectural panels from one mill-certified channel.

2000s

FRP grating for corrosive zones

Fiberglass grating and plank systems enter stock for wastewater clarifiers and chemical corridors where steel corrosion shortens service life expectancy below project budgets.

Today

19 centers, cut-to-size velocity

Local inventory plus fabrication cells ship ASTM A1011 / A36 packages with mill test reports, ANSI/NAAMM MBG 531 references, and IBC load compliance notes attached to the packing list.

Where Contractors Specify McNichols

Hole products earn their keep on platforms that must drain, vent, and carry live loads without guessing at slip resistance or open-area percentages.

Industrial plant grating walkways

Industrial Plants

Wastewater treatment grating covers

Wastewater Treatment

Commercial construction mezzanine grating

Commercial Construction

Oil and gas platform grating decks

Oil & Gas Platforms

What Project Teams Report

★★★★★

“Bearing-bar tables matched our IBC live-load case on the first submittal. Cut-to-size panels arrived with mill certs attached—no rework on the mezzanine pour schedule.”

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Elena Vargas Project Manager · Mid-South Process Plants

★★★★★

“We swapped carbon steel for FRP grating over clarifier bays after water absorption and chemical splash ruined prior decks. McNichols stocked the plank profile we needed without a mill-run wait.”

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Marcus Chen Plant Engineer · Gulf Coast Utilities

★★★★★

“Perforated facade panels shipped with dimensional stability notes and open-area percentages our architect could defend in review. Installation stayed on the curtain-wall critical path.”

Portrait of Dana Brooks
Dana Brooks Specification Writer · Harborline Architects

Capability Snapshot

ASTM A1011 / A36 Mill-certified steel pathways
ANSI/NAAMM MBG 531 Bar grating load references
IBC Load Compliance Documented span & deflection notes
Cut-to-size cells Local fabrication before ship

Get Specifications Before the Platform Pour

Tell us span, load case, material, and finish. We return bearing-bar guidance, open-area percentages, and stock availability from the nearest service center.

  • Load-rated grating with published charts
  • Mill test reports on steel, aluminum, and stainless
  • Same-day / next-day ship on stocked SKUs
  • Custom cut-to-size for stair treads and panels

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