Founded in 1946, SOS Steel Co. Inc. is a manufacturer of fabricated and structural steel. It provides comprehensive steel packages, including basic structural items, stairs and rails. The company specializes in providing structural steel construction and framing up to four stories. It utilizes automated fabrication equipment, such as a beam line, plate fabrication machine, cambering/coping machine and Arcmatic automatic electroslag welding system. The firm also uses fabrication equipment, which includes a Peddinghaus beam drill line, plate machine, cambering machine and Arcmatic electroslag automatic welding machine. SOS Steel Co. Inc., affiliated with the Boilermakers Union Local 549, has served Vance Brown Builders and Gordon Prill Inc. Based in Santa Clara, Calif., the firm has completed various projects, such as Keys School, Bay Bridge Retrofit, Lynbook High School Solar Array project and Stanford Institute of Economic Policy Research.