STS Steel is trying to resume production as investigators had started searching for the cause of a New Year’s Eve fire that damaged their Schenectady manufacturing complex.
“Financially, we are going to take a little bit of a hit, because we had a high deductible. You don’t plan for this kind of thing,” said STS Steel President. The important thing is that nobody got hurt ” said SPS Steel President Mr. Glenn Tabolt.
He further said,” The fire caused extensive damage to the offices and paint facility located in front of Rivers Casino & Resort and next door to the Mohawk Harbor residential, retail, and office development. The fabrication plant suffered minor damage. STS is working to get power restored to the fabrication plant so work can resume by January 6. The damage to offices will require some employees to be relocated temporarily while the STS site is repaired”. Although Tabolt did not want to discuss the potential cause of the fire, fearing it could jeopardize an ongoing investigation by the Schenectady Arson Task Force.
“They are very seriously motivated to figure out how it started. Property damage is one thing, but something like this puts firefighters and other people’s lives at risk”, he further added.
The company, co-founded in 1984 by Tabolt and business partner Jim Stori, makes massive girders and steel parts that are used in the construction of buildings, bridges, and canal lock gates. STS currently is fabricating girders and other parts for Lane Construction and Schiavone Construction Co, which won a USD 232 million project to replace the Union port Bridge in The Bronx.
