Hughes Metal Works, LLC

A leader in architectural metal fabrication for the commercial construction industry.

Hughes Metal Works specializes in designing, producing and installing customized metal fabrications developed to fit a client’s vision and needs. The Company’s employees, who include designers, welders and project managers, bring expertise in their craft and a strong sense of pride in delivering excellent products at competitive prices.

A strong and enduring history

Established in 1994, Hughes Metal Works started with the partnership of current owner and manager Bryan James, his brother-in-law, Jim Hughes, and father-in-law, Garnett Hughes. The Company’s initial history stretches back even further to Debnam-Hughes Architectural Metals, the metal fabricating company that Garnett Hughes and Robert Debnam started and operated for 30 years. Under their leadership, Bryan and Jim learned the metal works business and used that experience to start Hughes Metal Works.

This family owned and operated business draws on the solid foundations of its beginning and history to deliver excellent products and service today. Bryan James manages the Company and has continued to build the business with a focus on maintaining strong, ongoing relationships with customers. The Company emphasizes problem solving, which often involves taking an architect’s or builder’s vision and creating a fabrication to fit that idea.

Honest, reliable and creative employees

Hughes Metal Works employs approximately 20 people, many of whom have worked for the Company for over ten years. The workforce in the metal shop includes diverse backgrounds with employees from Laos, Mexico, Bosnia and Kosovo Albania. All work together to craft unique metal fabrications that require a range of skills in welding, design and construction. The Company takes the project from the initial vision through creative and precise design, production and final installation into a building.

Why HMW

Hughes Metal Works can point proudly to the many metal fabrication projects completed in Greensboro and across North Carolina. The Company’s projects include the UNCG School of Music Building, the UNCG ballpark, the RF Micro Devices’ expansion and the Durham Bulls Stadium. Hughes builds its reputation on quality work, exemplified by satisfied customers bringing repeat business back to the Company.

Hughes Metal Works maintains this quality by staying focused on its core values:

> strong customer service
> top quality products and installation at competitive prices
> focus on developing creative fabrications that fulfill a client’s vision and needs
> a team of employees with exceptional expertise and integrity in their work.