Handrails & guardrails
- Pipe handrails
- Angle handrails
- Rolled handrails
- Sloped handrails
- Toe plates
Industrial steel & piping fabrication
Steel built right.
Shipped on time.
Vato Fabrication builds handrails, platforms, ladders, pipe supports, piping spools and vessel trim for refineries, plants and industrial contractors across the Gulf South. Quality work at a fair price, out of our 23,500 sq ft shop in Bassfield, Mississippi.
- In business since
- 1999
- Shop floor
- 23,500sq ft
- Shop capacity
- 25tons / week
- Combined experience
- 80+years
What we build
Fabricated products
Built to your drawings and specs, inspected in house by a Certified Welding Inspector, and loaded out from our yard ready to install.
Platforms & access
- Platforms and rolled platforms
- Valve access platforms
- Stair stringer frames
- Ladders and caged ladders
Pipe supports
- Miscellaneous pipe supports
- Gate supports (H braces)
- Pipe clamps and pipe straps
- Shim blocks
- Cable tray supports
Piping & vessels
- Small bore piping
- Large bore piping
- Vessel trim
- Pump skids
Structural & misc. steel
- Structural beams
- Plates
- Miscellaneous steel fabrication
Repair & maintenance
- Cargo container repair
- Field repairs through DFI Construction
- Plant maintenance support
Recent work
From our shop floor
A look at jobs coming through the shop and out to the field.
Our shop
One of the best-equipped shops in the region
Our fabrication shop is up to date and staffed by experienced fitters and welders. The yard is big enough for easy loading and shipping, so finished work leaves on schedule.
- Shop size
- 23,500 sq ft
- Output
- 25 tons / week
- Weld inspection
- CWI on staff
- Coating inspection
- NACE Level III & I
- Worker credential
- TWIC required
- Prequalified
- Avetta · ISNetworld
- Location
- Bassfield, MS 39421
Sister company
DFI Construction, Inc.
Vato Fabrication works alongside DFI Construction, which handles field construction, plant maintenance and inspection. Together we can take a job from the shop to the site.
01Construction & plant maintenance
General plant maintenance since 1999, covering nearly every phase of plant operations.
02Inspection (NDE)
Certified inspectors for tanks, piping, pressure vessels and coatings, including MFL floor scanning, ultrasonic thickness surveys and guided wave testing.
03Project management
Our owners have managed projects worldwide, from foreman to project superintendent, and from grass-roots construction through hydro-test packages and punch lists. We also provide third-party QA support.
Safety & prequalification
Ready for your approved vendor list
Accident-free record
Safety is our top priority. Every employee works under our construction safety program as a condition of employment.
CEO Safety Leadership Award
Awarded in 2004 by Motiva Enterprises, chosen from several hundred downstream contractors.
SBA HUBZone certified
DFI Construction is a qualified HUBZone small business concern.
Cert. No. 53406ISNetworld
Prequalified supplier.
ID 400-145790Avetta
Prequalified supplier.
ID 1841TWIC & Power Safe
Our crews hold TWIC cards and complete Power Safe Training.
Get a quote
Talk to the right person
Send drawings or a scope of work and we'll get back to you with pricing and a schedule.
Call the office: 601-943-6817
Shop & office7521 Hwy 35 North
Bassfield, MS 39421
Mail: P.O. Box 219, Bassfield, MS 39421 Get directions
Bassfield, MS 39421
Mail: P.O. Box 219, Bassfield, MS 39421 Get directions