Metal Fabrication Costs. As a good rule of thumb the cost of metal fabrication is about three times the cost of the steel itself. One ton of steel costs about $400. To have this fabricated and one coat of primer applied it would cost approximately $1,200-$1,500 per ton of structural steel.
Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson wrote some of Motownâs biggest hits, died in a New York City hospital, said Liz Rosenberg, who also was Ashfordâs longtime friend. He had been suffering from throat cancer and had undergone radiation treatment, she said.
An autopsy performed on December 30, 2009 was inconclusive, but toxicology results revealed to the public in June that he died from an overdose of oxycodone (Percocet), oxymorphone (a metabolite of oxycodone), diazepam (Valium), nordiazepam (a metabolite of diazepam), and alcohol.