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.
At President Barack Obama's 2009 inauguration, Ashford and Simpson rewrote their song, Solid (as a Rock), as Solid as Barack. They dedicated it to him at his inaugural festivities. Ashford died in a New York City hospital on August 22, 2011, four days before Valerie Simpson's 65th birthday, of complications from throat cancer.