Area 51 Powder Coating owner Brett Lenz and his team work on a 10-foot staircase for the nonprofit A Safe Place’s new office.

Lenz started welding in 2004 after deciding to take a class on it at CFCC, later opening his own business.

“Our specialty with the fabrication is architectural metals,” he said about work at the shop on Old Wrightsboro Road near the airport. “We focus on the staircases, awnings, furniture … different details for home and commercial.”