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.
Nicholas Gordon, an investigative journalist who wrote a book about Fossey's death after traveling to Rwanda in the 1990s, came to a similar conclusion: Fossey had been killed because she knew too much about illegal animal trafficking among Rwanda's ruling elite, and for her efforts to restrict gorilla-related tourism.