Dan Wies of Wies Offsite says projects with short-span, cold-formed steel (CFS) floor systems can be panelized to save time. But that involves working closely with your engineer early on in the project. Read more, in his latest “CFS Prefab 101” column. The built...
Photo Credits: The Steel Network The Element by Weston is a 7-story hotel located in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Steel Network (TSN), a member of the SFIA, supplied load-bearing cold-formed steel (CFS) framing for the construction of the 131-room hotel. By using CFS,...
STRUCTURE MAGAZINE Feb, 2023 By Nabil A. Rahman, Ph.D., P.E., Andrew Newland P.E. and Kirsten Zeydel, S.E. In Construction Issues CFS Load-Bearing Prefabricated Panels Off-site construction is the future of the building industry. It aims to speed up on-site...
Prefabrication, the assembly of buildings or their components at a location other than the building site. The method controls construction costs by economizing on time, wages, and materials.— Britannica, “prefabrication” I like to describe prefabrication as the...
Photo Credits: Mann Group Mann Group, a real estate development company, recently celebrated the groundbreaking of their newest project, a purpose-built 193-unit rental apartment located in Chilliwack, British Columbia. To increase the integrity of the structure,...
Image: BKV Group/Architect Magazine Located at 183 North Addison Avenue in Elmhurst, Ill. near Chicago, The Fynn is an eight-story, 212-unit multifamily property developed by LMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lennar Corporation, and designed by BKV Group, a holistic,...
In an engineering achievement, the Navy Pier’s first hotel is now open for business. The 233-room Sable* at Navy Pier in Chicago features the use of cold-formed steel (CFS) floor joists and structural framing on the hotel’s top 5-floors to reduce the weight on the...
In this video, provided by the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA), Harry Jones II, SE, principal at DCI Engineers, tells the story of how a mid-rise cold formed steel (CFS) building performed during research tests that subjected it to fire and simulated...
When some building owners consider structural systems for their construction projects, they overlook cold-formed steel (CFS) framing. Why? There are many common misconceptions about the effectiveness of CFS as a structural material. However, a range of successful...