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Steel—Doing It Right® #3: Engineering Considerations
How do you ensure that your project’s cold-formed steel (CFS) framing has the right design? Answer: You follow the code requirements. For complex commercial construction, you hire a professional engineer who understands proper design. Engineers can match the strength...
Steel—Doing It Right®: Metal Framing Has Many Advantages and is Green
Cold-formed steel (CFS) framing is often used for non-structural applications such as interior partitions. But it can also be used as the main structural framing element of a building, and that may require a whole new set of knowledge for owners, project managers,...
How to BIM: Choosing Software for Your VDC Team
Images courtesy of James Hillegas of BIMTECH Offsite Prefabrication Solutions A lot of softwares can produce 3D models. Revit® from Autodesk can be used to model cold-formed steel (CFS) framing. Vertex is another software product used to detail framing, especially by...
5 Reasons Cold-Formed Steel Improves Job Site Safety
Cold-formed steel (CFS) plays a key role in safety on many construction job sites. That’s because through efficient pre-construction planning, prefabrication and ordering of steel studs in precut lengths, CFS-framed assemblies can be erected quickly with less labor,...
SFIA Member Steel Mills Release Q3 Earnings, Comment on What Lies Ahead
A Nucor electric arc furnace. Photo courtesy of Nucor Here are summaries of the third-quarter 2022 reports from steel producers aligned closely with the steel framing industry. Nucor Reports Earnings of $1.69 Billion Nucor Corporation, a Charlotte, North...
‘Futurising’ Podcast from ArcelorMittal Focuses on the Future of Construction
“Futurising” is a series of podcasts featuring ArcelorMittal experts who are deeply involved in the future of steel and its use in building projects. ArcelorMittal Dofasco is a member of the Steel Framing Industry Association. One episode, Olivier Vassart, CEO at...
Investors Favor Steel Framing for Self-Storage Construction
The increasing rate of urbanization is a boon for the self-storage market. The market size across the globe, valued at over $51 billion in 2021, is expected to reach $83 billion by 2027. As new projects expand the marketplace, investors have been focusing on the...
Community Celebrates Success of Affordable Housing Built with Steel Framing Tech
Families in the city of Hickory, North Carolina, are celebrating the speedy completion of new affordable homes in their community. The homes were built quickly using pre-engineered floor, wall and roof systems fabricated from steel by Steel Framing Industry...
Developers Opt for Steel to Frame 11-Story Modular Apartments in Tacoma
The construction of an innovative cold-formed steel (CFS) framed apartment building is about to begin in the city of Tacoma, Washington. To expedite the timeline, the 11-story DMG Court will be fabricated as fully finished modular units using lightweight steel...
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