High strength-to-weight ratio leads to stronger, more durable and adaptable structures. The versatility of steel gives architects and engineers the freedom to achieve their most ambitious visions, and provides contractors with a highly engineered, high-quality building material.
Steel construction requires 75% fewer workers on site, and allows for faster and easier erection. Steel is a non-combustible material and consequently does not burn, provide an ignition source or add fuel load that would enable a fire to spread or grow into a catastrophic event.
Offsite fabrication reduces your labor and equipment costs, smaller foundations lower your foundation costs, and the flexibility of steel reduces renovation expenses. There is evidence in the field and through third party case studies and comparative cost studies that steel building systems offer significant cost benefits over competitive building materials when the total cost of construction is considered.
The most recycled material on the planet with a 98% recycling rate, and up to 93% recycled content. Steel’s inherent green attributes, performance features, and its cradle-to-grave life cycle make it one of the most sustainable construction materials on the planet.
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Offsite fabrication, short lead times and ease of erection can reduce construction periods by 60%.
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Steel’s strength, light weight and versatility offers maximum design and architectural flexibility.
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Offsite fabrication, precise tolerances, and nationally recognized quality certification programs ensures consistently high quality products.
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Enhanced project productivity, efficiency and accuracy is achieved with use of CNC and BIM technology.
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Steel’s high strength-to-weight ratio allows for longer spans in buildings and bridges and results in smaller and lighter foundations.
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With consistent chemical and mechanical properties, steel behaves in a predictable manner when subjected to the structural loads imposed by high wind and seismic events.
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Steel does not melt at temperatures typically encountered in a building fire. Its non combustibility and assembly fire ratings do not degrade over the lifecycle of a building.
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Time-related savings can easily amount to between 3% and 5% of the overall project value, reducing the building owner’s requirements for working capital and improving cash flow.
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Steel is a non-combustible material and consequently does not burn, provide an ignition source or add fuel load that would enable a fire to spread or grow into a catastrophic event.
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Cost savings in steel buildings start at the foundations, where the loads imposed by a steel frame are up to 50% less than those of a concrete alternative.
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Steel enables faster project completion and maximizes the amount and use of floor space.
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Steel construction requires 75% fewer workers on site, and allows for faster and easier erection
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