Wednesday 20 March 2013

Steel Garages –Cost Effective



For a number of years, the development of steel garage buildings has become very famous. Formerly, there was the fashion of wooden garages. Due to its drawbacks, it has been retreated back and steel buildings took its position. Even the normal steel buildings have a lot of outstanding features in it. Here, I am going to criticize some of the well-known features which have stopped out the trend of wooden made garages and carports. The advantages of steel garages are as follows;

  • Best quality at less cost
  • Less maintenance required
  • Affordable rates
  • Lots of space in less price
  • Customizable
  • Easy to install
These are the main advantages of steel garages. For these reasons, a lot of people prefer to buy steel garage buildings.

Thursday 14 March 2013

Steel Framed Construction Economy


From the beginning structural steel framed construction proved to be the most economical support system for multi-stories high rise structures. But does this economy carry over into low-rise commercial and industrial facilities? The answer is yes. Up until about 1970. Cost studies found that low rise commercial structures such as office buildings, schools and department stores with superstructures of conventionally formed concrete were often as economical as steel framed construction. But in the early 1970’s rising labor cost made structural steel framing systems even more economical because they could be prefabricated in the shop and  then quickly erected by relatively by small field crews. By contrast, cast in place concrete superstructures required more labor. When comparing the two methods, it was common to find savings of $1.50 to $2.00 per square foot or  more by using structural steel.

Until the present, the structural steel framing system continues to be economical for virtually all types of commercial and industrial building structures. The three primary reasons are:
  1. The availability of higher strength steel such as A992 grade 50 steel, which has become the dominant material specification for wide-flange shapes (better know as w-shapes).
  2. Increased speed of production, made possible through a construction method called fast track scheduling.
  3. The lower cost of materials due to to the implementation of the design method known as load and resistance factor design (LRFD).

Wednesday 13 March 2013

Steel Framed: Construction of Wall


Although steel is traditionally associated with large commercial and industrial buildings, light gauge steel (cold-formed steel section) are being used in house construction. The sections of steel are used in a similar way to timber. The rolled steel sections can be assembled using either sticks, panel or balloon construction. When using stick construction the individual members are delivered to site pre-cut, pre-punched for holes to be cut or self-tapping screws to be used. Advantages of stick-build construction are:

Monday 4 March 2013

Steel Buildings Design


The standing of steel buildings design has rise over the years. This kind of construction has forever been well-liked for industrial and significant use buildings, however currently it's usually found in homes, residences and shops. The advantages of steel construction embrace design, construction and sturdiness factors.

Steel or metal framed buildings use a construction style in which solely the frame is created out of high grade steel. Additionally to being lightweight, simple