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For more than 100 years, cities and skylines have been erected
with steel. Time after time, steel's reliability, durability, and
consistency have been proven. The many advantages that steel offers
have made it the material of choice for Commercial builders for
over a century.
Advantages of Steel
- Consistent Material Quality
- uperior Seismic Performance
- Non-Combustible Material
- Dimensionally Stable in any
Climate
- Insect Resistance
- Steel will not rot
- Price Stability
Advantages of Cold-Formed Steel
- High Strength to Weight Ratio
- Ease of Handling and Transportation
- Ease of Fabrication and Mass
Production
- Speed of Erection
- Flexibility in Design
- Interior non-load bearing applications
- Curtain wall construction
- All engineered design (when design required) for
timber and steel
- No increased cost for steel
- Currently used in 60-70% of commercial projects
- Use in mid-rise load-bearing applications growing
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