Economic Value
Design Flexibility
- Steel is versatile, strong and long-lasting.
- Steel framing systems can provide long spans and allow large open spaces.
- Increased flexibility in bay spacing and framing layout, afforded by steel framing systems, maximizes usable floor space for owners and tenants.
- Steel floor systems can allow entirely new service arrangements to be accommodated within the floor-ceiling depth.
- Steel cladding and framing systems can facilitate curves and other creative features.
- Steel roof and wall systems are available in a variety of styles and colors.
- Steel gives architects the freedom to achieve their most ambitious designs.
- Steel is used in everything from industrial to iconic structures.
- Building owners value the flexibility of steel buildings and the benefits they provide.
Construction Cycle Time
- Steel is typically fabricated off-site, reducing on-site labor, cycle time and construction waste.
- Shorter construction time results in earlier occupancies and lower financing costs.
- Steel has a more predictable schedule that can shave months off the total project cycle time.
- Panelized construction can minimize rain, snow, excessive heat, and other weather delays by offering a more predictable schedule.
Insurance Savings
- Using cold-formed steel can result in significant cost savings on builders risk insurance. Since cold-formed steel is noncombustible, it reduces the risk of property loss during construction and over the life of the structure.
- Reduced risk of property loss leads to lower insurance premiums for builders and owners.
- Savings can be realized on single-family tract, low-rise multi-family, mid-rise commercial and mixed-use structures.
- Vendor and rate information: Steel Framing Industry Association.
AISI Construction News
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Steel Bridge Task Force Announces Justin Ocel as the Recipient of the 2024 Richard S. Fountain Award
February 15, 2024 -
AISI Updates Standard for the Design of Profiled Steel Diaphragm Panels
December 27, 2023 -
AISI Publishes New Research Report for Cold-Formed Steel Deck Applications
October 19, 2023 -
Steel Bridge Webinar Series to Offer Solutions That Support Improvement of the National Infrastructure
October 17, 2023 -
Jonathan Humble to Conduct Energy Code Session on October 26 at the 2023 Connecticut Architecture Conference + Expo
October 10, 2023
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