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Steel frame is a building technique with a "skeleton frame" of vertical steel columns and horizontal I-beams, constructed in a rectangular grid to support the floors, roof and walls of a building which are all attached to the frame. The development of this technique made the construction of the skyscraper possible.
Metsec plc, previously known as Metal Sections and TI Metsec, is a UK-based cold roll-forming company which was acquired by voestalpine AG in 1998. The company is based in Oldbury, [77] and makes metal products for the construction and manufacturing industries. It was established in 1931 and is now (since 2014) known as voestalpine Metsec plc. [78]
A lightweight steel structure is achieved by the use of high strength steels and an efficient framing system. [1] Since this reduces the weight of the superstructure, there is a substantial cost savings in foundation work. [4] Faster to erect than comparable concrete structures.
Kentucky Electric Steel Announces $6 Million Capital Improvement Project - Company to Upgrade Rolling Mill and Handling Equipment - - Expanded Product Offering will now Include High-Quality Round ...
Duple Metsec was a bus bodywork builder based in West Midlands of England in the United Kingdom. [1] It usually supplied body kits for bus assembly overseas. It was originated from the bus body manufacturing business of Metal Sections, known as TI Metsec in the late 1970s, the present day Voestalpine Metsec plc. Metal Sections, as the name ...
A former engineer at a Kentucky steel manufacturer admitted taking more than $452,000 in kickbacks to steer business to a contractor. Jaymin G. Vinson pleaded guilty in federal court in Covington ...
The American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) is a not-for-profit technical institute and trade association for the use of structural steel in the construction industry of the United States. AISC publishes the Steel Construction Manual, an authoritative volume on steel building structure design that is referenced in all U.S. building codes.
It is now called Metal Construction News, and in 1985, a second industry magazine began publishing, Metal Architecture. In 1990 MBMA member sales exceeded $1.5 billion and steel shipped was over 1.2 million tons. By 2000, MBMA member sales were over $2.5 billion and steel shipments were in excess of 1.875 million tons.