Learn more about steel building construction

Steel building construction offers a number of advantages to building owners. These features include faster building construction, less heat loss, increased fire resistance, and a lower likelihood of earthquake damage.

Today, structural beams are commonly used for the construction of buildings, bridges, towers and a wide variety of structures required for industrial and commercial development.

The use of structural steel in the construction of buildings such as U-channel, IPR, IPS and HSS in the construction of these buildings is of utmost importance, but certain parameters and criteria must be considered for the development of the projects and consider the design in order to make it easy to use compared to other construction materials.

Its good use is due to the combination of good planning, structural design, manufacturing and assembly.

Steel is an ideal material for building construction due to its durability and flexibility, making it an ideal choice for use in areas prone to earthquakes and strong winds. Steel buildings also allow for greater flexibility when it comes to design, so buildings can be constructed with more attractive and modern shapes.

Most important properties of steel for building construction 

• High resistance:It has a high resistance per unit of weight, so the weight of the structures will be less than if they were built with reinforced concrete. This is of great importance when building bridges, skyscrapers and buildings with adverse foundation conditions.
• Extensions to existing structures: Steel structures are very well suited to possible expansions. New bays and entire wings can be added to existing steel structures, and steel bridges can be enlarged on a continual basis.
• Uniformity: Even with the passage of time, the properties of steel do not change significantly.
• Elasticity:Another of its properties is its elasticity due to its maximum tension without suffering permanent deformations.
• Durability:If properly maintained, steel structures can last for many years.
• Ductility: It is the property of a material to withstand large deformations without failing under high tensile stresses. The ductile nature of common structural steels allows them to flow locally.
• Tenacity: Structural steels are tough, meaning they possess both strength and ductility. A steel member loaded to large deformations will still be able to resist large forces. The property of a material to absorb energy in large quantities is called toughness.

• Possibility of prefabrication of the elements that make up a structure.
• Speed ​​of assembly, this material allows the elements, which helps us greatly reduce times and errors in the structural assembly stage.
• Great ability to be laminated in different sizes and shapes.
• Possibility of reuse after dismantling a structure or its possible 100% recycling, much of the raw material for steel production comes from scrap, providing an environmentally friendly solution.