BUILD WITH
STEEL
WHEN BUILDING QUALITY IS OF PARAMOUNT IMPORTANCE.
When building quality is of paramount importance, designers choose a structural steel framing system. Steel is customized for specific jobs in a fabrication shop, where tight tolerances are maintained due to a precisely controlled environment. The industry continues to advance innovations in equipment and internal quality control programs which closely monitor layout, cutting, fitting, welding, bolting, painting/galvanizing and shipping. Today’s modern steel mills have implemented sophisticated technology and automated systems designed to increase efficiency, protect worker safety, and reduce emissions. (1)
SAFETY
Steel systems provide buildings that are structurally
sound and are designed to control the amount of horizontal sway or drift a structure might encounter throughout its lifetime. After an extreme event such as storm or earthquake, the adaptability of steel allows for rapid completion of critical repairs. (2)
RESILIENCE
Of all framing system materials, steel is the most resilient. It leads in strength (typically 50,000 psi in both tension and compression with higher strengths available), elasticity (29,000 psi), durability, non-combustibility and resistance to decomposition. (3)
SUSTAINABILITY
Domestically produced and fabricated structural steel is on average 93% recycled content and can be reused and repurposed without the need for recycling. The steel bars used in reinforced concrete consist of nearly 100% recycled material. (4)
COST &
CONSTRUCTABILITY
Locally sourced, American-made steel can drastically increase sustainability, reduce transportation emissions, increase jobsite efficiency, and promote high-paying American jobs. Domestic production and fabrication capacity are available to meet current demand and any anticipated market growth. (5)
American Institute of Steel Construction
Rebuilding America with American Steel
"The infrastructure supply chain for the domestic structural steel industry starts with American steel producers, who have revolutionized the industry by developing clean and efficient steelmaking processes at mills located strategically throughout the country."
Lease Crutcher Lewis
Building Rainier Square: The Revolutionary Core
SOURCES
1. American Institute of Steel Construction. “More Than Recycled Content: The Sustainable Characteristics of Structural Steel.” May, 2017.
2. American Institute of Steel Construction. “Serviceability & Resilience.” https://www.aisc.org/why-steel/resources/serviceability--resilience/
3. American Institute of Steel Construction. “More Than Recycled Content: The Sustainable Characteristics of Structural Steel.” May, 2017.
4. American Institute of Steel Construction. “More Than Recycled Content: The Sustainable Characteristics of Structural Steel.” May, 2017.
5. American Institute of Steel Construction. “Structural Steel: An Industry Overview.” August, 2018.
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