Knowledge

The price of a steel structure is set by tonnage, member complexity, span and loads, surface treatment, packing, transport and...

"What is the lead time?" is one of the first questions on any steel structure enquiry, and one of the...

Hot-dip galvanizing is an established corrosion protection method for structural steel, but only when it is specified and fabricated correctly....

Sa 2½ is the surface preparation grade most often specified before painting structural steel. It is also one of the...

A mill test certificate (MTC) links a steel batch to its chemical composition and mechanical test results. For a buyer,...

A steel structure contractor carries design, fabrication and erection under one contract, and often export logistics too. A fabricator cuts...

Seismic design aims to keep a building standing and its occupants safe during an earthquake, not to prevent all damage....

On many steel roofs, wind does not push the roof down. It lifts it. Wind flowing over a roof creates...

An overhead crane adds moving loads to a steel building. The crane runway beams carry the wheel loads, the columns...