Popular - Structural - 02/11/2025
Just-in-time CFS panelization helps overcome site constraints to deliver the framing of the West Point Apartments II faster and more cost-effectively. With no space to stage materials or store deliveries, a tight budget and an ambitious construction timeline, the...
Popular - Structural - 02/11/2025
Cold-formed steel (CFS) framing’s strength-to-weight ratio surpasses traditional materials like wood and concrete, enabling efficient construction, reduced costs and enhanced sustainability. When selecting construction materials, the strength-to-weight ratio is essential for maximizing efficiency and performance. Understanding this ratio allows...
Popular - Structural - 02/11/2025
For cold-formed steel (CFS) framing, choosing between 16” and 24” on center stud spacing depends on a project’s structural, financial and performance goals. While 16” is traditional, 24” may offer greater cost efficiency and faster construction timelines, a McClure...
Popular - Structural - 02/11/2025
T.J. McCartney installed 133 tons of cold-formed steel (CFS) framing at Allston Labworks, supporting complex curtainwall conditions, multi-story fly-by assemblies and curved geometries. Allston Labworks is a mixed-use development in Boston’s Allston neighborhood that combines life science research space...
Popular - Roof Trusses - 02/11/2025
A new ASCE technical paper presents the measured responses of components of an instrumented, full-scale, cold-formed steel (CFS) framed building subjected to open-arena blast testing. The American Society of Civil Engineers’ Journal of Structural Engineering has published a new technical paper,...
Popular - Roof Trusses - 02/11/2025
ADTEK Engineers earned the 2024 SFIA Award for Wagner College’s new locker rooms, a conversion from wood to steel framing, showcasing the strength, efficiency and light weight nature of cold-formed steel (CFS). Featured image: The locker rooms at Wagner...
Popular - Roof Trusses - 02/11/2025
SFIA member MiTek® Steel Framing recently completed two multi-million dollar projects in Arizona and Alabama, installing cold-formed steel (CFS) roof trusses in record time, while obtaining a perfect safety record. Photo of Great Wolf Lodge in Scottsdale, courtesy of...
Popular - Prefabrication - 02/11/2025
Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) member FRAMECAD explains why Design for Manufacture and Assembly paired with cold-formed steel framing reduces risk and improves building outcomes. For decades, construction teams have followed a familiar sequence – architects design, engineers refine...
Popular - Structural - 02/11/2025
Cold-formed steel (CFS) framing’s strength-to-weight ratio surpasses traditional materials like wood and concrete, enabling efficient construction, reduced costs and...
