Why should designers and contractors consider the benefits of cold-formed steel framing? There are many reasons, but foremost among them is economics. Thirty years ago engineers said that cold-formed framing was the wave of the future. This prediction has not only come true but has progressed beyond our wildest expectations.
Nearly every major commercial building in this country is constructed using interior non-structural drywall cold-formed steel framing. Many projects also use cold-formed steel framing for exterior curtain walls.
Current fabrication techniques allow the contractor to prefabricate panels in a shop under controlled conditions, in any weather, so that when the concrete slabs are complete, erection of the framing panels can begin immediately. The structure can be completed in a fraction of the time required for standard construction.
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