The selection of structural steel for a building’s support system results in numerous benefits to a project. Major benefits include – speed of construction, better design flexibility and lower project costs.
Speed of Construction:
Structural steel improves construction productivity because of its shop fabrication while sustaining stringent construction tolerances. Field placed material will always trail behind the productivity curve. Productivity improvements for construction will not take place in labor based field activities, but in shop based technology improvements.
Today’s rapid innovation in technology in the form of Building Information Modeling and 3D interoperability allow close coordination between contractors and designers in the design, fabrication and erection of steel structures. This facilitates savings in both cost and time by integrating fabricating and erection efficiencies in the design and passing design models among detailing, analysis and fabricating processes. Other construction materials may be able to commence field work earlier, but the rapid design, fabrication and erection cycle with structural steel will facilitate speedy implementation of framing system.
Better Design Flexibility:
From the easy, functional structure to the complex design structural steel can be readily used to achieve design goals of structural engineer and architects. No other framing material can come closer to structural steel when you want freedom of expression and design creativity.
Lower Project Costs:
Today, structural steel remains widely accepted the cost effective option for the majority of construction projects. Comparative studies suggest that a structural steel framing system including fire protection and decking will normally cost 5% to 7% less than a concrete framing system on an analytical basis.
According to industry data the cost for fabricated structural steel prices for commercial uses has increased 62% from their base date of 1980. On the contrary, ready-mix concrete prices have escalated 114% during the same period. Why the disparity? In 1980, 10 man-hours were needed to manufacture a single ton of steel. Today one ton of structural steel requires substantially less than a single man-hour! The end result is that the structural steel has remained the cost leader for construction materials over the past 25 years.
Speed of Construction:
Structural steel improves construction productivity because of its shop fabrication while sustaining stringent construction tolerances. Field placed material will always trail behind the productivity curve. Productivity improvements for construction will not take place in labor based field activities, but in shop based technology improvements.
Today’s rapid innovation in technology in the form of Building Information Modeling and 3D interoperability allow close coordination between contractors and designers in the design, fabrication and erection of steel structures. This facilitates savings in both cost and time by integrating fabricating and erection efficiencies in the design and passing design models among detailing, analysis and fabricating processes. Other construction materials may be able to commence field work earlier, but the rapid design, fabrication and erection cycle with structural steel will facilitate speedy implementation of framing system.
Better Design Flexibility:
From the easy, functional structure to the complex design structural steel can be readily used to achieve design goals of structural engineer and architects. No other framing material can come closer to structural steel when you want freedom of expression and design creativity.
Lower Project Costs:
Today, structural steel remains widely accepted the cost effective option for the majority of construction projects. Comparative studies suggest that a structural steel framing system including fire protection and decking will normally cost 5% to 7% less than a concrete framing system on an analytical basis.
According to industry data the cost for fabricated structural steel prices for commercial uses has increased 62% from their base date of 1980. On the contrary, ready-mix concrete prices have escalated 114% during the same period. Why the disparity? In 1980, 10 man-hours were needed to manufacture a single ton of steel. Today one ton of structural steel requires substantially less than a single man-hour! The end result is that the structural steel has remained the cost leader for construction materials over the past 25 years.
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