What the steel structure system covers

The steel structure is the frame that carries an industrial building: the columns, beams and bracing that hold up the roof and walls. On this site the steel structure is presented as a system that works together with the metal envelope, because the frame and the envelope share junctions, loads and construction sequence.

A steel structure inquiry starts from the building plan and the way the building will be used. The frame is then discussed as part of a whole-building system, including design, manufacture and installation as one coordinated service, rather than as a list of separate components.

Buying a steel structure system

Buyers of steel structure systems usually compare suppliers on scope rather than on a single component: whether design, manufacture and installation are offered together, how the frame and envelope are coordinated, and how the inquiry, confirmation and delivery stages are organised.

Please confirm minimum order quantity, supply scope and lead time in your inquiry, and describe the building plan and the construction sequence you are working to. This site does not publish order or lead-time figures for steel structure systems.