Engineers and architects determine steel quantities and section sizes; profiles are manufactured, then columns and beams are bolted together on site to form the frame.
Earthquake resistance, homogeneous material behavior, fast assembly, cost and time savings, and recyclability are among the key advantages of steel construction.
Steel is flexible, light and strong—making steel buildings structurally robust and roughly ten times lighter than comparable reinforced-concrete structures.
As technology advances, building types multiply. Steel structures are among today’s most popular systems thanks to their durability—so how did steel construction evolve?
Structures whose main load-bearing members such as beams and columns are steel are called steel construction—widely used for factories, hangars, sports facilities and more.