Pre engineered buildings

Pre engineered buildings

The pre-engineered metal building system is a building enclosure system that always includes a structural system and often includes roof and wall cladding. The structural system consists of rigid frames that are fabricated from plate steel and “cold formed” into an “I” shape through a manufacturing process. These rigid frames consist of roof beams and columns that are field bolted together. These frames can span large distances without intermediate supporting columns. The frames are spaced at intervals between 15’ and 60’ and can span, column-free, up to 300’ across a building. From planning to occupancy, nothing matches Frame Tech’s Pre-Engineered Building System in terms of versatility, flexibility and total value-engineering. The pre-engineered building system is, without doubt, one of the fastest growing building systems in the world. The advantages that it offers appeal to all parties involved in the project. After all, who can resist a building system that offers speed, quality and value? Applications of pre-engineered buildings are numerous. Described in a few words, pre-engineered buildings are ideal for any non-residential low-rise building.

Prefabricated steel structures

The prefabricated steel structure is a new type of steel structure system. Compared with traditional reinforced concrete structures, the prefabricated steel structure has many advantages, including fast construction, minimal weight, low labour intensity, and high degree of industrialization; it is also a type of environmentally friendly “green” building. In Europe, Japan, the United States, Canada, and other developed countries and regions, the prefabricated steel structure has been widely used and has become the standard design for building structures, factory production, mechanized construction, and series supply. However, steel structure systems are only adopted in mid and especially low-rise buildings; they were not used in high-rise building . The most widely used form of prefabrication in building and civil engineering is the use of prefabricated concrete and prefabricated steel sections in structures where a particular part or form is repeated many times. It can be difficult to construct the formwork required to mould concrete components on site, and delivering wet concrete to the site before it starts to set requires precise time management. Pouring concrete sections in a factory brings the advantages of being able to re-use moulds and the concrete can be mixed on the spot without having to be transported to and pumped wet on a congested construction site. Prefabricating steel sections reduces on-site cutting and welding costs as well as the associated hazards. Prefabrication techniques are used in the construction of apartment blocks, and housing developments with repeated housing units. The quality of prefabricated housing units had increased to the point that they may not be distinguishable from traditionally built units to those that live in them. The technique is also used in office blocks, warehouses and factory buildings. Prefabricated steel and glass sections are widely used for the exterior of large buildings.
Coventional steel buildings

Conventional steel buildings are traditional metal structures constructed by rolled steel sections which are designed individually and fabricated at site using welding and cutting. Frame Tech offers Conventional Steel Services as one of its many building solutions. Conventional Steel Services can provide a comprehensive building package that can include any combination of pre-engineered and conventional components. This solution allows Frame Tech to provide conventional structural steel framing – broadening its reach and progressing from the low-rise building market to multi-story (three-to-five level) buildings. The offer provides competitively priced solutions for multi-level buildings, which exceed the traditional pre-engineered limit of two storeys. These services can provide different types of architectural features, including canopies, bracing methods, etc. Through FT’s Conventional Steel Services, Frame Tech utilizes hot rolled beam lines to provide traditional conventional structures. These structures include add-on’s to a typical FT pre-engineered building. In addition, Frame Tech’s Conventional Steel Services offers more competitive deck frame solutions and allows builders to make additions on conventional low-rise projects – like entry ways – which were outsourced in the past. The core benefit of Conventional Steel Services is the one-stop-shop feature. The builder and owner are supplied with one point of contact and far less coordination is required. In addition, using Frame Tech’s beam lines at their plants, all or most materials can be easily sourced by the builder or owner. And as an added bonus, there is no need to hire a conventional structural engineer to design the conventional materials – Frame Tech supplies the entire package. With Conventional Steel Services, welding is reduced by the use of bolted connections. Frame Tech maintains quality control through 3D modelling and integration with high-speed beam lines.