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Cold-Formed Steel and Roll-Forming Interview with Don Allen
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New Opportunities and Trends in Cold-Formed Steel

Cold-formed steel (CFS) has become a critical material in modern construction, particularly in mid-rise and modular space. Renowned for its strength, sustainability, and versatility, cold-formed steel has found its place in the building industry. One of the leading voices, Don Allen, P.E., S.E., LEEP AP, Executive Director of the Steel…
March 12, 2025
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How To Design Inexpensive Cold-Formed Steel Commercial Buildings the Right Way

Typically, builders construct commercial buildings such as warehouses and sheds as portal-shaped rigid or semi-rigid framed structures, where the frames spaced parallel to the line of action resist lateral forces in the plane of action. Builders generally use these types of structures as warehouses, storage structures, carports, industrial sheds, agricultural…
February 10, 2025
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Prefabricated Steel Framing – Revolutionary Success in the Petroleum Industry

We previously wrote about Total Field & Environmental Services (TFES), a North Dakota based oilfield service company.  As mentioned then, we were quite pleased to welcome a stellar company outside the typical residential construction realm into our ecosystem.  It showed the versatility and power of our Scotpanel 7090G2 system, arguably…
January 4, 2025