Residences at Marriott Oceanfront is a five-story beach front condominium project in Virginia Beach. This project was originally designed to be a wood structure but early on in the construction bidding process, The Steel Network performed a Design Assist for the light steel framing contractor, helping them switch the primary structure from wood to cold-formed steel. This process was instrumental in helping the contractor propose a better solution and win the bid.
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Cold-Formed Steel Helps The Fynn Go Vertical
Image: BKV Group/Architect Magazine Located at 183 North Addison Avenue in Elmhurst, Ill. near Chicago, The Fynn is an eight-story, 212-unit multifamily property developed by LMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lennar Corporation, and designed by BKV Group, a holistic,…
Free Webinar: SFIA 102 – Cold-Formed Steel and Mid-Rise Construction
Title SFIA 102 – Cold-Formed Steel and Mid-Rise Construction A webinar of the SFIA Forum for CFS industry outreach and Input Date/Time Thursday, February 24, 2022 2:00 to 3:00 pm (EDT) Cost Free [button…
SFIA Offers Free Video-Based Educational Programs
The Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) has established a free video-based educational program designed to help building professionals stay on top of the issues affecting the cold-formed steel industry. Course topics encompass a wide scope of technical,…
Environmental Product Declaration
The Steel Network, Inc., Durham, North Carolina, The Steel Network’s cold-formed metal framing products now carry the SFIA Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for CFS Framing — SCS-EPD-07103, version Jan. 25, 2022. TSN’s products and manufacturing processes were…
Free Webinar: SFIA 101 – A Guide to High Performance Cold-Formed Steel Assemblies
Title SFIA 101 – A Guide to High Performance Cold-Formed Steel Assemblies A webinar of the Steel Framing Industry Association (SFIA) Forum for Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) Industry Outreach and Input Date/Time Thursday, March 31, 2022 2:00 to 3:00 pm (EDT) Cost Free…
How to Engineer Subfloors and Cold-Formed Steel Floor Joists for a Little Peace and Quiet
The occupants of a building want peace and quiet. How can you engineer subfloors and cold-formed steel (CFS) flooring joists to meet that demand? The answer involves designing CFS floors with greater mass. You must also take into account joist spacing, resilient…
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Tom is a construction estimator with over 35 years of experience in the industry from field work to general contracting.