The Coil — Sheet Steel Blog

Article originally published in Construction Canada Magazine and on their website. Cold-formed steel design for acoustic code compliance By Steven R. Fox, PhD, P.Eng. & CSSBI General Manager The North American steel industry has…

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 30, 2018 – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published a new cold-formed steel research report on load bearing clip angle design. The report presents the second phase of a research project aimed at…

Lorsque l’entreprise québécoise Les Maisons Alouette a conçu une maison autonome pour l’Initiative de démonstration de maisons durables EQuilibriumMC de la Société canadienne d’hypothèques et de logement (SCHL), elle a choisi une…

When Quebec-based Les Maisons Alouette designed a zero-energy home for the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) EQuilibrium Sustainable Housing Demonstration Initiative, it chose a combination of solar power, passive solar…

The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) presented three first-place Design Excellence awards and one first-place Innovative Detail award during the 2018 CFSEI Expo held May 15-16 at the Wyndham San Diego Bayside Hotel in San…

Our congratulations go out to Manugypse Inc. for achieving certification in our new Quality Assurance Program, CSSBI 61-2018: Manufacturer Certification Requirements for Cold Formed Steel Framing Members! The new CSSBI 61-2018 is a…

WASHINGTON, D.C., October 4, 2018 – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI), in cooperation with the Wei-Wen Yu Center for Cold-Formed Steel Structures at the Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla, Missouri, is a…

The National Energy Code for Buildings (NECB) was published in the fall of 2011. It is a National Model Code that can be adopted by the Provinces and Territories to the extent it meets their needs. At the present time five provinces have…

La population d’Edmonton approche le million, ce qui en fait la 5e plus grande municipalité du Canada. Par contre, la ville produit beaucoup de déchets. Puisque son espace d’enfouissement est réduit et qu’elle transporte déjà 60 % de ses…

A population on its way to 1-million makes Edmonton, Alberta, Canada’s 5th largest municipality. It also makes for a lot of waste. Facing reduced landfill and already diverting 60% of its waste, the city wanted to process the remaining…