The Coil — Sheet Steel Blog

The National Building Code of Canada requires that steel building systems shall be manufactured by companies certified to CSA A660 Certification of Manufacturers of Steel Building Systems. A steel building system (SBS) is defined as “an…

Steel-intensive resilient buildings can play a major role in ensuring communities are prepared, and resilience is increasingly being considered as an important design requirement by owners and builders. Resilient building design goes…

Inside a nondescript warehouse in a nondescript industrial park, workers for RAD Urban are assembling the building blocks of a modern apartment building. Piece by piece, along a factory line, workers erect walls, string electrical wires,…

Un système de plancher composite a permis de réduire les délais de construction de trois mois de même que le coût des matériaux d’un édifice de 11 étages comprenant 166 appartements en copropriété situé à Longueuil au Québec. Ce système,…

A composite floor system shortened construction time by three months and cut material costs, for an 11 storey, 166-condo unit apartment building in Longueuil Quebec. The system, called UltraBond, comes in cold-form sheets 609.6mm (24…

L'ICTAB examine et met constamment à jour nos normes afin de se tenir au courant des codes du bâtiment, de la recherche et l'information sur les essais. Nous avons récemment mis à jour notre norme pour les tabliers de toit en acier et la…

The CSSBI is constantly reviewing and updating our standards to remain current with building codes, research and testing information. We have recently updated our Standard for Steel Roof Deck and Standard for Composite Steel Deck. Click on…

The Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute (CSSBI) and its members have recently established a third-party Certification Program for cold formed steel framing members being manufactured in Canada. The program will become a requirement for…

A key factor in steel’s sustainability is its ability to be recycled again and again without losing quality. All North American steel products contain a significant amount of recycled content, including some products consisting of more…

Resiliency is associated with a building’s robustness, resourcefulness, and recovery. It encompasses safety, security, durability, energy conservation, environmental friendliness. The concept of resiliency can also be applied to individual…