The Coil — Sheet Steel Blog

La sécurité des personnes, et plus particulièrement la protection contre les incendies, a été et sera toujours une préoccupation majeure des codes du bâtiment. L’acier est un matériau non combustible et, par conséquent, ne brûle pas, ne…

Life safety, and specifically fire protection, has been a primary concern of the building codes. Steel is a non-combustible material and consequently does not burn, provide an ignition source or add fuel load that would enable a fire to…

For decades, most discussions about steel’s role in sustainable construction focused on its recycled content and end-of-life recyclability. But as the “green building” movement matured and the science behind sustainability became more…

The Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute and the Corrugated Steel Pipe Institute made a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society. The Annual Charity Golf Tournament was held on June 10, 2018 during our Annual Meeting held in Mont…

For the 2018 CSSBI Annual Photo Contest, all photos were submitted for adjudication by our panel of judges. Catherine Kilcoyne, Instructor at Conestoga College in the Architectural Technology ProgramDaria Forsiuk, 4th-year Student…

Our current President, René Laplante (right) of Ideal Roofing Co. Ltd. awarded the 2018 CSSBI Award of Recognition at the CSSBI Annual Meeting banquet held on June 10th, 2018 in Mont Tremblant, QC to Mr. Michael B. Moore (left) of…

Article from Popular Mechanics originally posted on June 12, 2018 Near the water in downtown Seattle, there's about to be a skyscaper unlike anything the city—and, well, the world—has seen. A 38-story tower will sit a full 85 feet off the…

Pour construire le Len Evans Centre au Assiniboine Community College, les architectes ont opté pour un système de construction en acier flexible. Les bâtiments ont été conçus par Cibinel Architects ltée et la porte-parole Jenna Goodfellow…

When it came time to build the Len Evans Centre at Assiniboine College, architects chose to use an extensive steel building system. Cibinel Architects Ltd. designed the buildings and spokesperson Jenna Goodfellow said that the company’s…

Steel gives architects and engineers the freedom to achieve their most ambitious visions and provides contractors with a highly engineered, high-quality building material. Steel is used in everything from industrial to iconic structures,…