Construction is increasingly “going green,” and building owners, architects, engineers, and contractors are looking for ways to construct buildings with low environmental impact. Many are turning to the most recycled material on the planet…

Steel is a high-performance material with high capacity and, Ali said, is also sustainable and helps maintain resilient construction in an era of severe weather events. Steel in building construction is durable, with a long life span,…

Resiliency of a structure is associated with robustness, resourcefulness, and recovery. Essentially, resilient buildings will operate for a long time, even after a catastrophic event. In this infographic, learn how cold-formed steel…

For the 2017 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 ProgramNatalie Gartska, 4th-year Student…

Article first appeared on the BuildSteel.org website. Across the globe, people are migrating to cities to live and work. The United Nations says 3.9 billion people — 54 percent of the world — live in metropolitan areas. By 2050, 66 percent…

When Nader Ghassemlou, owner of ObjeKt Design Studio, purchased some Signal Hill property in Long Beach, California, he decided to design his own home. The area has spectacular ocean views, so Ghassemlou designed a tall, narrow steel and…

There are many reasons why steel framing has come to the forefront as one of the best and most feasible alternative building materials for residential and commercial construction. Steel framing is easy to handle on-site. It is light in…

Ray Frobosilo, owner and founder of Super Stud Building Products, Inc., a cold-formed steel (CFS) products manufacturer, knows about resilient construction firsthand. His company has supplied emergency building materials in the aftermaths…

CSSBI member Tony DiGiovanni of Bailey Metal Products has been interviewed for the Fall 2017 issue of the Ontario Home Builder Magazine article Framing the Argument. This is a well-balanced article discussing steel, concrete and wood…

Waste is a growing concern in the construction industry, posing significant risk to the environment. In 2014 alone, 534 million tons of construction and demolition (C&D) debris were generated in the U.S. — more than twice the amount of…