Instead of doing the same things over and over again, expecting different results, It’s time to once and for all address your construction challenges. Let’s talk about three little words that you may not be fully aware of: cold-formed steel.
TotalJoist by Bailey Metal Products is one of North America’s leaders in delivering high-quality cold-formed steel structures of lasting value to its customers. The lightweight steel systems – which provide solutions for the major structural components of a building – help to address many challenges in mid-rise residential and commercial construction.
The following is a selection of five of the most popular challenges facing developers, engineers, contractors and labourers and how you can alleviate the concerns with them simply by choosing lightweight steel solutions.
North America’s Construction Challenges: Solved!
Construction Challenge #1: Structural Quality & Integrity
When the decision is made to use lumber, you need to consider all of its problems – its heavy weight and tendency to warp are just two of them. Compound these problems with the time it takes to cut every piece onsite, the need to meet labour requirements, having to deal with fluctuating availability and redoing work because of incorrect measurements, and you end up with your structure being built with a lifetime of future challenges as well.
Cold-formed steel can solve many of these challenges, as steel is prefabricated in an offsite facility and is cut to absolute precision. We can engineer, fabricate, ship and install at a price that is not as high as many think.
Construction Challenge #2: Construction Timelines
Ask any developer and they will tell you that they want their building’s keys sooner than they did last time. Delays mean lost money, which is simply not an option anymore. Our prefabricated cold-formed-steel systems can be installed much faster than wood and concrete, which needs a large labour force and ample space onsite, often cutting weeks off of the schedule of a mid-rise construction project. Don’t believe us? We’ll prove it to you – contact us with your project specs!
Construction Challenge #3: Fighting With Outdated Construction Materials and Processes
When innovative techniques are chosen for construction projects, life is easier. Only a small team is required to lift, place and install lightweight steel components. And with Composite TotalJoist flooring system, concrete floor construction processes do not require the industry-standard shoring, temporary decking and expensive time wasted: Composite TotalJoist is a system of lightweight joists (which are easy to handle), Total-Lewis-Deck and a layer of concrete.
Construction Challenge #4: Addressing Labour Shortages
Trying to find and retain high-quality tradespeople is practically a full-time job for many HR personnel who work in the construction industry. The high cost, unpredictability and training challenges of increasing your workforce size are more frustrating than they need to be.
The solution is to use simpler materials and construction methods that require fewer tradespeople, while also respecting the crews that are currently working night and day for your projects.
Our structural systems are easier, safer and faster to install than those involving primarily wood or concrete. For example, our systems have been simplified to eliminate guesswork. By using prefabricated building materials, detailed sets of plans and easy assembly techniques, fewer skilled crew members are needed, and those you do have will be rewarded with tasks that benefit a safe work environment.
Construction Challenge #5: Ensuring a Safe Jobsite
Safety has never been more important in the North American construction industry. Any step that contractors can take to remove hazards, prevent injuries and reduce sickness must be taken. Rules and regulations that ensure a safe jobsite are rightfully vigilantly enforced.
What if you could take away the hazards of cutting lumber onsite? What if you could eliminate the need for temporary shoring and forming under concrete slabs? What if you could reduce the number of moving equipment? Or lessen the dust and debris in the air? Of course, you already know the answer – by choosing to build your mid-rise project using cold-formed-steel you can do all of the above and much more. Think safety first; we are here to help you at every step along the way.
Cold-Formed Steel Gives Developers, Contractors and Engineers Opportunity for Improvement
This is only just the beginning of your journey into removing significant challenges from your operations. Take a moment to review some of our most successful projects, learn more about the process of working with steel pioneers, explore our three primary structural systems and contact us to learn more.
