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Citing higher raw material prices (especially scrap) and improved demand, US steel producers continued to announce price increases in December.  Nucor and Severstal NA lead the charge with matching $50/ton increases on sheet products, and all other mills quickly followed.  This is the third published price increase for flat roll since mid November 2011. Market [...]

Simple placement of the splice can have an impact on the final cost of a truss.  In this example the top chord is longer that available product. Designer places a splice in a location considering available material lengths.   However, by shifting the splice nearer to the left end, when the moment from the overhang causes [...]

Old school construction meets new building methods in Fort Thomas, Kentucky this fall as the Northern Kentucky Water Service District adds to its campus of facilities buildings.  Aegis Metal Framing Ultra-Span® cold-formed steel trusses were the product of choice for the latest building, a structure that will be capped with a live vegetative green roof.  [...]

As expected, domestic steel producers have followed up their announcements of early November with additional notices of their intent to raise prices.  Led by Severstal NA, all major US-based mills began notifying customers Thanksgiving week of increases in the $40 to $50 per ton range, bringing the total announced rise to $80 per ton or [...]

Aegis Metal Framing served as one of the sponsors of the USGBC- Missouri Gateway Chapter’s 2nd Annual ECORIDE, which provides green building educational opportunities. We support the organization’s mission of transforming the built environment, access to green building and green communities. To learn more about the annual ECORIDE, please visit the USGBC- Missouri Gateway website at http://www.usgbc-mogateway.org/2011/06/2011-eco-ride-to-benefit-usgbc-missouri-gateway-scholarship-fund/  

Within the past two weeks nearly all domestic flat roll producers have announced price increases ranging from $40 to $50 per ton for galvanized sheet steel.   The mills are basing these increases on stubbornly high raw material costs and a perceived improvement in forward order books.  Despite the poor market climate in construction, other flat [...]

   Aegis fabricator partner Builders FirstSource (http://bldr.com/) is currently wrapping up one of the largest cold formed steel truss projects in the southeast.   The brand new Colonel Robert L. Howard State Veterans Home is a massive 200,000 sq ft+ facility located in Pell City, AL. According to website of general contractor Doster Construction Company (http://www.dosterconstruction.com/index.html): [...]

On October 13, 2011 Reed Construction Data held one of their very informative construction forecast webinars.  The title, Flat, Up, or Down, Where is Construction Heading?  was somewhat rhetorical, as the consensus of all the panelists pointed to little overall growth in 2012. Bernard Markstein, Chief Economist, Reed Construction Data, kicked things off with a [...]

  Aegis Metal Framing just finished exhibiting at MetalCon International 2011 in Atlanta,GA.   Although attendance was well off historic levels, overall participation seemed significantly better than many other trade shows this year (AIA, BCMC, National Structures Congress, etc.)  Show floor traffic seemed steady with a diverse mix of engineers, contractors, fabricators and suppliers.  As in [...]

    After a stifling hot summer at our Edenton, NC manufacturing location, the autumn weather has finally graced us with its presence.  This is a time of year that the entire team enjoys… comfortable working temperatures, cool breezes, NFL Sundays, and more continuous improvements at the plant. Last week we completed installation of our brand new [...]