Since the dramatic rise in US sheet steel prices during the first 5 months of 2010, things settled down in May, and prices did stabilize a bit over the summer months.  However, as a result of rising scrap and iron ore prices (driven mostly by foreign demand) AND a reduction in production capacity, US mills [...]

Aegis and MiTek are not just “talking the talk”, we are” walking the walk.”
Check out the pick up tag from the recycling company that services our Edenton, NC facility.  This nets out to 20,000 pounds (10 tons) of cardboard and plastic packaging that several years go might have ended up in a landfill.  And of [...]

On June 21st, we held our third in a series of on-line educational session we are calling Aegis University. This month’s topic was Optimization of Ultra-Span Trusses and it was by far the most highly attended event so far. More than 50 attendees from the majority of Aegis fabricators participated.
In this ultra-competitive market environment, where jobs [...]

Aegis Metal Framing Continues to Promote its Fabricators in the CFST Industry
Tom Valvo
I just returned from spending a few days at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) in San Francisco.  Aegis Metal Framing exhibited at the show, in conjunction with our sister companies, Hardy Frames, Side-Plate, and Zone 4.  Traffic was steady if unspectacular, but [...]

On May 26, 2010 winds in excess of 100 mph slammed into Westlake High School in Calcasieu Parish, LA.  The winds tore part of the standing seam metal roof from the high school gymnasium and destroyed the press box at the football stadium.  
Despite the carnage, the 100’ long Aegis Ultra-Span steel trusses spanning the gymnasium [...]

Aegis Metal Framing just participated in the Cold Formed Steel Framing Institute’s (CFSEI) Annual Meeting and Exhibition in Atlanta.  We were pleased to be an official partner/sponsor of this year’s gathering and were pleasantly surprised by the relatively strong attendance, given the current state of the construction market.  CFSEI is a strong technical advocate for [...]

When a truss support (i.e. wall, beam, etc) is required to be braced, it is often that the truss itself is called upon to provide the bracing. This condition is not a problem for Cold-Formed Steel trusses. Although it is not the truss that is the ultimate element of resistance, the truss plays a role in getting the force to the resisting element. Typically that resisting element is the roof diaphragm. For this Steel Notes article the support will be considered to be a wide flange beam and the diaphragm as the resisting element.