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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): [...]

   A new 68,000 sq ft care facility is rising out of the ground at the corner of Clayton and Henry road in Ballwin, MO.  When completed,  the new complex being built for Formation Shelbourne Senior Living Services, LLC will boast 86 units, a spa, recreation facility and many other world-class amenities. The Ballwin structure [...]

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 [...]