Showing posts with label Industry News. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Industry News. Show all posts

Monday, 22 August 2016

The CSSBI Blog has moved!

We have moved the blog into the CSSBI website to better integrate it with all the other great content we have to offer on that site.
If there is anything you would like to see on our blog or website, contact us and we’ll be happy to include it! Until then, we hope you continue to read up on what’s new with sheet steel building products and let the CSSBI help you turn your design visions into realities!

Thursday, 4 August 2016

AISI and CFSEI Announce Kick-Off of 2016-2017 International Cold-Formed Steel Building Student Design Competition

The 2015 Cold-Formed Steel Design Competition Problem
Competition offers expanded design challenge and timeline, new rules, and professional mentors 


WASHINGTON, D.C., August 3, 2016 – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) and the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute (CFSEI) are joining the American Society of Civil Engineers, Committee of Cold-Formed Members; and the University of North Texas as co-sponsors of the 2016-2017 International Cold-Formed Steel Building Student Design Competition. Now in its sixth year, the competition was previously known as the International Student Competition on Cold-Formed Steel Design. The competition is now officially under way and will conclude on March 31, 2017. 
“This year’s competition is different in many ways than those held in previous years,” said Maribeth Rizzuto, LEED AP – BD+C, managing director of the Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute. “Previously, the design problems involved cold-formed steel components. This year, the design problem is a three-story cold-formed steel condominium building, and we are challenging students to push the creative bounds of structural design with light cold-formed steel framing. We are extending the deadline for entries and are encouraging students to work as either individuals or teams. Upon request, we will also provide an engineering mentor from CFSEI for project support. With these changes, our goal is to provide an expanded experience for students to work on a specific project while interacting with other team members, as they would in the workplace.”
The design problem is a three-story cold-formed steel condominium building located at 8601 Scholar Lane in Las Vegas, Nevada, 89128, USA. It has 26,912 sq. ft. (2,500 sq. meters) of usable floor space. The primary load-bearing and lateral structural system shall be cold-formed steel framing, designed to IBC 2012 and governing AISI specifications with load combinations taken from ASCE 7-10. 
The competition is open to students around the world who are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate college programs. Teams can register as individuals or as groups. Each group may request an engineer mentor from CFSEI to support their work. 
Entries will be judged by a jury of engineers, architects, contractors, and cold-formed steel manufacturers in three main categories: 
  • Design – Resourcefulness, constructibility, creativity;
  • Structure – Structural system performance and efficiency reflected in the calculations, details and use of cold-formed steel framing in combination with other construction materials; and 
  • Impact – Impact on the surrounding community and the environment. 
Cash prizes for competition winners will be awarded at the 2017 CFSEI Expo to be held in Spring 2017. 

For more information on the design competition, visit the CFSEI website at https://cfsei.memberclicks.net/student-competition 

AISI serves as the voice of the North American steel industry in the public policy arena and advances the case for steel in the marketplace as the preferred material of choice. AISI also plays a lead role in the development and application of new steels and steelmaking technology. AISI is comprised of 19 member companies, including integrated and electric furnace steelmakers, and approximately 125 associate members who are suppliers to or customers of the steel industry. For more news about steel and its applications, visit www.steel.org.
The Cold-Formed Steel Engineers Institute comprises hundreds of structural engineers and other design professionals who are finding a better way to produce safe and efficient designs for commercial and residential structures with cold-formed steel. CFSEI members work together to develop and evolve industry standards and design methods, produce and issue technical bulletins, and provide seminars and online training to improve the knowledge and skills base of engineers and design professionals. For more information, visit www.cfsei.org
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Thursday, 21 July 2016

SFIA gives Webinar on the Risks of Wood Framing/Code Changes



The Steel Framing Industry Association is a USA-based sister organization to the CSSBI. As we have seen similar code changes for combustible materials in Canada, this webinar touched on many of the same concerns the steel and concrete industries have expressed in Canada.

This last Thursday the SFIA Professional Development series featured an online presentation by Chief Steve Lohr, currently the Fire Chief of Hagerstown, MD and who recently retired as Chief of the Montgomery County, MD Fire and Rescue Services.  Steve has recent, first-hand experience fighting a mid-rise wood-frame fire and he’s agreed to testify before a committee of the Maryland State Legislature about the dangers these structures represent.

Watch the video to see a clip reporting on the 2014 fire that destroyed the Upper Gables apartments in Rockville, MD.


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Thursday, 7 July 2016

CSSBI-CSPI Annual Charity Golf Tournament donates to Prostate Cancer Canada

The Canadian Sheet Steel Building Institute and the Corrugated Steel Pipe Institute made a donation to Prostate Cancer Canada.



The Annual Charity Golf Tournament was held on June 12, 2016 during our Annual Meeting held in Saint-Andrews-by-the-Sea, NB.  Prostate Cancer Canada was chosen as this year's charity in honour of Bryan Hernandez, the recipient of the 2016 CSSBI Award of RecognitionIn total, $1220 was donated.

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Friday, 1 July 2016

Happy Birthday Canada - Bonne fête Canada


Please note the CSSBI office will be closed on Friday July 1, 2016 to celebrate Canada Day. We will reopen Monday July 4, 2016.

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Thursday, 23 June 2016

2016 CSSBI Award of Recognition awarded posthumously to Bryan Hernandez of Steelway Building Systems


The 2016 CSSBI Award of Recognition was awarded posthumously at the CSSBI Annual Meeting banquet held on June 12th, 2016 in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, NB, to Mr. Bryan Hernandez. Bryan worked for many years at Steelway Building Systems in Aylmer, ON and was an integral part of their success. He was also a great supporter of the CSSBI serving over the years on many committees in various roles ranging from Chair to President of the CSSBI from 2013-2015.

The CSSBI Award of Recognition is intended to pay tribute to an individual or company who by their efforts have furthered the goals of the Institute, expanded the scope of sheet steel in construction and improved the quality of the construction industry in Canada. The individual or company has accomplished the above criteria without regard to personal or corporate gains but with the good of the industry and the Institute as a focus.

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Thursday, 16 June 2016

Announcing the winners of our 2016 Photo Contest

For the 2016 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 Program
  • Niki Hurst, 4th-year Student Conestoga College - Architectural Technology Program

The winners and runners-up of the photo contest were announced at our Annual CSSBI Member Meeting on June 12, 2016 in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea, NB

The CSSBI Photo Contest covers five sheet steel categories, including:
  • Agricultural Roofing & Cladding
  • Lightweight Steel Framing
  • Residential Steel Roofing
  • Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Roofing, Cladding & Decking
  • Steel Building Systems.
Our panel judged the photos for each category based on the overall aesthetics of the picture, a project's use of sheet steel, the relevancy of sheet steel to the project, architectural design, as well as the presentation of any unique features.

The category winners and runners-up are listed below. First place winners each received a $200 gift certificate to The Home Depot and the second place winners received a $100 gift certificate to The Home Depot.

The CSSBI congratulates the winners and runners-up, and thanks all member participants for making this year's Photo Contest a success. Keep snapping those photos and we'll see you next year!


Agricultural Roofing & Cladding


First Place
Mark Stone - Agway Metals Inc.
Dynamic Farm - Vineland, ON

Second Place
Raymond Morits - Ideal Roofing Co. Ltd.
Westmoreland, NH

Honourable Mention
Richard Kovacs - VICWEST

Honourable Mention
George Brazil - Westman Steel
Wetaskiwin, AB

Lightweight Steel Framing


First Place
Brad Burns - Bailey Metal Products
Emerald Hills Aquatic Centre - Sherwood Park, AB

Second Place
Dan Iverson - Bailey Metal Products
Bass Pro Shop

Honourable Mention
Brad Burns - Bailey Metal Products
Prairie Landing Apartments - Winnipeg, MB

Residential Steel Roofing


First Place
Daryl Hall - Agway Metals Inc.
Mortimers Point Bala, ON

Second Place
Westform Metals

Honourable Mention
Nicolas Parker - Ideal Roofing Co. Ltd.
Ottawa, ON

Industrial, Commercial & Institutional Roofing, Cladding & Decking


First Place
David Forsey - VICWEST
Bella Concert Hall - Mount Royal University - Calgary, AB

Second Place
Robert Illman - Agway Metals Inc.
Brookside Public School - Scarborough, ON

Honourable Mention
Ideal Roofing Co. Ltd.
Barrhaven, ON

Steel Building Systems


First Place
Butler Buildings (Canada)
Whissell Contracting Ltd. - Lethbridge, AB

Second Place
Steelway Building Systems
MTF Airside Building - Regina, SK

Honourable Mention
Butler Buildings (Canada)
Klark's Trenching Ltd. - Saskatoon, SK


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Thursday, 2 June 2016

Article: Daily Commercial News - Are carbon neutral steel big box stores possible?

(rendering of a 6,000 sq. ft. retail carbon neutral steel building system from the CN-SBS research project)

The Daily Commercial News recently published an article discussing the possibility of designing and constructing a carbon neutral big box retail store using a steel building system. This article references heavily our Carbon Neutral Steel Building System Research Project (CN-SBS).

Check out the article here for a general overview of this project and go to our CN-SBS website for all of the details. This is a multi-year research project with many partners including the University of Waterloo, Enermodal Engineering (now MMM Group) and Whiting Design

(rendering of a 10,000 sq. ft. retail carbon neutral steel building system from the CN-SBS research project)

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Tuesday, 17 May 2016

Cas d'étude: Jouer au soccer à Krasnoïarsk, en Sibérie


Projet: Stade de soccer
Krasnoïarsk, Sibérie

Krasnoïarsk est la troisième ville en importance de la Sibérie. La ville est située à l’est du Kazakhstan et au nord de la Mongolie, dans la partie centre-sud d’une région nichée sur les rives du fleuve Yenisei qui s’écoule en direction nord vers l’océan Arctique. Comme bon nombre de villes de Russie, ses habitants sont entichés de ce jeu somptueux qu’est le soccer. Et comme tous les partisans, ils veulent ce qu’il y a de mieux pour leur équipe. Pour cela, il faut de la pratique, beaucoup de pratique.


Malheureusement, les joueurs étaient confrontés à un problème de taille : de novembre à mars, il n’y avait aucune installation d’entraînement sur un terrain pleine grandeur. 


C’est ici que sont entrés en scène le ministre des Sports de la Russie et un entrepreneur général en construction de bâtiments, Mezhregionalnaya Torgovaya Assotsiatsia Ltd., (MTA). À l’image de leurs nouvelles patinoires de hockey, les Russes voulaient avoir un stade de soccer intérieur de dimension internationale offrant la meilleure ligne de vision, sans qu’elle soit obstruée par des colonnes de soutien. Une telle demande présentait deux défis importants : construire avec des espaces vides d’une dimension jamais vue et trouver un fournisseur compétent, puisqu’aucun fournisseur russe ne pouvait répondre à une telle demande. 


Behlen Industries LP, dont le siège social est situé à Brandon, au Manitoba, est le principal fabricant de systèmes de construction en acier au Canada. Après avoir présenté l’offre retenue pour le nouveau stade, Behlen a démontré une fois de plus son expérience et son expertise en matière de réalisation de projets internationaux d’une ampleur exceptionnelle et inhabituelle. Il est également important de souligner que Behlen a traité dès le début du projet avec MTA, qui était chargé de l’érection de cette structure massive en Sibérie. 


Le gestionnaire de projet, M. Andreas Riffel, de Brandon, qui parle russe couramment, a agi en qualité d’homme de pointe pour Behlen. Selon M. Riffel, « La taille du projet a constitué l’un des principaux défis. Premièrement, nous n’avions jamais fabriqué de bâtiment sans cadre de style convexe d’une telle ampleur, doté d’espaces vides aussi vastes et, deuxièmement, nous devions gagner la confiance des autorités locales afin de les convaincre que c’était possible. Il s’agissait d’un projet unique pour nous. Imaginez quelqu’un qui n’a jamais vu une telle structure, difficile de croire que ça fonctionnerait! » Il convient d’évoquer les essais et la contribution d’ArcelorMittal Dofasco (AMD), qui est allée au-delà de l’approvisionnement en acier. AMD a effectué des essais de cisaillement du diaphragme sur des panneaux de 3,05 m à 7,62 m (10 pi à 25 pi) raccordés comme ils le seraient sur le terrain, avec charge, afin de mesurer le fléchissement, puis d’exécuter des calculs pour déterminer la résistance au cisaillement du bâtiment. Comme l’indique M. Riffel, « à la suite de ces essais, nous étions convaincus qu’il était possible de construire ce stade et qu’il serait en mesure de supporter le poids de la neige. Ces essais ont également rassuré les autorités locales. » 


Le stade mesure 120 m de longueur sur 115 m de largeur (395 pi sur 377 pi). Il compte quatre zones commerciales et administratives d’une empreinte de 12 m sur 35 m (40 pi x 115 pi). Le terrain de soccer mesure 120 m sur 80 m (394 pi sur 262 pi), avec une hauteur de plafond libre de 23 m (75,5 pi). L’acier galvanisé Z275(G90) est partout : panneaux latéraux de 1,925 mm (0,0758 po), panneaux de mur d’extrémité de 1,31 mm (0,0516 po), toit de 2,38 mm (0,0937 po) et au plafond, mélange de 2,38 mm (0,0937 po) et de 1,93 mm (0,0758 po). Les panneaux de toit et de plafond laminés les plus imposants ont une dimension d’environ 1 m sur 10 m (3,28 pi x 32,8 pi).


Des premières négociations à la livraison définitive, Behlen a consacré un an et demi à ce projet, ce qui est impressionnant si l’on tient compte du fait que la fabrication elle-même et l’expédition se sont déroulées sur une période de 4 mois et ont nécessité 63 conteneurs d’expédition. L’achèvement global était prévu pour le mois d’août 2014. Au moment de mettre sous presse, Behlen avait obtenu cinq autres contrats de construction de bâtiments en acier en Russie et avait ouvert un bureau à Moscou.


ÉQUIPE DE CONCEPTION ET DE CONSTRUCTION : 
PROPRIÉTAIRE : Club de soccer « Enisey » 
ARCHITECTE : PSO MIR Ltd. 
INGÉNIEUR DE STRUCTURES : Urban Engineering 
ENTREPRENEUR GÉNÉRAL : PSK Premium Ltd. 
MONTEUR DE CONSTRUCTION : Stroikon Ltd. 
FOURNISSEUR DE BÂTIMENT : Behlen Industries LP
PHOTOGRAPHE : Andreas Riffel



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Thursday, 12 May 2016

Project Profile: Housing the beautiful game in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia

Project: Soccer Stadium
Location: Krasnoïarsk, Siberia

Krasnoïarsk is the third largest city in Siberia. It is east of Kazakhstan and north of Mongolia, in the south-central area of the region nestled on the banks of the Yenisei River that flows northward to the Arctic Ocean. Like many Russian cities its inhabitants love the “beautiful game” of soccer. And, like all soccer fans, they want their team to be the best. And that takes practice. Lots of it. Big problem: from November to March there was no facility for training on a full-size field.


Enter the Russian Ministry of Sport and a general contractor for building construction, Mezhregionalnaya Torgovaya Assotsiatsia Ltd., (MTA). As with their newer hockey arenas, the Russians wanted an international-size indoor soccer stadium with the best sight-lines possible, without interference from support columns. This involved two significant challenges, building with unprecedented clear spans, and finding a qualified supplier, given no Russian suppliers were capable. 


Behlen Industries LP, headquartered in Brandon, Manitoba, is Canada’s largest manufacturer of steel building systems. After submitting a successful bid for the new stadium, Behlen has demonstrated once again its experience and expertise in taking over large and unusual international projects. It’s also important to say that since the project started, Behlen has been dealing with MTA who erected this massive structure in Siberia. 


Behlen’s point man was Project Manager Andreas Riffel, based in Brandon, who speaks fluent Russian. He says, “The most challenging aspects of the project related to its size. Firstly we’d never fabricated a frameless convex-style building that big, with such large clear spans and secondly because of that we had to gain the trust of local authorities that it was even possible. It was unique for us, imagine for someone who never saw a structure like that, it’s difficult to believe it’s going to work!” 


And that brings up the issue of testing and ArcelorMittal Dofasco (AMD)’s contribution besides supplying the steel itself. AMD conducted diaphragm shear testing on 3.05m to 7.62m (10 ft. to 25 ft.) panels connected as they would be in the field, loading them, measuring the deflection and then crunching the numbers to determine the shear capacity of the building. As Riffel points out, “The test results gave us the confidence that the stadium could be built and it would be able to withstand local snow loads, and we reassured local authorities accordingly.” 


The stadium’s overall size is 120m long x 115m wide (395 ft. x 377 ft.) It comprises a 4-storey admin. and commercial area with a 12m x 35m (40 ft. x 115 ft.) footprint. The soccer arena is 120m x 80m (394 ft. x 262 ft.) with a clear ceiling height of 23m (75.5 ft.) Z275(G90) galvanized steel is used throughout for sidewall panels 1.925mm (0.0758”), end wall panels 1.31mm (0.0516”), roof 2.38mm (0.0937”) and the ceiling is a mix of 2.38mm (0.0937”) and 1.93mm (0.0758”). The largest roof and ceiling panels had a rolled dimension of approximately 1m x 10m (3.28 ft. x 32.8 ft.). 


The project took Behlen a year-and-a-half from first negotiations to final delivery. That becomes impressive when you know the actual fabrication and shipment occurred within a 4-month period and required 63 shipping containers. Overall completion was scheduled for August 2014. At the time of going to press Behlen had obtained a further five contracts for steel buildings in Russia and opened an office in Moscow.


DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION TEAM 
OWNER: Soccer Club “Enisey” 
ARCHITECT: PSO MIR Ltd. 
STRUCTURAL ENGINEER: Urban Engineering 
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: PSK Premium Ltd. 
BUILDING ERECTOR: Stroikon Ltd. 
BUILDING SUPPLIER: BEHLEN Industries LP 
PHOTOGRAPHER: Andreas Riffel




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