Steel For Construction

Structural steel is a popular construction material, often used alongside concrete to create impressive and long-lasting buildings. Its versatility, sustainability and flexibility are some of the main reasons for its use, as well as being a very cost-effective material. With a high strength-to-weight ratio, steel can often provide a solution where other materials are unsuitable. Let’s look at some of these advantages and how they can be incorporated into the design of a building to overcome specific issues.

In the project and application area, the team should have information about the steel construction and its compatibility with the complementary elements in order to produce solid and high quality structures. Because steel construction systems, unlike other construction systems, arise as a result of combining many elements, most of which are produced in the factory, both in size and material differences from each other. Therefore, in the design of steel structures, the harmony of the carrier system and the integral elements and their detailing are very important. Erdağ Metal company shows the necessary sensitivity with its professional team and quality control unit.

For buildings

• Structural sections: these provide a strong, stiff frame for the building and make up 25% of the steel use in buildings.
• Reinforcing bars: these add tensile strength and stiffness to concrete and make up 44% of steel use in buildings. Steel is used because it binds well to concrete, has a similar thermal expansion coefficient and is strong and relatively cost-effective. Reinforced concrete is also used to provide deep foundations and basements and is currently the world’s primary building material.
• Sheet products: 31% is in sheet products such as roofing, purlins, internal walls, ceilings, cladding, and insulating panels for exterior walls.
• Non-structural steel: steel is also found in many non-structural applications in buildings, such as heating and cooling equipment and interior ducting.
• Internal fixtures and fittings such as rails, shelving and stairs are also made of steel.

For infrastructure

• Transport networks: steel is required for bridges, tunnels, rail track and in constructing buildings such as fueling stations, train stations, ports and airports. About 60% of steel use in this application is as rebar and the rest is sections, plates and rail track.
• Utilities (fuel, water, power): over 50% of the steel used for this application is in underground pipelines to distribute water to and from housing, and to distribute gas. The rest is mainly rebar for power stations and pumping houses.