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Com o tema “Dimensionamento do Sistema Light Steel Framing”, o curso será ministrado pelo professor Francisco Carlos Rodrigues, da Escola de Engenharia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, sendo dirigido a engenheiros civis em geral e ao corpo técnico da construtora. Haverá também uma mesa redonda com participação do consultor japonês Hideki Tashiro e professores da Universidade Federal Tecnológica do Paraná, em que serão abordadas as escolas americana e japonesa de construção a seco. 2005 | 29 de Agosto | Estados Unidos | Nashville Business Journal | Designers going green to stay within project budget. ... Another alternative is light-gauge steel that is cold-formed, produced by rolling sheet steel through dies, instead of heating it, according to the American Iron and Steel Institute. It can be cut to length in the field, instead of formed in the factory. Load-bearing steel stud framing and light-gauge steel framing also are used - especially in hospitality and institutional projects, says Donald E. Smith, director of Technical Services for the Association of the Wall and Ceiling Industries. He notes that such buildings are non-combustible and usually eligible for reduced insurance costs. 14 de Agosto | Índia | Hoovers Research Companies News | China has almost doubled its steel consumption in seven years from 92.7 kg in 1998 to about 180 kg at present. A world of steel World over, there has been a tremendous change in construction technology with a large-scale introduction of composite construction, light-steel framing/space frames, modular construction and pre-engineered buildings for residences, godowns and offices. In Japan, industrial buildings and bridges are being mostly built with steel, the metal has a substantial share in residential buildings too. Similarly in Germany, steel has 50 per cent share in industrial buildings and storage facilities. In the UK, nearly 70 per cent industrial buildings and warehouses have been built using steel. Multi-storey buildings coming up are mostly steel framed with steel roofing and cladding. Steel dominates the warehouses sector and high-rise buildings market in North America. In France, it has a 50 per cent share in office buildings and 80-85 per cent share in industrial buildings. In Korea, steel is dominant in medium and high-rise buildings, industrial buildings, school structures and bridges. In Australia, steel is widely used both in residential and industrial complexes. In Scandinavian countries, almost 50 to 60 per cent of the official and industrial buildings are steel intensive. In South Africa too, it is dominant in industrial buildings, long span applications, roads and dams. Some prominent steel buildings and structures built in India, in the last three-four years, include the eight-storey Luv-Kush commercial building in Ahmedabad that remained intact during the Gujarat earthquake; RM Multiplex (eight-storey) entertainment centre at Noida; stadium for national game at Hyderabad; Hotel Nataraj in Mumbai; the three-storey steel car park in Kolkata; two flyovers in Delhi, four in Kolkata and one in Mumbai and so on. 21 de Julho | Brasil | Canal de Notícias Usiminas/Cosipa | Usiminas e Cosipa realizam palestra sobre Steel Framing A Usiminas e a Cosipa, no intuito de fomentar o desenvolvimento do sistema construtivo Steel Framing, realizam em Belo Horizonte e em São Paulo, a palestra 'Steel Framing - Uma Solução Industrializada para a Construção, ministrada pelos arquitetos Esteban Jauregui, profissional argentino com atuação consagrada no ramo, e Guilherme Jardim da Usiminas/Cosipa. Na capital mineira, a palestra acontece no dia 21 de julho, às 9h30, no auditório da Sede da Usiminas. E em São Paulo, no dia 22, no Centro Britânico Brasileiro. O Steel Framing é uma tecnologia construtiva baseada no sistema Light Steel Framing, largamente utilizado nos Estados Unidos, Japão, Austrália e Nova Zelândia. Também utilizada há mais de 10 anos no Chile e Argentina, com grande sucesso. Com esta visão, o Sistema Usiminas vem fomentando o uso deste sistema construtivo no Brasil, a partir do intercâmbio com profissionais argentinos que já atuam nesta área. 2004 | 20 de Outubro | Canadá | Canada News Wire | Dofasco steel for construction products has been certified to Environment Canada's Environmental Choice Program and will carry the EcoLogo symbol. This provides customers assurance they have made an environmentally responsible decision when using Dofasco steel for their steel building products. Dofasco's construction steel (Galvanized and Galvalume) is used in products such as light steel framing, decking and cladding for residential and commercial construction. Residential homeowners also use light steel framing for smaller projects, such as basements, additions or renovations. | 28 de Setembro | Estados Unidos | Yahoo Finance | Dietrich Metal Framing, a Worthington Industries company, today announced that it has formed a joint venture with Pacific Steel Construction. This new joint venture will focus on the residential construction market, combining Dietrich's leadership in residential steel framing with Pacific Steel Construction's experience in military housing construction. Dietrich Metal Framing, long a leader in the commercial construction industry, also provides expertise in mid-rise construction, blending a systems-integration approach with design/build methodology. | 20 de Setembro | Bermudas | The Royal Gazzete | A veteran carpenter plans to halve the time it takes to build a home and cut construction costs by up to 30 percent with his introduction of steel frame housing to the island. Southside Carpentry owner, Daniel Pereira, incorporated Steel Frame Systems Ltd. to help solve the affordable housing crisis in Bermuda. His new business is affiliated with American Steel Frame Housing, an Atlanta, Georgia based company that has developed construction techniques using steel beams rather than wood to frame a home. ... Obvious questions about rust, radio interference and safety during lightning storms and hurricanes are quickly dismissed. The homes are constructed of galvanised steel frame components to protect against rust and the big spaces between the beams mean the steel will not interfere with equipment such as radio, phones and television sets. Lightning is not an issue either because the steel frame provides a path to the ground. The homes are also designed to withstand hurricanes like last year’s Fabian where wind gusts were measured as high as 150 mph. | 6 de Abril | Estados Unidos | City of Waco Economic News | Elixir Industries, a leading building products manufacturer, is launching their light steel structural framing line by engineering, fabricating and installing a steel frame house for Habitat for Humanity. The new Light Gauge Steel Division of Elixir will create 60 new jobs in their Waco, Texas plant. ... Elixir expects to create 60 new jobs in Waco to support the growth of its light-gauge steel framing division. According to Wilson, Elixir chose the Waco plant for the new line because of its great labor force. Additionally, Waco's strategic location will allow Elixir to efficiently service the major Texas building markets focusing on large residential tracts, multi-family units, condos, hotels and health care facilities. | Abril | Brasil | Revista Engenharia e Construção | O steel frame é um sistema baseado na pré-montagem de segmentos de painéis metálicos, que após unificados compõem a base das paredes de uma edificação, as quais recebem posteriormente os outros elementos que constituem o sistema, como OSB, lã de vidro, barreira de umidade, gesso acartonado etc. O steel frame é um sistema de construção a seco, pois minimiza significativamente a necessidade de utilização de água para preparação de componentes como concreto, argamassas etc. Suas características são apropriadas tanto para instalações comerciais quanto residenciais. | 2003 | 25 de Setembro | Canadá | Canada News Wire | Dofasco Inc. is pleased to announce that Dofasco galvanized and Galvalume steel used in manufacturing building products such as Light Steel Framing (LSF) has been recognized by the Asthma Society of Canada as part of a healthy indoor air environment. ... "Light steel framing is an inert, neutral material. It does not release chemicals into the air, it does not support mold growth, and it does not offer a source of food or shelter for insects such as termites." 18 de Setembro | Estados Unidos | The Columbus Dispatch | When Nationwide Realty first envisioned its Arena Crossing Apartments Downtown, it planned a pair of four-story, wood-frame buildings with 178 units. Because of a system developed by Worthington Industries' Dietrich Metal Framing, six- and seven-story metal frame buildings with a total of 252 units are going up -- on schedule and under the initially projected cost per apartment. "We incorporated the system into the project because it made it a better project,'' said Jim Rost, vice president of development at Nationwide Realty Investors. Dietrich Building Systems uses Dietrich's light gauge steel wall panels and floor joists that eliminate the need for concrete floors or a structural skeleton of steel beams, masonry or concrete.. 9 de Setembro | Filipinas | The Manila Times | While it would seem strange for industry competitors to form an association, it makes perfect sense when they do so for a common goal. Such is the philosophy behind the recent birth of the Steel Framing Alliance of the Philippines (SFAP), an organization of five local steel manufacturing companies, whose aim is to disseminate information on a safe and cost-efficient building technology: The use of steel framing for housing. 7 de Setembro | Reino Unido | The Observer | Then there is Redrow, one of Britain's largest volume builders aiming at the middle-market - properties between £120,000 and £450,000. It now plans to introduce pre-made steel frame construction methods after setting up a joint venture with steel firm Corus. The frames are built off-site, driven to the construction area and bolted together. | 19 de Junho | Canadá | The Globe and the Mail | A balloon frame constructed with lightweight steel gauge was used for the house, which allowed not only structural integrity but flexibility for creating the biggest spaces possible and to create the rigidity to open the ends of the house almost entirely with glass. ... The Marlborough house has been recently named a double winner in the Best of Canada design competition sponsored by Canadian Interiors magazine. | 14 de Maio | Canadá | CCN Matthews | With the help of CMHC International, a division of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Calgary companies will have the opportunity to explore business partnerships with members of a Chilean trade delegation today. ... Although Canadian technology is primarily based on wood frame construction, other non-wood options are being accepted and include light gauge steel framing, plastic PVC framing and/or modular light concrete systems. These technologies are ideal alternatives for consumers reluctant to use wood frame technology due to cultural, fire and/or termite constraints. | 10 de Março | Estados Unidos | Pacific Business News | Hawaii is way ahead of the mainland in steel-frame home construction, but the state's second-largest seller of wood is not convinced steel is the answer. ... According to the Hawaii Pacific Steel Framing Alliance, 62 percent of new-home construction on Oahu used steel framing last year. Nationwide, fewer than 5 percent of all homes are framed in steel. | 3 de Março | Estados Unidos | Houston Business Journal | The environmental, safety and aesthetic advantages of steel framing are making it an increasingly popular alternative for almost every price range in home building. ... Long the accepted standard in commercial construction, light-gauge steel framing has seen a 300 percent growth in the past four years nationwide. | 2002 | 25 de Novembro | Estados Unidos | Atlanta Business Chronicle | If you're driving down Tyne Boulevard in Nashville, Tenn., any time soon, expect to see steel beams sticking out of the ground where a 1950s-style ranch house used to be. Paige Sneed, president of Nashville-based Freedom Steel Homes, hopes such sites will become the norm. | 13 de Agosto | Reino Unido | IC Wales | A joint venture between homebuilder Redrow and steel giant Corus to make prefabricated frames for houses has been approved by the European Commission. Under EU merger rules the two company's plans had to be cleared by officials and yesterday the plan received the green light | 31 deJaneiro | Reino Unido | BBC News | A "flat-pack" house that can be assembled in just five days has been revealed as the potential future of British housing. The instant home - made of steel and polystyrene - was unveiled at Bellway's Wynyard Estate on Teesside in the shape of a five bedroom Georgian-style property. ... Panels can be configured to form virtually any shape and each panel is based on a light steel frame to which exterior panels are screw attached. |
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