{"id":10157,"date":"2022-05-09T23:29:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:29:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.incide.it\/?p=10157"},"modified":"2022-05-09T23:32:31","modified_gmt":"2022-05-09T21:32:31","slug":"light-steel-frame-a-new-structure-for-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.incide.it\/en\/light-steel-frame-a-new-structure-for-buildings\/","title":{"rendered":"Light Steel Frame: a new structure for buildings\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

A residential building consisting of a steel structure? It seems a strange, unusual idea. After all, it is not a shed: houses have always been made of masonry, concrete, or even wood.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is usually the first reaction to the idea of building houses with a metal structure<\/strong>. However, this is a first impression, often frequent even among designers themselves, which is however dictated by habit and ingrained ideas.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let us now look in detail at this new construction method in order to better understand its characteristics and, above all, its advantages.<\/span><\/p>\n

The advantages of residential steel structures<\/span><\/h2>\n

A closer look at the subject reveals that these buildings<\/strong>, generally residential (but not exclusively), have a load-bearing structure<\/strong> made from the latest generation of thin metal profiles<\/span><\/strong>, cold-formed from structural steel, which are completed with sheet and panel systems for the external envelope, internal partitions, floors and roofs.<\/span><\/p>\n

The aim of all this is to ensure maximum technological performance<\/strong> of the finished building and the construction process.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Building the load-bearing structure in this way brings significant advantages<\/strong> in terms of construction time on site. The wall and floor elements<\/strong> arrive pre-assembled<\/strong> and only need to be installed and connected together: this makes a big difference compared to bricks and concrete in terms of time and optimisation of construction work.<\/span><\/p>\n

To better understand this type of construction, it is useful to use a simile. In fact, it is like dealing with a big box of assemblable elements, from which it is possible to freely choose<\/strong> the most suitable components<\/strong> in the best combination to achieve the desired performance<\/strong>, from basic but indispensable solutions, such as for emergency constructions, or without the need to meet particular regulatory and comfort requirements, to complex and high-performance constructions to meet the most diverse needs.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Dry layered construction: a growing trend?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Industry interest in dry layered construction has been growing<\/strong> in Italy over the last ten years and is still accelerating<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is due to a number of factors:<\/span><\/p>\n