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Steel vs. Wood Cost Comparison. Beaufort Demonstration Homes
Steel framing has been used for many years for interior non-load bearing and curtain walls in commercial construction. However, cold-formed steel members have only recently attracted attention for use in load bearing wall, floor, and roof framing applications in residential construction. Despite the availability of cold-formed steel framing, there are still basic barriers that impede its adoption in the residential market. Probably the primary barrier is that the building industry is generally reluctant to adopt alternative building methods and materials unless they exhibit clear cost or quality advantages. A second barrier is how the thermal conductivity of steel affects energy use in homes. Given improvements in the technology over the past few years, it is not clear how steel compares with wood framing in terms of overall cost to the builder. The scope of this project was limited to constructing two identical side-by-side homes at three different locations in the U.S. Each location had unique labor rates, material costs, size, shape and style of construction.
Steel vs. Wood Cost Comparison. Beaufort Demonstration Homes
Steel framing has been used for many years for interior non-load bearing and curtain walls in commercial construction. However, cold-formed steel members have only recently attracted attention for use in load bearing wall, floor, and roof framing applications in residential construction. Despite the availability of cold-formed steel framing, there are still basic barriers that impede its adoption in the residential market. Probably the primary barrier is that the building industry is generally reluctant to adopt alternative building methods and materials unless they exhibit clear cost or quality advantages. A second barrier is how the thermal conductivity of steel affects energy use in homes. Given improvements in the technology over the past few years, it is not clear how steel compares with wood framing in terms of overall cost to the builder. The scope of this project was limited to constructing two identical side-by-side homes at three different locations in the U.S. Each location had unique labor rates, material costs, size, shape and style of construction.
Steel vs. Wood Cost Comparison. Beaufort Demonstration Homes
2002
98 pages
Report
No indication
English
Energy Use, Supply, & Demand , Building Industry Technology , Construction Materials, Components, & Equipment , Steel , Wood , Costs , Comparisons , Houses , Air leakage , Site location , Construction materials , Frames , Walls , Floors , Roofs , Tools , Construction industry , Equipment , Thermal conductivity , Labor houses , Energy consumption , Residential buildings , Cold-formed steel framing
project Beaufort Court: new steel homes in London
British Library Online Contents | 2003