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Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Hard as Steel: Structural Design for a Modern City

Looking at an average Chinese metropolis, you will see scores, perhaps 100s, of cranes putting up tall buildings. The key component in the development of such edifices is steel. Steel constructions are the mainstay of every urban center.

Before a building can be developed, the building has to be drafted. And this is where steel structure detailing has its introduction. Steel shop drawing is vital to the safety of everyone involved - those labouring on the building site, and those eventually living in the building. A great amount of planning is essential in order to fulfill safety ordinances while meeting all the specifications the architect and client have set.

A steel detailing designer must know all about force and pressure - when to get the structure to yield to outside pressures, and when to withstand such pressures, to maximise the unity of the structure. A structure also has to resist huge weights, and so this must also be taken into account. From snow weight to wind speed, a steel structure detailer must plan for all kinds of external pressures.

In this modern world, there are more and more demands for creative design, which means the detailer can frequently find himself working on difficult designs and try to translate them into a safe living space for hundreds of people.

Yet, it’s not all tough for the detailer - computer software like Asteel, AutoCad, and Tekla Steel have helped hurry up the process of drafting and detailing large buildings.

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