steel construction
Beam and girder
Steel construction is building with structural steel—beams, columns, and frames made from steel rather than wood, concrete, or masonry.
The method dominates skyscraper and industrial building because steel offers exceptional strength-to-weight ratio and spans large distances without intermediate supports: The warehouse used steel construction throughout.
Steel construction also refers to the industry and trade involved in such building.
- beamsRays or supports
- welding machinesEquipment for fusing metals
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
- high-rise buildingTall multi-story structure
- weldingHeat-fusing metal pieces
welding torch · columns · trusses · load bearing · bolting · bridges · girders · ironworkers · safety harness · railways · joints · fasteners · riveting · factories · warehouses · fabrication · braces · cutting
steel constructiontimber framing
Construction using joined heavy wood
stone construction · concrete construction · log construction · adobe construction
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