steel framework
Building's structural spine
A steel framework is a structural skeleton of steel beams and columns that supports a building or other construction.
The term applies both to the physical structure and to the method of construction: The steel framework went up in three weeks.
Figuratively, any underlying support structure: a steel framework of legal protections.
- girderMain structural support beam
- flangeProjecting attachment rim
- columnVertical structural element
- beamStructural support member
- skyscrapersExtremely tall urban buildings
curtain wall · prefabrication · skeleton · tensile strength · brace · truss · bridges · cantilever · bolting · welding · lattice · load bearing · corrosion resistance · fire rating · building code · moment of inertia · span · rivets
construction material
steel frameworktimber frame
Wooden structural skeleton
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