Discover the upgraded FRAMECAD TF550H with its newly designed swage which enables easier and more efficient assembly of 2mm or 14 gauge Cold Formed Steel (CFS). The TF550H is the ideal solution for mid-rise construction.

The TF550H System uses FRAMECAD® patented technology to provide a smart and lean design, engineering and fabrication process. The FRAMECAD® System integrates with BIM design software including REVIT and TEKLA. Intelligence and know-how built into FRAMECAD® Structure design software enables value engineered design to maximise both profitability and robust building techniques.

Whatever your building project, we’re willing to wager that cold formed steel (CFS) can do it more efficiently, due to its fast, advanced and cost-effective construction methodology.

Rapid, modern, design-led CFS construction helps local and central governments construct high-quality and economical institutional buildings for their communities.

CFS’s commercial applications meet commercial construction and industrial building needs, providing high-quality worker accommodation, hotels, offices, retail buildings and more.

However, due to CFS’s ability to harness off-site manufacturing processes, it works phenomenally with non-residential building applications, which is the particular building sector which we’ve chosen to explore in this post.

Please read on to get some perspective on the wide range of non-residential building applications that have been proven effective with CFS.

The construction industry can be conservative. But no one told that to Dynamic Steel Frame, who now hold the honour of having constructed the largest light-gauge steel (LGS) three storey apartment building in Australia using the FRAMECAD System. Located in the inner-western suburb of Yarraville, Melbourne, this three-level residential building illustrates how LGS is changing today’s approach to construction.

This single-story dwelling was completed with the FRAMECAD System. This video demonstrates all the steps followed to complete this residential building successfully.

This 358m2 single-storyhouse is located on a 3037m2 piece of land and offers:

• Four bedrooms
• A study
• A veranda
• A double garage

After only 48 hours of detailing, the project was fully designed, engineered and compliant with the local design code.

Watch the evolution of the project from beginning to end.

The main challenge of this steel frame construction project was the complexity of the veranda roof design with overhangs, different roof heights and the main roof structure which did not line up with the veranda roof.

With natural disasters affecting some of the most vulnerable communities across the world, Build Back Better and Safer principles are becoming increasingly important for rebuilding or strengthening buildings in affected areas and protecting the community against excessive damage from future disasters.