Information for your steel frame building assembly

Steel Frame Building Assembly

This is a general overview of erecting and assembly of a metal building with a steel frame, this will give you an overall idea of what is involved in the assembly and erection process. Your building should be shipped from the manufacturer with a detailed set of plans, that will show you step by step how to erect your building. Make sure the building manufacturer you choose provides support for any problems or questions which may arise during the construction process of your metal building.

When your metal building arrives on your job site it should be unloaded and laid out in an order that allows you to access the steel and parts that are required first for assembly. Girts, purlins, and sheeting should be stacked separately from the main steel frame columns and building braces. Likewise metal wall sheeting should be kept separate from the metal roof sheeting materials. After all building materials have been unloaded it is your job to check all the materials against the shipping invoice to make sure you have all of the parts and hardware to complete the steel frame building assembly.

1.Foundation The first step in the building erection process is constructing a suitable concrete foundation that will bear the weight of your metal building. There are a couple of different foundation layouts you can choose from, depending on weather or not you are going to have a complete concrete slab floor in your metal building. Be sure to check that your foundation meets the building codes in your area. The easiest concrete foundation is to pour piers, or square pads at the locations where the steel frame columns will be resting. These piers will be need to be of sufficient size to support the weight that will be bearing on the column at that location. Your plans should have an anchor bolt drawing, giving you the exact location needed to insert your anchor bolts into your concrete foundation.

2. Framing
Erecting the steel frame for your metal building assembly is pretty straight forward and goes fairly fast. The main upright steel columns are fastened to the anchor bolts that are embedded into your concrete foundation. Next the overhead building rafters are lifted into place and bolted to the columns. After all columns and rafters are securely bolted the next step in the building assembly process is to fasten the roof purlins and wall girts. Roof purlins are fastened to the rafters and are spaced to facilitate fastening the metal roof sheeting to. Wall girts are attached to the upright steel columns and are used for attaching the metal wall sheeting of the building. During assembly of the wall girts all framed openings for doors and windows are completed. The final stage of framing your metal building is to attach the required cable bracing in the designated wall, and roof sections.

3. Sheeting
The sheeting phase of building construction consists of fastening the metal roof and wall sheeting to the roof purlins, and wall girts by using metal screws. If your steel building is to have insulation, the insulation is first unrolled and put in place before attaching the metal sheeting over it. The last step in the construction of the building is installing doors, windows, and the metal trim to the building.