Tech Note B001-20: How Cold-Formed Steel Framing is Produced
Tech Note B001-20: How Cold-Formed Steel Framing is Produced

Summary: Cold-formed steel seems like a fairly simple product when you are holding it in your hand, but as you can see, there are many production steps involving things like mining iron ore out of the ground, creating molten steel, furnaces above 2,000°F, reduction mills imparting forces in excess of 100,000 pounds per square inch, and hydrochloric acid cleaning baths before it even reaches the roll forming stage. This Tech Note has provided a basic outline of the processes involved in producing the products you work with daily, be it manufacturing, drafting, designing, engineering, installing or demolishing a building at the end of its life cycle.

Disclaimer: Designs cited herein are not intended to preclude the use of other materials, assemblies, structures or designs when these other designs demonstrate equivalent performance for the intended use. CFSEI documents are not intended to exclude the use and implementation of any other design or construction technique.

 

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Tech Note B002-20: How Cold-Formed Steel is Used in Building Construction
Tech Note B002-20: How Cold-Formed Steel is Used in Building Construction

Summary: Cold-formed steel framing is used in numerous applications across the building industry. The purpose of this Technical Note is to provide a general overview of common cold-formed steel shapes and various applications in which they are used.

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Tech Note B003-20: Introduction to Building Codes
Tech Note B003-20: Introduction to Building Codes

Summary: The International Code Council develops a suite of building codes that are considered nationally to be the model codes for the building industry. Local jurisdictions adopt, and in some cases amend, the codes and they become the law of the jurisdiction for building design and construction. The adopted building codes are intended to provide minimum requirements to provide a safe building environment. Among other requirements, the code dictates the maximum allowable size of a building based on its intended use, materials used in construction, fire resistance rating of structural elements, and the presence of automatic sprinkler systems. The International Building Code establishes all design loads to be applied to the building or structure. The building code also relies on references to other standards and specifications to ensure the provisions reflect the current industry practice. For cold-formed steel framing, the IBC references the American Iron and Steel Institute’s suite of framing standards as the accepted design methods and procedures.

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Tech Note B004-20: Introduction to Cold-Formed Steel Framing Standards
Tech Note B004-20: Introduction to Cold-Formed Steel Framing Standards

Summary: The AISI Committee on Framing Standards was established in 1998 with a mission to eliminate regulatory barriers and increase the reliability and cost competitiveness of cold-formed steel framing in residential and light commercial building construction through improved design and installation standards. This Tech Note summarizes the efforts and work products of the Committee.

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Tech Note B005-20: Introduction to Cold-Formed Steel Framing Design Aids
Tech Note B005-20: Introduction to Cold-Formed Steel Framing Design Aids

Summary: Both steel industry and manufacturers’ associations provide design aids that assist engineers with the proper application of the cold-formed steel design challenges. Design examples and design aids are essential to educate an engineer in the proper use and design of cold-formed steel members, connections and assemblies. This Tech Note provides an overview of some of the available cold-formed steel framing design aids.

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Tech Note B006-20: Introduction to Evaluation Services and Explanation of Evaluation Reports
Tech Note B006-20: Introduction to Evaluation Services and Explanation of Evaluation Reports

Summary: Evaluation reports act as a bridge between authorities having jurisdiction (AHJs) and manufacturers in conveying specific information on building products and systems relative to compliance to codes and standards. When an evaluation report is made available and determined as supporting the product’s use in projects, approval of the code official should be solicited. After such approval is attained, the design and installation details given in the report need to be observed and the labeling of the actual product needs to match the description provided in the evaluation report.

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Tech Note B007-20: General Considerations for Cold-Formed-Steel Connections
Tech Note B007-20: General Considerations for Cold-Formed-Steel Connections

Summary: Cold-formed steel (CFS) connections present unique design challenges to consider due to the thickness of the steel. Connections with thin steel materials behave differently than connections with thicker hot-rolled steel materials and are prone to unique limit states. This Technical Note is an introduction to typical CFS connection design issues as defined by common limit states.

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Tech Note B008-20: Basic C-Shaped Wall Stud Behavior
Tech Note B008-20: Basic C-Shaped Wall Stud Behavior

Summary: Although cold-formed steel framing shares some limit states with hot-rolled steel, cold-formed steel framing and specifically C-Shaped studs exhibit unique behaviors when subjected to various loading conditions. This Tech Note gives an overview of those unique behaviors that need to be considered when designing C-Shaped cold-formed steel members.

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Tech Note B009-20: Structural Versus Nonstructural Cold-Formed Steel Framing
Tech Note B009-20: Structural Versus Nonstructural Cold-Formed Steel Framing

Summary: This Tech Note defines structural and non-structural cold-formed steel framing.  It lists code definitions that can be used to categorize framing in question.

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Tech Note B010-21: Introduction to AISI S202, Code of Standard Practice for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing
Tech Note B010-21: Introduction to AISI S202, Code of Standard Practice for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing

Summary: Understanding the responsibilities of the different parties involved in a cold-formed steel framing project can be confusing. This Technical Note is an introduction to AISI S202, Code of Standard Practice for Cold-Formed Steel Structural Framing published by the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI).

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