American Steel Span Foundation Guide

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American steel span foundation guide.

This article will help guide you through the foundation selection process. Regardless of what type of steel building you choose you will need to consider steel building foundation options before construction your building excluding storage containers. American steel span has been the world s leading manufacturer of pre engineered easy to assemble steel buildings for over 50 years many of the uses including storage sheds garage kits workshops commercial storage buildings industrial warehouses and more our durable metal buildings are 100 made in the usa and backed with a 40 year limited rust through warranty. Construction of a steel building or metal structure is similar to the construction of most other buildings and it all starts with a strong foundation.

The tables permit a bearing length of up to 3 5 inches but since 1 5 is probably the worst case that you ll encounter for joist or rafter bearing it s a safe value. 40 year limited warranty 38 yrs experience 24 hour service easy erection. Show in ohio country today t v. A production of.

Table 9 1 in span tables for joists and rafters figure 5 gives a required compression value of 237 psi for a span of 16 feet and bearing length of 1 5 inches. This selection should be carried out cautiously for any type of steel building.