Dapeng Town Industrial Park, Tongshan District, Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, China
Another benefit of the lightness of steel structures relates to the foundation of the building. Obviously, when the weight of the overall building is halved, the foundations of the building are correspondingly lighter. Consequently, the amount of material required for these foundations (mainly concrete) is reduced, and the excavation work for the foundations and the treatment of the soil are reduced accordingly, which also saves the use of land.
Personal safety is an important topic in the house building and building construction industry, as construction involves the use of complex scaffolding for elevated work, and falling objects from height can frequently cause engineering accidents. The rate of fatalities on site is much higher than the industry average. This is not the case with structural steelwork, where 80% of the work prior to erection is carried out on the ground or in the factory, which is a good example of how safety is ensured.
What is the connection between steel and environmental protection? What new connotation does building a resource-saving and environmentally friendly society give to the development strategy of steel companies?
At the recent “High-level Forum on Steel Structure Space Frame Building and Circular Economy” held in the capital, the participating experts reached a consensus that building energy saving has become an irreversible trend in the world, and that the development of energy-saving and environment-friendly building with steel structure space frame is the development trend and the best choice in the construction industry. At present, China also has the conditions for developing steel structure buildings.
During the forum, wonderful speeches were made on the status and role of steel structure space frame buildings in energy saving and environmental protection, especially in the construction of circular economy, as well as the necessity and importance of developing and popularizing new steel structure buildings in the field of construction in the world.
The mention of steel space frames is no longer unfamiliar to builders today. The New Poly Tower in Beijing, with its transparent lobby that is 90 meters high but without a single corbel, and the unique cantilevered design of the exterior, all benefit from the use of steel structures.
Beijing Xiaotangshan Hospital, which was built in 7 days, uses steel structure. As a new type of energy-saving and environmentally friendly building system, steel structure building is known as the “green building” of the 21st century.
