When the entire structural envelope comes from one team, coordination is tighter, communication is simpler, and the build moves forward with fewer complications.
Services
Complete Cold Formed Steel Structural Framing Systems
A fully coordinated Cold Formed Steel (CFS) structural framing package — wall panels, floor systems, and truss systems — designed, fabricated, and delivered through a single source for commercial, institutional, and multi-residential projects across Canada.
Overview
What Is a Complete CFS Structural Framing Package?
A complete Cold Formed Steel structural framing package means VanderWal supplies and coordinates the full structural skeleton of the building — wall panels, floor systems, and roof truss systems — as a single, integrated solution.
Rather than sourcing each system from a different supplier, the entire framing package is designed, fabricated, and delivered through one team. This reduces the risk of coordination gaps between systems, simplifies communication for the project team, and ensures that all components are engineered to work together from the ground up.
This approach is particularly well suited to mid-rise residential, commercial, and institutional projects where the structural complexity and number of floors make coordinated delivery a meaningful advantage.
Why CFS
Why Use a Complete CFS Structural Framing Package?
Applications
Where They're Used
This approach is most valuable on projects with multiple storeys, complex geometry, or tight schedules where structural coordination directly affects trade sequencing and construction timelines.
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Mid-rise multi-residential buildings
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Mixed-use commercial and residential developments
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Institutional facilities
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Modular and rapid housing projects
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Any project requiring a coordinated non-combustible structural framing solution
Process
Design and Fabrication
Delivering a complete structural framing package requires early and ongoing coordination between VanderWal’s team and the project’s design and construction professionals.
We begin by reviewing the full set of architectural and structural drawings to map out how the wall, floor, and roof systems interact. Bearing conditions, connection details, and inter-system dimensions are confirmed before any fabrication begins, identifying coordination items early while changes are still straightforward to resolve.
Each system — wall panels, floor joists, and roof trusses — is then fabricated to the project-specific design and prepared for coordinated delivery. Components across all systems are labelled using a consistent reference system so the site team can manage materials from multiple systems on the same schedule without confusion.
Delivery
Delivery and Installation Support
For complete framing packages, delivery scheduling is coordinated across all three systems to align with the construction sequence. Wall panels, floor systems, and trusses are delivered in the order they are needed on site, avoiding the cost and disruption of storing large volumes of structural material.
All components arrive clearly labelled and accompanied by documentation that supports installation sequencing across systems. Our team remains available throughout the installation phase to assist with any coordination questions that arise between the structural framing and other trades.
Project Support
How We Support Your Project
Prefer to source individual framing systems? VanderWal also supplies each component separately:
Early Stage
We engage during the design phase to review the full structural package, confirm coordination across all three systems, and identify any items that should be resolved before fabrication. Early involvement gives the project team the most flexibility to address issues without affecting the schedule.
During Fabrication
Our team coordinates production across wall panels, floor systems, and truss systems simultaneously, maintaining clear communication on timelines and flagging any drawing revisions that affect multiple systems.
At Delivery
Components for each system arrive labelled, sequenced, and ready for installation in the order required by the construction schedule. Supporting documentation covers all three systems and is structured to help the site team manage the installation of each in coordination with one another.
Let's Build
Ready to Discuss Your Project?
Whether you are in early planning or ready to move forward, our team is available to review your drawings and discuss your floor system requirements.
