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HOMES & COMMERCIAL GROUP INC. 877.251.6875
trusses.ca
[email protected]
SPECIALIST IN COLD-FORMED STEEL CONSTRUCTION
INTRODUCTION TO CFS
• Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) components are fabricated using hot dipped galvanized sheets
and a cold forming process.
• CFS members have been used in buildings, bridges, storage racks, grain bins, car bodies,
railway coaches, highway products, transmission towers, transmission poles, drainage
products, drainage facilities, various types of equipment and others.
• These types of sections are cold-formed from steel sheet, strip, plate, or flat bar in roll
forming machines or by press brake (machine press) or bending operations.
ADVANTAGES OF CFS
• Lightness in weight
• High strength and stiffness
• Ease of prefabrication and mass production
• Fast and easy erection and installation
• Substantial elimination of delays due to weather
• More accurate detailing
• Non shrinking and non-creeping at ambient temperatures
• No formwork needed
• Termite-proof and rot proof
• Uniform quality
• Economy in transportation and handling
• Non combustibility
• Recyclable material
Quality • Integrity • Design • Fabricate • Delivery • Experience
Combined 50+ years of excellence…and counting.
