The advent of light steel frame construction techniques to create structurally sound dwellings in India is one of the most exciting developments to hit our shores in recent times even though this method of building has been used in the US, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand for decades.
It offers quality, cost efficiency and speed of erection for low-rise residential and non-residential buildings.
The key to the success and rapid growth of light steel frame construction worldwide lies in a seamless interface between computer-based design and computer-controlled manufacturing. Sophisticated design programs have been developed to carry out the structural design of each element required for a building and to electronically convey the dimensional specifications to the roll-forming facility.
Barnard reports that there are several advantages of light steel frame construction compared with conventional building in terms of quality, cost, durability and speed.