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Steel Frame House: A Complete Guide to Best Engineering Practices Building with SteelOperationsResidential ProjectsSoftwareSteel Frame

Steel Frame House: A Complete Guide to Best Engineering Practices

Steel frame houses are gaining popularity worldwide because they offer significant advantages, such as a high strength-to-weight ratio, non-combustibility, faster construction times, improved quality control, and superior finishes. As a result, more builders are shifting away from traditional timber-framed construction, which not only enhances sustainability but also promotes the use…
January 30, 2025
Prefabricated Steel Framing – Revolutionary Success in the Petroleum Industry Commercial StructuresNewsScottsdale MachinesTrusses

Prefabricated Steel Framing – Revolutionary Success in the Petroleum Industry

We previously wrote about Total Field & Environmental Services (TFES), a North Dakota based oilfield service company.  As mentioned then, we were quite pleased to welcome a stellar company outside the typical residential construction realm into our ecosystem.  It showed the versatility and power of our Scotpanel 7090G2 system, arguably…
January 4, 2025
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A Practical Guide to Cold-Formed Steel Thickness Building with SteelProductsScottsdale MachinesSteel Frame

A Practical Guide to Cold-Formed Steel Thickness

Similar to other engineering practices cold-formed steel industry also used both imperial and metric versions of the units for measurements. Imperial units are predominantly used in the North American region and Canada while the Metric units are common in places such as Australia. Often there arises confusion amongst users who…
December 11, 2024
Rising Lumber Costs: Why Steel is the Smarter Choice for Homebuilders Building with SteelNewsResidential Projects

Rising Lumber Costs: Why Steel is the Smarter Choice for Homebuilders

Running a home building business is incredibly tough, especially in a cyclical industry, when input costs are inherently unstable and subject to wide fluctuations. Post-COVID Inflation and Its Impact on Materials Most people are familiar with the inflationary pressures that followed COVID-19. Some attributed them to excessive stimulus during the…
November 28, 2024
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Roll Forming Machine Scotpanel 7090G2 Used to Create a Sculpture in Italy Building with SteelScottsdale MachinesSteel Frame

Roll Forming Machine Scotpanel 7090G2 Used to Create a Sculpture in Italy

This is what happens when art meets engineering. You can only see this in Italy, and it is only created with Scottsdale machines. Welcome to Veneto! Cold-formed steel is incredibly versatile, just like the Scotpanel 7090G2 machines that shape it. Scotpanel is a state-of-the-art roll forming machine designed for producing…
November 19, 2024
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Acquiring four roll forming machines within the first year in business: DMF video testimonial Building with SteelScottsdale MachinesSteel Frame

Acquiring four roll forming machines within the first year in business: DMF video testimonial

In this testimonial video, Tom Rus, President of Dominion Metal Frames (DMF) in Alberta, Canada, shares his experience with Scottsdale’s innovative technology. Since implementing it in January 2024, DMF has expanded rapidly, acquiring four roll forming machines within the first year in business. Tom emphasizes the value of Scottsdale’s global…
November 14, 2024
Scottsdale Steel Framing Technology in North America’s Largest Oil Field Building with SteelProductsScottsdale Machines

Scottsdale Steel Framing Technology in North America’s Largest Oil Field

The backbone of the North American energy industry Bakken formation contains the largest reserves of oil and natural gas in the U.S. according to U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)  The Bakken oil boom draws therewith the need for significant infrastructural investment, including the need for rapid construction of resilient high-quality modular…
November 12, 2024
Scotpanel 7090G1 Roll Forming Machine, Ready for Departure: From New Zealand to Australia’s Renewable Energy Market Building with SteelProductsScottsdale Machines

Scotpanel 7090G1 Roll Forming Machine, Ready for Departure: From New Zealand to Australia’s Renewable Energy Market

Our Scotpanel 7090G1 roll forming machine is soaking up the sun in Napier, New Zealand, as it prepares for final crating and boarding on its journey to Melbourne, Australia. We are thrilled to welcome aboard Smart Energy Technologies as they integrate Scotpanel in renewable energy infrastructure. With innovative solutions like…
November 12, 2024