The Best Buildings are Made of Steel

By acquiring steel, a more durable and resilient than the iron material, we became able to make better articulation of space, a feature of high tech architecture, in addition to providing greater expansion in any direction at any building and its elements are more easily designed than any other manufactured with other materials designed.

The use of steel over time

From his first job in the Barcelona Exhibition of 1929 in the German Pavilion by Mies Van der Rohe, chromed steel pilaster capable of uniting translucent glass walls. Currently, a clear example is the steel trusses designed by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers for coating the Pompidou Center, example of high-tech architecture.

The steel provides flexibility and easy reinforcement in those structures where they are necessary in addition can be easily expanded in any direction and steel elements are designed much easier than the elements of other materials.

When construction is done with a steel structure enables larger clears with fewer columns, facilitating better interior design without increasing investment.

Also, they can be easily designed, acquire much faster than other materials and assembly structures in short periods of time. Steel brings a degree of value for ease of expansion, renovation or the possibility of reinforce to adapt to new needs.

In seismic zones, its ductility makes it the best material and economic, to withstand quakes. A structure with this metal maximizes recovery and reduces the costs of demolition if necessary.

This metal is 100% recyclable, and its industry has implemented programs to reduce water and energy consumption and emissions into the atmosphere. Through this practice, it has saved the energy equivalent to 110 million households.

As for safety, the microcelated rod has great capacity to absorb deformation energy before a fracture occurs.

Therefore, in seismic areas, building structures must be constructed to absorb the energy transmitted by earthquakes through these rods and prevent not be directed towards the concrete and generate a fracture movement.

The safety of construction

Concrete is a very stable material and further when the support is constructed with steel beams that can be affected by weather effects and rough surfaces.

Rain and acids are problems that can affect metal and concrete itself. When it penetrates into the structure it can oxidize the steel beams that support affecting firmness. Oxidation can also become more aggressive by the use of chemicals in the works.

Armando Iachini, director of Construcciones Yamaro highlights the safety testing and detailed inspections to ensure stability and firmness of concrete construction.

These inspections begin with a visual check and then look for support structures, search metal within the depth of the concrete and the use of devices for detecting harbor water retention.

In conclusion, it follows the procedure of measuring the compressive strength of concrete with a hammer rebound driven by a spring, whose force let you know the impact that the concrete absorbed and identify the state of firmness.