Steel Base Plate Cost: What Drives the Price
What a steel base plate costs depends on its size, thickness, holes, welding, finish and quantity. See plate weights and how to get an accurate base plate quote.
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Straight answers on rebar, structural steel, beams, lintels and fabrication, from the team that cuts, bends and welds it every day.
Steel Beam Bearing Length on Concrete and Masonry: Ontario Code Rules
Minimum end bearing for a steel beam on concrete, block and brick under the 2024 Ontario Building Code, plus beam pockets, pilasters and bearing plates.
Steel Beam Camber Tolerances and Natural Mill Camber
Where steel beam camber and sweep tolerances come from in Canada, what natural mill camber is, how specified camber is checked and what to put on drawings.
Steel Beam Cost by Length: What Sets the Price of 10, 20 and 30 Foot Beams
Why a 20 or 30 foot steel beam costs more than its length suggests: beam weights by length, why longer spans need heavier sections, and costs tied to length.
Steel Beam Deflection Limits and Floor Bounce
Deflection limits for steel beams under the 2024 Ontario Building Code, how to calculate beam deflection with a worked example, and why floors still bounce.
Steel Beam Fabrication Cost: What You Pay For
The fabrication work behind a steel beam price: cutting, coping, holes, plates, splices and camber, plus what drives the cost to extend, repair or replace a beam.
Steel Beam Prices in Canada: What You're Actually Paying For
How steel beam cost is built in Canada: weight per metre, size, grade, fabrication, finish and delivery, plus how to work out tonnage and compare beam quotes.
Steel Beam Shop Drawings: What Fabricators Need
What a steel beam or column detail drawing shows, how the dimensions are set out, and the information a fabricator needs from you before beams can be detailed.
Steel Beam Size for 3 m to 6 m Spans (Metric Guide)
Which metric W-beam the Ontario Building Code table allows for spans of 3 m to 6 m, by joist length and storeys, plus what changes the answer on a real job.
Steel Beam Size for a 20 to 24 Foot Span
What size steel I-beam spans 16, 20 or 24 feet under the Ontario Building Code table, how joist length and storeys change it, and what a long beam means on site.
Steel Beam Size to Support a Second Floor
How the Ontario Building Code sizes a steel beam carrying a second floor: counting storeys, when roof load changes the table, and what needs an engineer.
Steel Beam Span Calculators: Are They Reliable?
What online steel beam span calculators assume, why their answers can be wrong for Canadian houses, and how to check a result against the Ontario span table.
Steel Beam Span Tables for Ontario Homes (OBC Part 9)
The 2024 Ontario Building Code steel beam span table for house floors, how to read supported joist length, a 20 ft worked example, and when tables stop applying.
Steel Beam Span-to-Depth Ratio: Rules of Thumb
Span-to-depth rules of thumb for steel beams, tested against the Ontario span table: why the ratio changes with load and deflection limit, and when to stop using it.
Steel Beam vs LVL Cost: What Decides Which Is Cheaper Installed
Steel beam vs LVL cost explained: why the beam price is only part of it, how posts, footings, depth, access and engineering decide which is cheaper installed.
Steel Beam vs LVL: Strength, Span and Depth Compared
How a steel W-beam and an LVL beam compare on stiffness, span and depth, why steel stays shallower, how LVL is sized in Ontario, and when each one fits.
Steel Beam Weight per Metre and per Foot
Steel beam weight chart for Canadian W-shapes and S-beams in kg/m and lb/ft, with the weight of 3 m, 6 m and 20 ft beams and how to calculate any beam's weight.
Steel Beam-to-Beam Connection Details
How one steel beam connects to another: flush framing with shear tabs and clip angles, coped beams, beams stacked on top, moment continuity and skewed framing.