What Is a Steel Plate Girder? Built-Up Beams Explained
What a steel plate girder is, why engineers use built-up beams instead of rolled ones, the parts, a worked section example, and where plate girders are used.
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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.
What Is C-Channel Steel? Uses in Construction
What C-channel steel is, what it looks like, how it differs from beams and cold-formed channel, and where channels are used in houses and commercial buildings.
What Is Fiberglass Rebar Used For? Common GFRP Applications
Where fiberglass (GFRP) rebar is used and why: bridge decks, parking garages, marine work, tunnel soft-eyes, MRI rooms and homes, plus where steel still wins.
What Is GFRP Rebar? A Guide for Canadian Builders
What GFRP rebar is, what the letters stand for, how it is made, how it differs from steel, the Canadian standards behind it and where builders in Ontario use it.
What Is HSS Steel? Hollow Structural Sections Explained
HSS steel means hollow structural section: square, rectangular or round steel tube used for posts, columns and frames. What it is, how it is made and where it fits.
What Is Rebar and Why Is It Used in Concrete?
What rebar is, why it's used in concrete, how it works with concrete to carry tension, the Canadian sizes and grades, common uses, and how it gets to your site.
What Is Rebar Detailing? A Contractor's Introduction
What rebar detailing means, how it differs from design, the decisions a detailer makes, a worked footing example and the standards Canadian detailers use.
What Is Rebar Fabrication? From Mill Bar to Site-Ready Steel
What rebar fabrication means, who does it, and each step from mill bar and bar list to shearing, bending, tagging, quality checks and delivery to site.
What Is Rebar Made Of? How Reinforcing Steel Is Produced
What rebar is made of and how it is produced: carbon steel from recycled scrap, melted, cast and hot rolled, plus whether rebar is iron, mild steel or magnetic.
What Is Steel Angle? Angle Iron Uses in Construction
What steel angle (angle iron) is, how angle sizes are written, and the jobs it does on buildings: lintels, shelf angles, clip angles, bracing, frames and embeds.
What Is Steel Detailing? Meaning, Decisions and an Example
What steel detailing means in construction, the decisions a steel detailer makes, a worked beam example, and what a detailer is and is not responsible for.
What Is Steel Fabrication? A Builder's Overview
What steel fabrication means, the main types of fabrication work, how it differs from welding, supply and erection, and the Canadian standards behind it.
What Is Structural Steel Framing?
What structural steel framing is: columns, beams, girders, joists, girts, purlins and bracing, how a steel roof and floor are framed, and who designs and builds it.
What Is Structural Steel? A Plain Guide for Builders
Structural steel meaning in plain terms: what makes steel structural, the shapes and grades used in Canada, why builders use it and how it differs from rebar.
What Is Structural Welding? Meaning and Requirements in Canada
What structural welding means, how it differs from non-structural welding, the welds and processes used, and who is allowed to do it in Ontario.
What Should Be Included in a Steel Shop Drawing?
Steel shop drawing requirements sheet by sheet: title block, general notes, views and dimensions, connection details, piece mark numbering and revisions.
What Size Rebar for a Concrete Slab? 10M vs 15M
10M or 15M rebar for your slab? How the two sizes compare, how they map to US #3, #4 and #5 bar, and what actually decides the size on your drawings.
What Size Steel Beam Do I Need? A Homeowner Sizing Guide
What decides the size of a steel beam in a house, how to read the Ontario span table with a worked example, and when a beam has to be sized by an engineer.