SERVICES
Our services include, but are not limited to:
- Residential steel framing- Meyers Green Steel can be your framing contractor. We can also be your general contractor. We can assist your general contractor while being your framing contractor.
- Commercial steel framing- Meyers Green Steel frames restaurants, mid-rises, multi stories, assisted living, warehouses, and barns.
- Engineering Detail Design Assistance- This one service can cost you hundreds, yet save you thousands$ Designing is one of the most important parts of your building process. Depending on where you are in your building plans: If you don’t have blueprints/architectural plans yet? Meyers Green Steel can work with your architect assisting him with the design process. This will allow you to take advantage of the structural value of steel. For example, open spaces, tall walls, extra storage to mention just a few. Meyers Green Steel can make the framing stage of your home extremely exciting and the possibilities are endless with steel. Meyers Green Steel will help you personalize yourhome with green technology. This saves our earth’s resources and it saves you money. Over the course of the past 10 years Meyers Green Steel has accumulated a detail library of user-friendly and cost-effective details. These details can save you valuable time, money, and our earth’s resources. Meyers Green Steel can take your plans and detail them. This basically means we will design your house in the most efficient manner. Meyers Green Steel works closely with engineers that are steel friendly.
Your architect should work with your framing contractor to design you home in the most efficient manner, and Meyers Green Steel can detail your blueprints for you. There are many ways to save money or create more space by detailing. Your home can be designed so there is no wasted space. It can be designed to take advantage of any opportunities to create storage in places that are not normally used. For meeting special needs and desires. The possibilities and design flexibility are endless and extremely exciting using steel for framing.
- Blueprints for your custom home or a pre-designed plan
- Steel Estimating Assistance
- Consulting & Steel Training Services
- On-site Building Assistance & Trouble-shooting -When a company is having difficulties in any area from estimating to field supervision? We can come on-site to trouble shoot. This is one of our specialties. We have an expert in this field who has turned around subdivisions and low rises who were not making profits into profitable companies.
Here is a money saving tip for you: This one money saving tip can cost you hundreds and save you thousands!
Find an engineer -In a lot of cases you will not need an engineer if you followthe prescriptive path. Steel framing is recognized by all major building codes. A set of prescriptive methods for residential steel framing was adopted by International Residential Code (IRC 2000 and 2003). The prescriptive methods contain tables for stud sizing and spacing, joist and rafter spans, fastener schedules and construction details.
Remember how important this step is! Here are a few important Questions to ask, when hiring your engineer. Your engineer must want to work with steel or have experience. When hiring an engineer it is extremely important to interview your engineer, make sure he has prior steel experience and if not, he is flexible and will work with your framing contactor or your builder. Remember your engineer works for you and the design process is one of most important parts of the building process. This one decision can save you a lot of time and money.
Useful links
American Iron & Steel Institute
Steel Frame PDF document 
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