LIVING STEEL

International resource on sustainable and innovative use of steel in residential construction.

For architects and building professionals.

There is an excellent resource on steel building system design in the KNOWLEDGE section of the Living Steel website. Have a look at the Tutorials section for topics such as these:

• - Structural safety
• - Construction
• - Corrosion
• - Sustainability
• - Design
• - Emergency building

Connection Details:

http://www.performwall.com/quick_reference.sstg

Truss Resources:

http://www.totalstructures.com/

A complete resourse on the web with details available!  Site has downloadable information including load data.  (EXAMPLE light truss data )

They also have a number of ground support (foundation) strategies.  See the foundation page for photos.

There are excellent details and .dwg drawings on this website, ready to download:

http://www.superior-truss.com/

http://www.miracletruss.com/MiracleTruss.pdf

http://www.litestructures.co.uk/default.asp

 dwgs

http://www.superior-truss.com/tech_wall_panel_details.htm

Truss Resources in China: 

http://baofengyuan.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/57085178/Sell_Trussed_Frame.html

http://cogenthome.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/54662310/Sell_Roof_Truss_Floor_Truss_and_Wall_Panel.html

http://lingtong.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/51609755/Sell_Truss_Girder.html

http://shanghaidisplay.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/55142301/Sell_Aluminum_Truss_Square_Extrusion/showimg.html

http://www.abchance.com/ho_app_newfoundations.html

http://ampac.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/200826871/Sell_prefabricated_steel_building.html

folding trusses:

http://detian.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/200587192/Sell_Folding_Steel_Truss.html

http://detian.en.alibaba.com/offerdetail/200590888/Sell_Folding_Steel_Truss/showimg.html

spaceframe gallery:

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/gsapp/BT/BSI/SPACEFRAME/spaceframe.html