Panelization - Improving an Existing Platform

At SFF, our goal is to incorporate a technology driven, standardized manufacturing system into the building process. Our intention is not to try and re-invent the building industry, but to educate and continuously improve an already existing process. Commercial and residential structures are among the last of the large hand made products left in the world. Our goal is to remove variation, uncertainty and lack of quality control inherent in field construction by transferring the bulk of the building to a controlled manufacturing environment. Our sophisticated software enables accurate panelization of your building project. A significant benefit of panelization is the speed with which your project can be erected on site. Erection time can be decreased by at least 50% using half as many framers. The benefits in cost and timely completion are enormous. We can provide a better built and designed product that can be erected in less time with fewer field people. We can do this at a competitive price while being respectful of the environment.

Software Driven

As a licensee of the Scottsdale Products suite of software design products, we are at the forefront of light gauge steel frame construction. Our software gives us the ability to build your product in a 3 dimensional parametric environment, allowing us to expose and correct many of the design and construction errors that typically aren’t found until a project is in the process of being built in the field. In the field, errors and omissions are much more difficult, time consuming and expensive to correct. Our software also allows us to provide accurate and timely estimates for your projects so that you can make your decision to choose steel quickly and with confidence that you’ve chosen the most cost effective solution to your building needs. Finally, our software yields a detailed, accurate list of materials from which all steel members are formed with no waste.

Guided by Engineering

Partnered with some of the leading engineers in Romania, SFF can provide you with the best in light gauge steel engineering. If you so choose, our engineers can be the Engineer of Record on your project, stamp and approve your structural engineering for plan check, do site reviews or any combination of these tasks. Or, we can work with your engineers. Our goal is to simplify and expedite the plan review and approval process for you. We will work with local jurisdictions to help ensure that they are familiar with steel construction techniques and details. We will provide any information they need to ensure that your project meets local building code requirements. Making certain to provide a seamless transition to a superior steel product is our expertise.

Benefits of steel

Have you tried to buy a 2×4 lately? Were you able to find one that’s straight, knot-free, mold-free or dry? Imagine building your own home with the quality of the wood you find at your local lumber store these days. Even the best lumber available today is greener, wetter and more likely to warp, shrink, and crack as it ages inside your walls than the lumber used 5 years ago.

Steel is straighter, stronger and lighter than wood. It won’t shrink or warp. Your walls are as straight now as they’ll be 10 years from now. As a builder, you’ll appreciate the significant decrease in the number of callbacks from nail pops, and drywall and stucco cracks.

As a homeowner you’ll appreciate knowing that the paint job you just spent your weekend completing won’t be ruined by a corner crack or seam pop from an inferior product under your quality paint application.Using steel isn’t just better for your pocketbook it’s better for your family’s health and it’s better for the future of our planet.

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