Steel framing systems carry the building envelope. The cladding, the windows, the air-tightness line, the insulation, the internal lining. Get the SFS wrong and every trade after it pays for it.
We design, supply and install SFS packages as a single contract, including the structural calculations, the connection details, and the installed frame ready for the facade trades to follow. The frame is set out to the architect’s gridlines and surveyed for line and level before sign-off.
Where SFS goes
Infill panels between primary steel or concrete frame, full-height oversail walls past the slab edge, parapet upstands, plant screens, and continuous facade backing on framed structures. We have installed SFS to over 12 metres in a single uninterrupted span on healthcare and PBSA schemes.
What gets specified
The standard build-up is 100mm or 150mm cold-formed C-stud at 600mm centres, with mineral wool fill, breather membrane, sheathing board and internal plasterboard lining. Loads, spans and exposure determine the section and gauge. We work from the structural engineer’s wind and dead-load schedules and return our own calculations for sign-off.
How the package works
We tender the SFS scope as supply, design and install. The connection details, base track fixings, head deflection allowances, movement joints and corner conditions all sit in our package. Your structural engineer reviews and approves before the steel is ordered. There is no grey area between scopes, and no claim coming back six months later about a detail that should have been in someone else’s contract.
