PROJECT MODELING AND SIZING OF A BUILDING IN A LIGHT STEEL FRAMING CONSTRUCTION SYSTEM

Abstract

With the rise in prices of construction materials, aggravated by the 2020 health crisis, there arose a need to develop specific techniques and knowledge for the design and sizing of new construction systems. The Light Steel Framing (LSF) construction technique uses light metal profiles and is considerably more advantageous compared to other construction methods. Like any project, it is necessary to carry out good sizing and planning to ensure control and agility in the delivery of the enterprise. The objective of this study was to design and size a single-family residential project using LSF profile sizing software called mCalcLSF. The building project was developed through searches on works specifically aimed at studying the application of this construction system. Therefore, mCalcLSF enabled the processing of metal profiles and generated reports with spreadsheets, which provide information on dimensions, characteristic resistances, specific weights, soliciting efforts and quantities and parameters, so that a whole budgeting process can be carried out through the data obtained, thus showing good performance and ease of use in small and medium-sized works, speeding up the project conception process in a simple and fast way.