Lynx Trusses recently won a large order to supply steel roof trusses to a national supermarket chain for commercial roofing. The steel trusses provided a reliable and cost-effective solution – and offer low-pitch long spans in excess of 25 metres.
For commercial applications the lightweight steel roof trusses can provide a cost-effective solution, offering low-pitch long spans in excess of 25 metres and providing reliable, economical, structural solutions for almost every roof or floor application in the non-domestic construction sector.
Steel trusses offer architects, engineers and contractors the flexibility and design advantages of wood trusses plus the proven material advantages of steel - combined strength and stiffness, fire resistance, insect resistance, recyclability, high recycled content, increased strength-to-weight ratio and increased uniformity of material strength from member to member. When used in commercial applications, cold-formed steel trusses augment traditional steel framing or blockwork construction to achieve fully non-combustible superstructures.
For the installer, the high strength-to-weight ratio of the these trusses makes them easier to handle and install, and because they are lightweight and stable during handling, one man can typically lift and carry a 10 metre truss by himself. Unlike some other steel trusses, the Lynx steel trusses are fabricated using TrusSteel™components which resist bending (or “butterflying”) when lifted on their sides.
Steel roof trusses with low-pitch clear spans in excess of 25 metres!
ARC™ trusses can clear span over 25 metres (depending upon configuration), overhangs or cantilevers are no problem and for tall roofs, the trusses can work in piggyback truss situations. For long spans, ARC™ steel trusses can be fabricated and shipped in sections and spliced at the job site. ARC™ trusses offer smoothly-curved (not segmented) top and/or bottom chords that make these trusses the perfect solution for framing curved roofs, arched or barrel-vaulted canopies, or any design element with an arc or radius curve.
Non-combustible TrusSteel™ trusses provide integral, recognized fire resistance that does not fade with time. Building codes often have requirements that building elements perform for a specific period of time when subjected to the elevated temperatures associated with a fire event, based upon the defined type of building/occupancy. One of these requirements is that the building element must withstand a fire event while supporting a specific load. Building assemblies containing TrusSteel™ trusses have been tested in the USA and these assemblies have been tested as having 1 hour, 1-1/2 hour and 2 hour fire resistive properties TrusSteel™ has earned the UL Classification Mark (USA) as to its fire-resistive properties.
The pre-engineered CFS (Cold-Formed Steel) trusses were developed in the USA by Alpine Engineered Products and Lynx are authorised TrusSteel™ fabricators in the UK.
For further information and details please ring Lynx TFS on 01939 234149 or email now!
