Light gauge, galvanised steel framing from Metsec has been supplied as infill walling on an extension for The Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust. 200mm sections were used to close in the structural columns of hot rolled steel to form a straight wall on the 7500m? three storey building.
Minimising weight whilst maximising usable floorspace, Metsec's tallest Metframe light gauge steel-framed building has been constructed in London. The system's design, suspending joisted floor cassettes between loadbearing steel-frame wall heads, eliminates the need for downstands within the floor support structures. The company supplied 180 tonnes of light gauge steel sections for the superstructure, pre-fabricated into Metframe wall panels.