DEFINITION

Metal is known for its durability, strength,

resistance, and consists of a wide range of
functions in the field of construction industry
depending on the type of metal used, thus,
metal is used to make the building firm and
metal are not just for the building itself but it
can also be used in forming pipes, door frames,
etc. Structural steel is defined as steel shaped
or cross-section specifically applies in structure
as a construction material, this is used in the
construction of building plans to strengthen
commercial and industrial building
construction.

Metals
&
Structural
Steel
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Source
Sources of metal can be found in
copper, platinum, gold, and silver
practically ores or any mineral-
bearing substances. while the
source of structural steel includes
raw iron which is rarely found in
nature. Most raw iron often
contains carbon, which is why
some need to be removed in
order to make solid structural
steel for the structure.

Production
The production of structural steel
involves heating up iron and adding
certain substances in order to BENEFITS OF STRUCTURAL STEEL
achieve the specific properties to Speed of Construction
accomplish the expected outcome or Lower costs of the construction project
the quality of the steel. whilst The Aesthetic appeal
production of the metal is produced Design flexibility
by extracting substances from the Reliable and Predictable
mineral, separating some different Provides space efficiency
minerals, converting it into metallic
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Feasibility of modification
form or reducing sulfides to into Innovative approach
oxide etc. and melting it with the use Sustainable
of a furnace. Ease of Design
High Strength 
 CITATIONS
Leeco Steel, LLC, "What is Structural
Steel? Composition and Applications"
(November 5, 2018)
https://www.azom.com/article.aspx?
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23, 2019).

Colin Bodsworth: The Extraction and

Refining of Metals, Department of
Materials Technology, Brunel
University: CRC Press, 1994. NetLibrary
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APPLICATION IN CONSTRUCTION Peter Domone and John Illston:

Structural steel and metal are considered solid substances that have many ranges of functions Construction Materials their Nature
in terms of designing and building industrial structures or spaces. Thus, It possesses high and Behavious, 4th ed. London and
New York: Spon Press, 2001
durability which makes it ideal to use in constructing a large structure such as warehouse,
bridges, factories, etc. furthermore, it is the most preferred metal by architects, engineers, Marios Soutsos and Peter Domone:
fabricators, etc due to its characteristics such as strength, Stability, resistant in weather and Construction Materials their Nature
affordable. and Behavious, 5th ed. CRC Press,
2017