Open Web Trusses
Open Web Trusses are the ideal frame for your project. Benefits include:
- Slender Wall columns for maximum usable interior space
- Reduced horizontal loads on foundation – saving you money on piles and concrete work
- Easier handling and erecting procedures – no spreaders or excessive shoring required
- Mechanical and electrical components can be easily installed through truss webbing
- Brighter inside appearance that compliments any lighting arrangement
- Maximizes crane travel areas and is ideal for jib cranes
- Saves you money when finishing or drywalling around columns
Steel Base Tube System
Prairie Steel’s unique steel base tube allows for immediate erecting of the building without the need for costly a concrete grade beam. Because our steel buildings apply most of their load to the foundation at the columns, spending money on heavy concrete between columns is not always necessary. With the Base Tube, only the piles need to be installed prior to erecting. The base tube provides guidance for the column layout, and support for the cladding and backfill. By bolting or welding to the top of a concrete or steel pile cap, the building can be safely erected sooner, and on a more flexible timeline.
The Steel Base Tube offers many advantages:
- Up to 90% less expensive than concrete grade beam
- Allows building to be set up year-round
- Fully enclosed building allows for future concrete slab to be poured in a controlled environment
- Base detail seals out wind and moisture better than a typical channel hiltied to a concrete grade beam
- Steel Base tube is notched and prepped for doorways
- Steel Base Tube supplies secure angle to rest wall cladding on during installation
- Provides factory-direct template for helping square and level the building before any structural steel is erected