MiTek specialises in the manufacturing and sales of all types of metal fasteners for timber, e.g. galvanised steel connector plates for the prefabricated timber roof truss industry.
Manufacturers of Nutec-cement building products including roofing, roofing trims, ceilings, vertical cladding and building accessories suitable for residential, commercial and industrial applications.
The quantum of entries in the Steel Awards is an indicator of how the industry is faring, while the floor area covered by the entries is a measure of how the industry has transformed since LSFB first became a category 10 years ago.
STAG African has registered its Tygerberg 3 student housing development for EDGE certification. It was built utilising light steel frame building which reduces construction time and maintenance costs.
The complex, curved Ultra-Span LSF roof structure for the Mpumalanga-based Kingdom Leadership Centre and the Global Leadership Academy School Hall in Jeffrey’s Bay illustrated the advantages of the MiTek Ultra-Span product in the erection of large complex roofs.
SASFA, the Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association, recently commissioned the Built Environment Division of the CSIR, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, to conduct a comparative thermal performance analysis for light steel frame housing and masonry housing. The research findings point to the energy efficiency of the light steel frame (LSF) house in terms of a lower need for electricity to power mechanical heating and cooling – to keep the internal temperature within a prescribed comfort range.
