Steel Buildings in Europe

Part 1: Architect’s Guide 1 - 4 Figure 1.5 Roof steelwork for a transport museum Structural steel frames generally rely on the use of hot rolled steel sections: for such sections, the material is heated and passed as a billet or blank through heavy rollers that gradually reduce and shape the cross-section whilst at the same time increasing the length; the final shape is generally in a standardised range. Typical cross section ranges are shown in Figure 1.6.