Affordable Steel Housing Engineering

Affordable Steel Housing Kit

City of Phoenix Standard Plan Review (SPR) Approval #212400438

Powers has plans available that have been pre-approved by the City of Phoenix for most circumstances. Due to the high building standards, it will also lead to quick approvals in surrounding areas and states. Please review samples of the plans in the gallery below. Contact Powers for more information.

Description of 40' X 32' Steel Building

  1. The roof is light gage steel cee channels ( 16" X 4" X 5/8" ) laid flat, side by side spanning 10 feet between the roof beams. The cee’s are connected to each other with button punches or screws. The cee’s can cantilever up to 4 feet from the exterior walls.
  2. The roof beams are light gage steel tapered box beams ( 16" high max to 3" high min, 8" wide with 5/8" returns ) at 10 feet on center. The roof beams span 30 feet and can cantilever past the exterior wall up to 8'.
  3. The roof beams bear on light gage steel columns ( 4" X 4" ) .
  4. The exterior walls are the same light gage steel channels that are used on the roof. The exterior wall channels are set in a continuous light gage steel channel at the top and the bottom of the wall ( 4" wide with 4" high sides). At the top and bottom channel, screws attach the top and bottom channel to the wall channels.
  1. The bottom channel is connected to the footing with anchor bolts set in the footing concrete or ICC rated post installed anchors.
  2. The entire interior is non-bearing walls.
  3. The exterior walls can have door openings and window openings in between the columns.
  4. The slab is going to be either concrete slab on the ground or steel channels with a crawl space below the floor.
  5. The Base design has an allowance for future solar and a wind pressure of 25 psf ( allowable stress level ) and complies with the structural requirements of the 2018/2021 IBC/IRC. The base design will work at all non-snow areas in Arizona.

These drawings/calculations are considered PRELIMINARY - NOT FOR CONSTRUCTION RECORDING unless the structural engineer of record’s seal is affixed WITH written signature.

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