A purpose-built house constructed mainly with steel shows great potential to resist the extreme heat of an Australian bushfire as severe as those in Victoria in February 2009.
The National Association of Steel Housing (NASH) designed the test house to examine the resistance of steel framed housing to bush fire. The CSIRO undertook the flame testing [...]

Be a part of the FRAMECAD Experience
Come join the action and meet with the FRAMECAD team at Design Build – Melbourne, Stand I1. Click Here to RSVP.
Australia’s largest and most comprehensive building and construction exhibition, Design Build will be held this year at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre from 23 June to 25 June [...]

The earthquake that struck northern Pakistan in October 2005 was one of the most devastating ever recorded, because the quake was centered at a shallow depth and therefore had greater destructive intensity.
Tens of thousands of people died and more than 3 million were left homeless.
While international aid agencies responded quickly, it was a local Pakistan [...]

Batchelor Institute to get almost $600,000 to train inmates
SENATOR THE HON MARK ARBIB
Minister for Employment Participation
Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Government Service Delivery
THE HON WARREN SNOWDON MP
Member for Lingiari, Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health, & Regional Service Delivery
GERRY McCARTHY MP
NT Minister for Correctional Services
Minister for Employment [...]

“Building standards in different regions of the US and other countries vary tremendously, but ICCES codes are seen as a sort of ‘universal buildings code’ which make project planning and development easier across borders and whole continents,” says FRAMECAD Regional Director – Middle East and Africa, Nader R Elhajj.
The ICCES is a worldwide organization that [...]

FRAMECAD steel frame manufacturer Profils Caraïbes has won a major award for innovation in the Caribbean based on the work they have done in helping rebuild homes and public infrastructure in the wake of hurricane Hugo.
Owner of the company Patrick Irigoyen received the award in December last year after initially being short-listed along with three [...]

The planning and design processes are seamlessly integrated with frame manufacturing to ensure that each frame component is produced with precision accuracy specifically for brick veneer construction.
“Because the framing is so accurate, all the other processes go that much more smoothly,” says FRAMECAD Regional Director – Middle East and Africa, Nader R Elhajj.
“For instance, the [...]

Structural integrity tested
“In countries subject to seismic activity, building design, engineering and construction must be specifically tailored to withstand those unique environmental hazards and I think the world is teaching us about that,” says FRAMECAD Design Services Manager, Dr Darrin Bell.
“Just last year, the structural integrity of steel framed brick veneer homes was put under [...]

“What they like about this way of building is that the build quality is determined by the precision of the manufacturing system,” says FRAMECAD Product Development Manager, Jesse Staines “and the builders are pretty keen on it because it reduces the chance of human error.
“Because everything is manufactured precisely to specification, the components pretty much [...]

Feedback from designers attending FRAMECAD Training Academy seminars in Dubai has been universally positive with many reporting immediate improvement in design productivity.
Designed to help people maximise the potential of FRAMECAD design software, the Academy courses typically run over 4-5 days with tuition and practical demonstrations by world leading experts in FRAMECAD steel framing design and [...]