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Benefits of Pinnacle LGS System

Pinnacle Cold Formed Steel Building System provides a range of benefits that enhance project efficiency, sustainability, and overall performance.

Key Advantages Include:

Lightweight Strength: Cold formed steel offers exceptional strength-to-weight ratio, making it easier to transport and handle without compromising structural integrity. This characteristic allows for larger spans and flexible designs.
Speedy Construction: The system enables faster assembly with pre-fabricated components that are precisely engineered. This accelerates the construction timeline, allowing projects to be completed on schedule and within budget.
Cost-Effectiveness: By reducing labor costs, material waste, and construction time, the Pinnacle Cold Formed Steel Building System delivers significant savings over the life of the project.
Durability and Longevity: Cold formed steel is resistant to pests, rot, and extreme weather conditions, ensuring that buildings maintain their integrity and aesthetic appeal over time. This leads to lower maintenance costs and a longer lifespan for structures.
Sustainable Choice: Cold formed steel is fully recyclable, contributing to environmentally friendly construction practices. Its lightweight nature also reduces the energy required for transportation, further enhancing its sustainability profile.
Design Flexibility: The system allows for a wide range of architectural styles and configurations, accommodating both traditional and contemporary designs. This versatility makes it suitable for various applications, including residential, commercial, and industrial projects.
Precision Engineering: Utilizing advanced design software ensures that all components are accurately fabricated and fit together seamlessly, minimizing construction errors and enhancing overall quality.
Fire Resistance: Steel is inherently fire-resistant, providing an added layer of safety for buildings. This feature can also lead to reduced insurance premiums and compliance with stringent building codes.

There are many reasons why steel framing has come to the forefront as one of the best and most feasible alternative building materials for residential and commercial construction. Steel is a Superior Construction Material.

Benefits to the Builder

Substantial discounts on builders risk insurance
Lighter than other framing materials
Noncombustible
Easy material selection – no need to cull or sort the pile and small punch list.
Saves job-site time with ease of panelization off-site
Straight walls and square corners
Windows and doors open and close as they should
Less scrap and waste (2% for steel vs. 20% for lumber)
Price stability – price spikes are extremely rare
Consumer perceives steel as better

Benefits to the Consumer
There are many reasons why homeowners are turning to steel framing:

Stronger connections, screwed versus nailed

High strength results in safer structures and slower aging of structure

Fire safety

Lower maintenance

Not vulnerable to termites

Not vulnerable to any type of fungi or organism, including mold

Less probability of foundation problems – less weight results in less movement

Less probability of damage in an earthquake

Lighter structure with stronger connections results in less seismic force

Less probability of damage in high winds

20% Cost Saving

Pinnacle Steel guarantees to match and beat wood framed cost in all of the 50 Sates. The taller the structure the bigger the saving. For mid to hi rise structures, the hard framing cost saving is between 20% to 50% versus wood and concrete.
Pinnacle CFS structures are 20% or more lighter than wood structure, the saving starts from foundation.
Pinnacle CFS wall studs and floor joists are pre-punched for electrical, plumbing and HVAC ducts penetration, thus drop ceilings, soffits and all kinds of secondary framing are minimized, saving project time and cost, another 20% saving.
HSS hot rolled steel columns & beams are replaced by Pinnacle CFS built-up composite columns & beams, over 50% cost and time saving.

50% Time Saving

Versus wood framing, pre-panelized Pinnacle CFS framing accelerates schedule minimum by 50% if not 75%.
Versus cast-in-situ concrete, the Pinnacle CFS framing structure saves over 75% structure schedule.
All Pinnacle CFS framing panels are done parallel to site work, this leads to much faster project completion.
Since all pre fab work are off site, weather becomes an irrelevant factor for the project schedule.

Life Time Quality

1000 years life according to one recent UK study of CFS structure if properly enclosed.
Green building structure with automatic 2 green building points from LEED certification.
No termite, no insects for life for your building structure.
All structural components are factory produced by automation with +/- 0.3mm precision.

100% Non-Combustible Construction

Conventional wood framed Type V low-rise residential construction can be replaced with 100% non-combustible Type II steel construction.
Conventional wood framed Type III or V mid-rise multifamily construction which requires 2 hours fire rating now can be replaced by 100% non-combustible Type II steel construction which requires only 1 hour fire rating on exterior bearing walls.
Conventional Type I concrete hi-rise structure can be replaced by Type II Pinnacle Steel construction which requires only 2 hours fire rating by code for exterior bearing walls up to 120’.

Lower MEP/HVAC Cost

All electrical service holes are pre-designed and punched to accommodate and speed up electrical wiring.
All plumbing horizontal and vertical penetrations in the structure are pre-designed and prepared ready for installation.
All HVAC ducts and pipes can be installed not only parallel but also perpendicular against the floor joists, thus eliminating drop ceilings and soffits, any kind of secondary structures, improving room ceiling heights and saving significant construction cost.

Lower Insurance & Maintenance

Construction insurance cost for Pinnacle CFS framing is 1/5 of wood framing.
Building operations and maintenance cost for the structure part will be 1/10 versus wood framing.
Pinnacle CFS building will provide building owners with much higher property terminal value.

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