4000m2 Uruguay Steel Warehouse: Steel Structure Fabrication, Packing, and Delivery.

The Uruguay Steel Warehouse we processed was loaded into containers in early August. All steel components were in 40-foot-high containers. They were packed on steel pallets and then pushed into the container by forklift.

Uruguay Steel Warehouse: Steel Structure Fabrication

This steel warehouse building is located in Montevideo, Uruguay. Havit Steel fabricates all steel structure components, including the primary and secondary structures.

Main structure: Q355B H-shaped steel used as steel columns and steel beams

Surface treatment: 100-micron epoxy primer paint + 60-micron polyurethane topcoat, paint brand: Jotun paint.
Purlin: Q355B Z/C steel
U-shaped channel: 3mm galvanized folded.

Eight advantages of steel structure warehouse

Seismic resistance

The strength of steel in prefab warehouse buildings is much higher than that of concrete, and the density of steel structure materials is about 3.2 times that of concrete. Under the same scale, the self-weight of the steel structure is lighter.

Using steel structures in high-rise buildings can reduce the structure’s weight by about one-third. When an earthquake occurs, the seismic energy it bears is smaller.

The steel structure has high-strength compression resistance and good flexibility, which can offset the energy of seismic waves. The elastic-plastic structure formed by the steel structure warehouse can absorb and consume seismic energy through the plastic deformation of the structure, thus having a strong ability to resist earthquakes.
In addition, steel has good elasticity, can absorb and consume the energy input by earthquakes through deformation, is not easy to collapse under large deformation, and is highly resistant to strong earthquakes.

Wind resistance

In some steel structure warehouse buildings, the steel structure building is light in weight, high in strength, good in overall rigidity, and strong in deformation ability. The building’s weight is only one-fifth of that of a brick-concrete structure, and it can withstand a hurricane of 70 meters per second so that life and property can be effectively protected.

Durability

In some steel structure factory buildings, the light steel structure is composed of a cold-bent thin-walled steel component system, and the steel frame is made of super-corrosion-resistant high-strength cold-rolled galvanized sheet, which can effectively avoid the rust of the steel plate during construction and use, thereby increasing the service life of the light steel components. The service life of most structures can reach 50 years.

Thermal insulation

A polyurethane insulation panel with an excellent thermal insulation effect could be used as the thermal insulation material. The insulation board of the exterior wall can effectively avoid the “cold bridge” phenomenon of the wall, thereby achieving a better thermal insulation effect. The thermal resistance value of the PU polyurethane insulation board with a thickness of about 35mm is equivalent to that of a 1-meter thick brick wall.

Sound insulation

The sound insulation effect is also an essential indicator in some steel structure warehouse buildings. Most windows installed in the light steel system use hollow glass, and the sound insulation effect can reach more than 40 decibels; the wall composed of light steel keel and insulation material can achieve a sound insulation effect of up to 60 decibels.

Health

In some steel structure warehouse buildings, the materials and construction of steel structure houses are environmentally friendly. For example, the steel components of steel structure houses can be fully recycled, and most other accessories can be recycled and reused.

There is less environmental pollution caused during the construction process, such as low construction noise, less house construction residue, etc. Other supporting materials can also be mostly recycled, which is in line with the current trend of environmental protection, meets the requirements of the ecological environment, and is more conducive to health.

Comfort

In Prefab steel structure warehouse buildings, the light steel wall adopts an efficient energy-saving system, which has its breathing function and can adjust the indoor air dryness and humidity; the roof has a ventilation function, which can form a flowing air space above the interior to ensure the ventilation and heat dissipation needs inside the roof.

Energy saving

Some prefab steel warehouse buildings use more efficient, energy-saving polyurethane insulation composite board walls. With the same insulation, heat insulation, and sound insulation, the energy-saving standard can be increased by 50%.