The Finishes and Interiors Sector (FIS) has launched a specifiers’ guide to Light Gauge Steel Framing Systems (SFS) External Wall Systems in partnership with the Steel Construction Institute (SCI).
The Specifiers’ Guide to SFS External Wall Systems was produced by the FIS SFS working group made up of manufacturers and installers of SFS external wall systems in conjunction with the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), which provides an independent source of information and engineering expertise in steel construction.
It is intended to guide architects, engineers, designers and installers through the stages in designing, selecting and specifying steel framed systems to form the external envelope for steel and concrete framed buildings.
FIS chief executive Iain McIlwee said: “This is the second specialist guide that FIS has produced in partnership with the Steel Construction Institute and demonstrates the strength in collaboration, producing guidance to ensure that accurate and detailed specifications can be written so that external walling systems can be procured and installed to meet the required specification.”
Commenting on the guide, Colin Kennedy, chair of the FIS SFS working group and managing director of FIS member Veitchi Interiors, said: “Specifying SFS external wall systems requires considerable thought and design, even before a specification can be written. This is because the specification should be developed alongside the engineering design rather than a simple output from a list of attributes and parameters, to cover the three light steel external wall systems and the six current variants of SFS.”
Specifiers’ Guide to SFS External Wall Systems is available to download here.
