We wrote the book.

NUCONSTEEL, a Nucor Company, designs and manufacturers total steel framing solutions for construction markets everywhere. Nucor, a Fortune 500 company, is America's largest steel producer and recycler. You're working with a world leader in knowledge, experience, and innovation for light gauge load bearing steel systems. So when it comes to the technical data, you'll get the NU standard for light gauge steel - the NUCONSTEEL Technical Manual.

We started from the beginning. The NUCONSTEEL Technical Manual doesn't just give you the product specifications. It tells you what's behind the specifications. Compliance with the codes and prescriptive standards, cost-efficient design, strength and safety requirements, compatibility with other building systems are all factored in. So you get comprehensive product design, engineering, specifications, details, safety data, fire and sound ratings, resources and construction projects. You get the NU standard for building with light gauge steel.


Look at what's inside:

• NUCONSTEEL: A company overview
• LIGHT GAUGE STEEL FRAMING: Soup-to-nuts on light gauge steel from benefits of using steel to how it's made and formed into studs
• DESIGN CRITERIA: Design and deflection, loads, wind and seismic tables, lateral force, fasteners, and much more
• NUTRUSS: Overview, specifications, profiles and section properties, and details
• NUPANEL: Overview, specifications, section properties, load tables, shear values, and details
• FLOOR SYSTEMS: Overview, specifications, section properties, span tables, and details
• MATERIAL SAFETY: Material Safety Data Sheet
• FIRE & SOUND RATINGS: Source document, UL information and other ratings documents
• RESOURCE LISTING: Comprehensive list of available resources for more technical information
• PROJECTS & PHOTOS: Hundreds of NUCONSTEEL projects (and some photographs) listed.