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Steel cladding and sheeting -Technologies for steel facades construction

Author: Pierre ENGEL

Publication date: February 10, 2019

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4. Basic rules for steel façades

Steel cladding has come a long way in the last ten years, as the number of applications has multiplied. The combined development of the performance of hand-held power tools, the heightened demands of designers and builders, and the technical communication efforts of manufacturers, have all borne fruit.

The many standard details and teaching manuals available today have helped to make steel envelopes a reliable, high-performance technique.

4.1 Site tools

As old-fashioned as it may sound, the popular expression "Good workmen have good tools..." still holds true today. Figure 72 provides an overview of the tools commonly used by journeymen...

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