Introduction (James M. Ramirez Jr.

)
"Pre-engineered steel buildings" are those which
are fully fabricated in the factory after
designing, shipped to site in CKD(completely
knocked down) condition; and all components
are assembled and erected at site with nut-
bolts, thereby reducing the time of completion.
PEB are tailor made buildings which are
combination of built up section, hot rolled
section, cold formed element and profiled
sheets based on client's requirement & actual
design calculations using tapered sections. Pre-
engineered steel buildings can be fitted with
different structural accessories including
mezzanine floors, canopies, fascias, interior
partitions etc. And the building is made water
proof by use of special mastic beads, filler
strips and trims. This is very versatile buildings
systems and can be finished internally to serve
any functions and accessorized externally to
achieve attractive and unique designing styles.
It is very advantageous over the conventional
buildings and is really helpful in the low rise
building design. From the excavation to
occupancy no other building system matches pre-engineered building system when it comes to
speed and value. Pre - Engineered buildings are generally low rise buildings; however the
maximum cave heights can go upto 25 to 30 meters. Low rise buildings are ideal for offices,
houses, showrooms, shop fronts etc. The application of pre-engineered concept to low rise
buildings is very economical and speedy. Buildings can be constructed in less than half the normal
time especially when complimented with other engineered sub-systems.

The most common and economical type of low-rise building is a building with ground floor and
two intermediate floors plus roof. The roof of a low rise building may be flat or sloped.
Intermediate floors of low rise buildings are made of mezzanine systems. Single storeyed houses
for living take minimum time for construction and can be built in any type of geographic location
like extreme cold hilly areas, high rain prone areas, plain land, extreme hot climatic zones etc.

Features
Pre engineered buildings are known at their ease of construction . An example can very well
explain the difference between the traditional method of construction and the method followed
by pre engineered buildings. The conventional method of constructing a building is to transport
bricks. Timber. Cement, sand. Steel and construction aggregate. Etc to the site, and to construct the
building on site from these materials. In prefabricated construction, only the foundations are
constructed in this way, while sections of walls, floors and roofs are assembled in a factory.
Transported to the site, lifted into place by a crane and bolted together. Some of the features of
Pre Engineered Buildings are as follows:

1.Pre engineered buildings system is computer assisted and designs to create a building for a
specific use.

2. One of the peculiar features of Pre-engineered buildings is that the whole building structure is
environment friendly, as all the building components used in its construction are recyclable and
does not use any of the non-renewable components. Like it doesn't need any timber for doors and
windows its all steel made. So the environment is intact.

3. The building is made water proof by use of special mastic & filler strips.

4.As the construction of these building takes lesser time. Pre engineered buildings saves a great
amount of labour

5.Moreover. A Pre-engineered Building can be easily uninstalled and set up again at a different
site.

6.These buildings can also be segregated and partitioned easily as per specific requirements.
Even the segregation process is quite simple and can be completed within a short duration.

7. Durability is one of the most important features of these Buildings. Factors like the flexibility of
design, setting up cost and less time consumption have made pre-engineered buildings the most
sought after option by almost all industries

8. In PEB System a superior corrosion protection of a thin coating of resin applied on the top of
the Aluminium Zinc coating make Galvalume sheet. (Galvalume sheet is a steel sheet product with
a highly corrosion resistance steel, aluminium zinc alloy hard dip coating.)

9.A color coating is given on the top surface for a bright appearance with a colour of the
customer's choice.

Concept
Primary Framing system

In conventional steel buildings, mill produced hot rolled sections i.e. beams and columns are used.
The size of these members is selected on the basis of maximum internal stress in the member. Since
a hot rolled section has a constant depth, many parts of the member (represented by the hatched
area), in areas of low internal stress are in excess of requirements

Steel Buildings vs. Conventional Steel Buildings

Submitted by:
Cascante,Ramm,S
Ramirez,Jr.James M.
Salomon,Marvincent,S.

Submitted to: Architect Ann Minelle C. Gaw