HSS Provides Sanitary Design for Food Processing Manufacturing Plants
In 2011, Atlas Tube partnered with a food processing manufacturer to build a state-of-the art $250 million manufacturing pla...
Read morePreventing Steel Corrosion Before Applying Paint
Every day of my 13-year professional career has been spent in the paint and coatings industry. For all of those years, however, I’ve harbored a dark secret – I hate to paint. At least 90% of the walls of my house are (sort of) decorated with the same drab, neutral-colored house paint that was there when my wife and I first moved in years ago. I...
Read moreAtlas Connection: An HSS Online Community
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Read more10 Variables Impacting the Toughness and Strength of HSS
Hollow structural sections (HSS) have long been a popular structural steel alternative for various building and miscellaneous construction applications. ...
Read more4 Advantages of Specifying Steel Construction for LEED Projects
According to the Steel Recycling Institute (SRI) and the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), there are ...
Read moreIs LEED Certification Worth It?
The USGBC’s LEED rating system is the w...
Read moreWhat Your Design Handbook Might Not Tell You
We have all worked on projects where availability of steel sections has been a big issue. Wheth...
Read moreDesigning with HSS: General Properties
Are you curious about why hollow structural sections are an excellent choice as a structural steel member? Have you ever wanted to know more about HSS and didn't know who, or even what to ask? Now you can explore your curiosity about HSS by following the...
Read moreIt’s Not An Optical Illusion – Galvanizing Is Green
When we think of galvanized steel, we tend to think of bright, shiny, silver things like electrical conduit, fence posts, old sc...
Read moreDesigning with HSS: Uses and Applications
I would like to extend a thank you to all of you who were able to attend our Steel Day lunch & learn presentation, where we launched our educational video series on steel hollow structural sections (HSS). The video series, entitled "Designing with HSS," will educate engineers and contractors on how HSS is produced and its remarkable desig...
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