{"id":55845,"date":"2019-04-19T12:24:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-19T11:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=55845"},"modified":"2023-05-16T16:15:42","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T15:15:42","slug":"engineering-light-gauge-steel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/engineering-light-gauge-steel\/55845\/","title":{"rendered":"Demystifying the engineering of light gauge steel"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Light gauge steel (LGS), like many Modern Methods of Construction, is becoming less of a niche market and a real growth area within the construction sector<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/stakeholders\/mess-software-solutions\/52448\/\">Modern Engineered Software Solutions<\/a> was started to fill a void in the marketplace for engineers wanting to design in light gauge steel but not necessarily knowing how. Our mantra\/ethos is &#8220;Software for engineers, by engineers&#8221; and we produce dynamic and bespoke software solutions for the modern engineering professional.<\/p>\n<p>Starting as &#8220;software for engineers&#8221;, we have gone from strength to strength, adding more features and calculations as users requested and opening up to other disciplines such as quantity surveyors, estimators and designers.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55849\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55849\" style=\"width: 1508px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55849 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member.jpg\" alt=\"Light Gauge Steel Software\" width=\"1508\" height=\"1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member.jpg 1508w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member-768x593.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member-1024x790.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member-696x537.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member-1068x824.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Horizontal-member-544x420.jpg 544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1508px) 100vw, 1508px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55849\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gauge steel, construction industry, Modern Methods of Construction,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A bespoke, easy-to-use software package that reduces engineering time for light gauge steel and runs in Trimble\u2019s TEDDS and TEDDS for Word, opening up LGS to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p>The software allows the TEDDS user to quickly design multi-storey buildings using the available manufacturers&#8217; profiles with the certainty of SCI assessed designs.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55813\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55813\" style=\"width: 1221px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55813 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1221\" height=\"996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1.jpg 1221w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1-768x626.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1-1024x835.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1-696x568.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1-1068x871.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-1-515x420.jpg 515w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1221px) 100vw, 1221px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55813\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gauge steel, construction industry, Modern Methods of Construction,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55814\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55814\" style=\"width: 1316px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55814 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1316\" height=\"1076\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2.jpg 1316w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2-696x569.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2-1068x873.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Stud-design-2-514x420.jpg 514w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1316px) 100vw, 1316px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55814\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gauge steel, construction industry, Modern Methods of Construction,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The software:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Is easy to use &#8211; design a 10-storey building in half a day.<\/li>\n<li>Provides calculations to both British Standards (BS 5950-5) <strong>AND<\/strong> Euro Codes (EN1991-1-3).<\/li>\n<li>Provides foundation loads for foundation designer.<\/li>\n<li>Calculates self-weight of joists and horizontal members on the fly \u2013 no more guessing the most efficient option!<\/li>\n<li>Includes bespoke load-specific fire rating based on passive fire protection tests and design loads (developed with Northumbria University using test data).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_55812\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55812\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-55812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Library.jpg\" alt=\"Light Gauge Steel Software\" width=\"244\" height=\"296\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Library.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Library-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Library-696x846.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Library-346x420.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 244px) 100vw, 244px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-55812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gauge steel, construction industry, Modern Methods of Construction,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We work with many universities across the UK and Europe researching light gauge steel design techniques and developing best practice from this research. In the last year, this research has included passive fire protection and this year we are working on racking resistance using sheathing boards to make the manufacturing process more efficient.<\/p>\n<p>We have an ongoing PhD on floor joist design at Northumbria University and another on wall stud design at Sheffield University, as well as giving lectures at Leeds and Northumbria universities at under- and postgraduate levels to ensure that the next generation of engineers are ready to design LGS using our software.<\/p>\n<p>Designs include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Joist and truss design for roofs and floors.<\/li>\n<li>Wall members.<\/li>\n<li>Lintels<\/li>\n<li>Racking\/sliding\/overturning\/stability checks.<\/li>\n<li>All that&#8217;s needed to design multi-storey buildings in two days, if not quicker.<\/li>\n<li>Bespoke fire rating calculations for design scenario.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our latest developments have included a calculation that combines multiple individual calculations for roof, floor, wall and lintel into one to allow users to design a house in <strong>just two minutes<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>This package generates self-weights of the light gauge steel, including bracing, and has the potential to have <strong>two-way<\/strong> links to CAD\/3D modelling and BIM. This would mean that any user could either enter dimensions and select profiles in our package, design and drive the CAD model, or the CAD model could drive the engineering. Examples are on our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCbsQzRUKfkgWrbXaZdKLIBQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"xdp4o0yobBs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xdp4o0yobBs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Steve Napper<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Technical Director<\/p>\n<p>MESS (Modern Engineered Software<br \/>\nSolutions Ltd)<\/p>\n<p>Tel: 01423 855938<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:steve@mess.uk.com\">steve@mess.uk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mess.uk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mess.uk.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note: this is a commercial profile.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Light gauge steel (LGS), like many Modern Methods of Construction, is becoming less of a niche market and a real growth area within the construction sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[428,576,594,16990,464,636,172754,916,22154,19062],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172479],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-55845","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-bim","8":"tag-bim-software","9":"tag-building-design","10":"tag-construction-software","11":"tag-contributor-profile","12":"tag-engineering","13":"tag-light-gauge-steel-framing","14":"tag-modern-methods-of-construction","15":"tag-pbc-today-may-2019","16":"tag-sh-mess","17":"stakeholder_rel_tag-mess"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>MESS: Demystifying the engineering of light gauge steel<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Light gauge steel (LGS), like many Modern Methods of Construction, is becoming less of a niche market and a real growth area within the construction sector.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/engineering-light-gauge-steel\/55845\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Demystifying the engineering of light gauge steel\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Light gauge steel (LGS), like many Modern Methods of Construction, is becoming less of a niche market and a real growth area within the construction sector.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/engineering-light-gauge-steel\/55845\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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