Optimized Steel Deck Design
Sponsored by New Millennium
Learning Objectives:
- Explain steel deck production basics, the range of steel deck types, their profiles, and features.
- Explain steel deck design terminology and design criteria.
- Discuss ways to optimize steel deck design to enhance architectural aesthetic goals, building performance, and total project cost control.
- Discuss the role of steel deck detailing, examples of the deck detailing process, meeting Factory Mutual Global (FMG) requirements, and Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL) requirements.
Credits:
This test is no longer available for credit
This course provides an overview of structural steel deck design, and the ways to improve building performance and to reduce total-project costs. Key topics include steel deck types, deck terminology, and deck design criteria. The course references actual project examples of cost reduction and demonstrates the mission-critical role of steel deck detailing during the building design process.