New Delhi: Niagara Infrastructure Engineering & Architecture (NIEA), an engineering solutions provider, on Wednesday announced its association with US – based FrameMax ? pioneers and now leading steel framing company in the world to integrate patented technology, CAD design & engineering into the framing manufacturing process.
Together they will introduce ?Light Gauge Steel Structures in India’ ? an Innovative Construction Technology (Patented by FrameMax Inc. USA).
With this association, NIEA will become the first company in India to construct projects on light gauge steel structures which will transform the face of concrete building structures.
On the association, Phil Ellis, President, CEO and Founder, FrameMax said, ?Construction is largely a conservative industry that has lacked the application of new technology to bring about changes in products, new systems of construction and delivery of product to the marketplace. With association with NIEA we are entering India with this innovative technology and aim to create a benchmark in the construction industry.?
These Light Gauge Steel structures will be more than three times the ?strength to weight? ratio of wood or concrete, resulting in an overall lighter structure than wood and a significantly lighter structure than concrete. These structures will also perform better in seismic conditions due to its relative strength and much lighter overall building structure weight.
The structures will also be cost and time competitive as it will help reduce the construction time to one third of concrete construction. With the steel structures, the building completes twice as fast as compared to concrete construction.
Vikram Soni, Managing Director, Niagara Infrastructure Engineering & Architecture said, ?The association with FrameMax will transform the way steel framing is used and assembled in the construction phase of building projects. We have conducted similar projects in other countries as well. Our plant in Punjab will be the centre point of this construction in India.?
Initially, FrameMax will undertake the designing and assist NIEA in building the steel structures. Going forward, FrameMax will provide the design and NIEA will develop the structures in their production facility in Ludhiana which has an installed capacity of 24000 metric tons of steel fabrications per annum.