About

voestalpine Metsec is the UK’s largest designer and manufacturer of cold-rolled steel systems for the building industry, providing a range of innovative products which deliver high performance, efficient and economic construction solutions. The company produces Metframe and SFS framing systems, bespoke cold-rolled sections, purlins, dry lining and cable management systems from its Oldbury headquarters in the West Midlands. Supported by a renowned in-house design and technical team, these products deliver value-engineered solutions for a wide variety of projects throughout the building industry, from distribution centres to high-rise apartments, data centres to sports stadiums.

A market-leader in the digitisation of construction, voestalpine Metsec has developed software packages to assist customers with product specification, including MetSPEC and DesignSPEC. The company is also at the forefront of Building Information Modelling, being the first tier two designer and manufacturer to hold BIM Level 2 accreditation and one of the first to achieve the PAS 1192-2 kitemark from the British Standards Institution.

CPD material

Design Guide For SFS (Steel Framing Systems)

Metsec (voestalpine Metsec)

Design Guide For SFS (Steel Framing Systems)

Design, construction and technology

A Modern Method of Construction Using 2D Primary Structural Steel Panels

Metsec (voestalpine Metsec)

A Modern Method of Construction Using 2D Primary Structural Steel Panels

Design, construction and technology