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Building Materials & Construction III
Building in steel — the third construction course, after natural materials and RCC. The structural steel sections and how they are joined; steel columns, beams, trusses and roofs; steel floors and staircases; and steel doors, windows, shutters and partitions. The practical HOW of steel construction, with a steel-section explorer and a roof-truss explorer.
Course byAmogh N P· Architect & interior designer
The syllabus
5 units · 5 liveTranscribed from the official B.Arch syllabus. All 5 units are live as full interactive lessons — with original diagrams, interactive explorers and a self-assessment quiz.
Unit 1 — Steel Sections, Connections & Foundations
LiveStructural steel and its properties; hot-rolled sections (I-beams, channels, angles, tees, hollow tubes) and built-up sections; the three connection methods — riveted, bolted (black and HSFG) and welded; and steel foundations (grillage and stanchion bases).
Unit 2 — Steel Columns & Joints
LiveSteel column (stanchion) types — single, built-up (laced and battened), box and tube; column bases (slab and gusseted) with anchor bolts; beam-to-column joints and column splices; and pre-engineered buildings (PEB).
Unit 3 — Steel Beams, Trusses & Roofs
LiveSteel beams (rolled, plate girder, castellated, gantry); roof trusses — king and queen post, Pratt, Howe, Fink, the north-light truss and lattice/bowstring; space frames; and roof coverings, purlins and fixings.
Unit 4 — Steel Floors & Staircases
LiveSteel floor systems — steel beam with RCC slab, composite floors with shear studs, profiled metal-deck floors, and grating/chequered-plate floors; and steel staircases — their parts, types and tread materials.
Unit 5 — Steel Doors, Windows & Partitions
LiveSteel windows (casement, fixed, pivoted, louvred); steel doors and the special doors — safety, dock, cold-storage, revolving, collapsible gates and rolling shutters; and steel partitions, framing and furniture in interiors.
Course outcomes
What you will be able to doDescribe steel sections, connections, foundations and roof trusses, and read their general-arrangement drawings.
Detail steel columns, joints and bases, including pre-engineered building frames.
Detail steel beams, trusses, roofs and roof coverings, including the north-light truss and space frames.
Detail steel floors and staircases and understand their construction.
Detail steel doors, windows, shutters and partitions for safety and use.
Apply steel innovatively and appropriately in building projects.
Image credits
CC / Public DomainEvery photograph is a verified Creative-Commons or Public-Domain work from Wikimedia Commons, used with attribution. The hand-drawn diagrams are original Studio Matrx work.
- Construction worker on steel framing of hollywoodHUB at Hollywood Transit Center, Portland, Oregon (January 2026) — PortlandAppraisalBlog, CC BY-SA 4.0
- HollywoodHUB construction site from street level, Portland, Oregon (January 2026) — PortlandAppraisalBlog, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Förbindelselgången June 2025 04 — ArildV, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Ernst-Happel-Stadion Dach 02 — Niki.L, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Metalltreppe außen — Anselm Schüler, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Außentreppe Metall TU Berlin Mathegebäude 2 — Anselm Schüler, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Duisburg, Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord -- 2016 -- 1238-44 — Dietmar Rabich, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Black metal door in Plaka on November 21, 2023 — George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 2021-Lausanne-Flon-travaux-03 — MHM55, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Bolted joint bridge — Thermos, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Steel frame to new warehouse for Next - geograph.org.uk - 4477870 — Steve Fareham, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Roof structure over platforms at THSR Taichung Station 01 — Lokseng01, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 50th St IND 8th Av 02 — Tdorante10, CC BY-SA 4.0
The author
Amogh N P
Architect, interior designer, and creative polymath. Studio Matrx began in his notebooks — his vision of design made honest, useful, and open to everyone. Its Academy is written and taught in his memory, and free, forever.
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From the rolled section and the bolt to the truss, the floor and the rolling shutter. Read the five units, drive the explorers, then test yourself.
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