Castellated steel beams – Unique Capabilities To Mitigate Structural Floor Vibrations

There are many great reasons to use castellated steel beams when constructing new buildings. For instance, they offer more support while weighing less. This allows you to get a sturdier building while cutting down on overall building costs.

That alone makes castellated steel beams a great choice. However, there is another benefit that most people don’t know about: castellated steel beams - Unique Capabilities To Mitigate Structural Floor Vibrationshese beams are able to mitigate structural floor vibrations in a powerful way.

Still wondering how castellated beams will benefit your new building, especially when it comes to floor vibrations? Keep reading to discover the answer!

The Old School Design

Think about how much the standard office design has changed over the last few decades. A standard office space included giant file cabinets, huge bookshelves, and really tall partitions. This meant that even very active offices did not have very notable vibrations: between the heavy furniture and the standard thickness of the floor slabs, issues like vibration and damping basically took care of themselves.

Flash forward to the modern offices: most of those heavy pieces of office furniture are a thing of the past. In their place, we have lightweight computers and lightweight working stations. And due to the ability to store information both in the computers and in “the cloud,” those heavy bookshelves are no longer in play.

A lighter office, however, is potentially more susceptible to vibrations and damping. All of a sudden, the office space can feel a bit like a rowdy kid’s room—there’s a lot of running around, and things are practically vibrating on the walls and shelves.

Long and Strong

castellated steel beams  are the solution to the vibration problems caused by modern design. There are several reasons for this, but one reason is quite simple:  castellated steel beams themselves are quite long.

Prefabricated Office buildings designed without castellated steel beams  typically use many more beams. Thanks to castellated steel beams  being so long, you can build your structures while using far fewer beams. In this case, that means that your new buildings will have fewer “moving parts.”

The typical office space hasn’t gotten any less busy over the years. In fact, many spaces are more crowded and cluttered than ever before. And if a building is built with large numbers of beams, all of them have the potential to vibrate each other during the workday.

Conversely, using castellated steel beams in your construction reduces the overall number of beams. Fewer beams, fewer vibrations: it really is that simple.

More Than Numbers

There is a lot of science behind castellated steel beams  and vibrations. For instance, in one test of castellated steel beams and vibrations, the peak acceleration of vibrations due to human activity was only .29%, which is far below the recommendations of keeping this peak acceleration at .5% or lower.

Strong and Light Structural Needs

What does this actually mean, though? As it turns out, the benefits of castellated steel beams go beyond math and science. To put it simply, buildings built using these castellated steel beams have vibrations that workers will (for the most part) not notice.

Obviously, all buildings filled with human activity will experience vibrations. And even castellated steel beams cannot eliminate those vibrations entirely. But these beams can functionally eliminate the vibrations in the sense that most employees will never be able to sense them.

This is one of the most powerful keys to employee productivity. Ever work in an office space with a high degree of vibration? It can often feel like working in a building that’s under construction. And all those vibrations amount to frequent distractions for all of the workers.

An office is only as productive as its workers. To get the most productive workers possible, it’s important to build structures using castellated steel beams.

Protecting Your Investment

So far, we have focused on the human element when it comes to castellated steel beams . This includes reducing distractions, boosting productivity and generally making the environment friendlier to work for.

However, there is another component that is worth thinking about: the equipment! As we said before, modern offices have evolved quite a bit compared to the offices of yesteryear. Those heavy bookshelves have all been replaced with lightweight computers and other delicate electronic equipment.

In many office spaces, computers represent the most expensive element. We typically spend thousands and thousands of dollars making sure that every employee has ready access to a desktop PC or a laptop.

However, computers are very susceptible to vibrations. Think of it this way: everyone knows that you’re not supposed to let a desktop PC tower fall to the ground. But why is that? The basic answer is that the vibrations from landing may disrupt the hard drive, the motherboard, or other internal components of the computer.

Offices with a lot of vibration present a different threat to these computers. Instead of one giant vibration, it’s countless little vibrations that add up. And they do add up: pretty soon, you’ll have to replace computer equipment left and right. It’s ultimately a lot easier to simply design a building using castellated steel beams : you’ll reduce those vibrations and protect your investment from daily vibrations.

Future Proofing Your Construction

As you know, China does not currently limit floor vibrations as part of any building code. So, if you are constructing a new building in China, your primary motivation for using castellated steel beams  will be to prevent distractions and protect equipment.

However, other parts of the world do have regulations when it comes to vibrations. 

We like to think of using castellated steel beams as a way of “futureproofing” your construction. Eventually, China may institute similar regulations. If (or when) that happens, some companies may have to drastically rethink how they design their buildings.

By using castellated steel beams now, you can get ahead of the curve if any of these regulations should change. And it also makes it easier for your business to expand internationally if any of the countries that you are building in have their own regulations.

Consider castellated steel beams for Your Next Construction Project

Ultimately, castellated steel beams are not some sort of fad that is going to fade away. This technology has been proven as the superior construction solution for decades. And extensive testing has shown this to be the best solution for reducing vibrations in your buildings.

Reducing vibrations is going to create more productive employees. Furthermore, it helps protect all of your expensive equipment. For your next construction project, use castellated steel beams  and discover what the hype is all about!

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