Factory-engineered cold-formed steel wall panels, trusses and rafters for homes, multifamily, commercial and government buildings. Cut, punched and labeled in our Orlando plant, ready to stand on your slab.
Mega Steel runs four automated FRAMECAD lines in a 40,000 sq ft plant at 1475 Pine Ave in Orlando. The plant can produce 40,000 lb of galvanized framing a day, roughly a house a day, or about 10 million lb a year.
We have production time open right now. Your framing package goes on the schedule as soon as drawings are approved, with no waiting behind other jobs. Prime Site Work & Equipment sells Mega Steel framing to builders, developers and general contractors across the country.
Each FRAMECAD line forms, punches, cuts and labels every member in one pass, straight from the 3D model.
3D model, in-house truss design and shop drawings from your plans. Repeat layouts reuse approved designs.
Members cut to exact length and pre-punched for electrical and plumbing. No measuring, cutting or drilling in the field.
Walls and trusses are built and checked in the plant while your slab is poured, so framing stays off the critical path.
Labeled bundles shipped in set sequence. Our crews install, or we supply your erector with drawings and support.
From light interior partitions to heavy load-bearing studs and girder trusses, gauges 24 through 14.
Heavy load-bearing studs and girder trusses, 20–14 ga, 3.5–6 in. webs.
16-ga exterior studs, roof trusses and rafters.
Load-bearing walls and trusses, 22–16 ga.
Partitions, ceilings, soffits and light trusses up to 49 ft clear span.
| Wood framing | Concrete block | Mega Steel CFS | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fire | Combustible | Exterior noncombustible; interior often wood | Noncombustible |
| Termites, rot, mold | Vulnerable | Wood bucks and trusses still exposed | Inorganic: immune |
| Onsite framing1 | 8–13 days | Laid by hand, block by block | 4–7 days |
| Accuracy | Warps, shrinks, twists | Field-laid tolerances | Factory-cut, straight walls |
| Material price risk | Lumber price swings | Labor-heavy | No lumber exposure |
| Weight on foundation | Light | Heaviest | Light: smaller footings |
| Jobsite waste | Offcuts to landfill | Broken units, mortar | ~3% scrap, 100% recyclable |
Onsite framing times are for a single-story building of 1,800–2,500 SF.
Cold-formed steel (CFS) has framed commercial buildings for decades and is now moving into homes and multifamily. Here is why builders and owners are switching.
Steel does not burn, so underwriters price it lower. On one 4-story, 400-unit Ohio hotel, builder's risk cost $360,000 with CFS against $1.6 million quoted for wood.3 Builder's risk premiums typically run 25–75% lower than wood.2
Steel studs are noncombustible and qualify for Type II-B construction. Load-bearing and non-load-bearing CFS assemblies achieve fire ratings up to four hours in ASTM E119 testing.5
Screwed connections and a continuous uplift load path from roof to foundation. Engineers can design CFS homes for wind speeds up to 190 mph.4
Steel gives termites nothing to eat, including the Formosan termite now spreading along the Gulf Coast. The International Residential Code recognizes CFS as termite-resistant construction.6 Hawaii frames about 70% of its single-family homes in steel for this reason.4
Steel is inorganic and does not absorb water, swell or decay, so it gives mold nothing to grow on. That means healthier indoor air and no chemical termite treatments.6
Pre-engineered, pre-cut and pre-punched members install quickly. Lennar cut its framing schedule from 20 days to 12 using panelized steel.1
Members are factory-made to millimeter accuracy and do not warp, split, twist or shrink. Drywall, cabinets and windows fit the first time, with fewer callbacks.
Steel's high strength-to-weight ratio allows longer spans and open floor plans, and its light weight reduces foundation size compared with block.
CFS framing averages at least 25% recycled content and is 100% recyclable at the end of its life.7 It can count toward LEED and other green building credits.
Every wall, beam, truss and rafter for 196 homes came from our own factory. Each home used about 3,850 sq ft of exterior steel walls, 7,000 sq ft of interior steel walls and 4,375 sq ft of steel roof trusses and rafters.
That program used only 25–30% of the plant's rated capacity. We can take on several projects of this size at the same time.
Project types: custom homes, residential subdivisions, multifamily mid-rise, retail and office, medical, schools and child care, warehouses and industrial, military and government facilities, and buildings in hurricane zones.
Plans to frame, a project to bid, or a storm to respond to. One call reaches all three teams.