The Advance structural sections offerings provide greater design flexibility due to the inclusion of hard-to-find intermediary dimensions, according to Railway International. The new offerings are available in both standard grades and in British Steel’s premium S460M and weathering steel grades.
 
“Optimizing steel structures by precisely matching often difficult-to-find dimensions has the potential to provide sustainable, efficient and cost-reducing solutions through savings in structure weight, fabrication effort and logistical costs,” said British Steel commercial director, construction, Ben Cunliffe.
 
“Using our high-strength S460M grade, which is available across most sizes, doubles these benefits and allows further optimization such as wider spans and reduced structure weight,” Cunliffe said.
 
British Steel started producing weathering steel structural sections just over a year ago. Weathering steel's corrosion rate is reportedly so low that structures fabricated from unpainted weathering steel can achieve long lifespans of up to 120 years with minimal maintenance.
 
Railway International has more here.