ABSTRACT
Structural metal products are typically made of various materials including aluminum, brass, and bronze, but the most common one on the market is steel. Structural steel has been increasingly used recently in multistory buildings due to its better productivity and flexibility in shapes and styles. Structural steel is also commonly integrated into concrete and masonry construction to provide additional support to buildings and to increase the size of building structures. Steel is used for various building structures besides multistory buildings, such as theaters, auditoriums, gymnasiums, stadiums, and churches. This chapter mostly focuses on structural steel cost estimation based on the cost data provided in Means (1999) and Walker (1999). The following sections introduce several structural members and miscellaneous metals, a metal delivery system in building construction, and a materials checklist. This fundamental information will give the estimator a better
understanding of the variety of metal costs that must be considered when performing an estimate.
