Do you have an architectural design that you want to see executed? Sometimes, you can have an idea for a home or a business premises, but you aren't sure which materials can create the look you want. When it comes to the structure of your home, two of the most common materials available to you are structural steel and timber.  While both of these materials can be useful in their place, you must learn how to allow each material to lean on its strengths. If you choose structural steel, there are at least three ways it can benefit your building project.

More open space

In many areas of the country, floor space is at a premium. When you buy or build a large structure, you want to have as much usable space inside the property as possible. Creating an open design is a fantastic way to produce a structure that can easily accommodate everything that needs to be inside. Structural steel is so strong that you can create a design that can support the building's weight without the line of supporting pillars required with a wooden structure. The lack of pillars allows for more usable space and a lighter, more airy feeling to the whole building.

A perfectly framed structure

Timber is a naturally occurring material. Structural timber may be shaped and cut to size, but there will always be minor imperfections in the wood, and no two pieces of timber will be identical. When working with structural steel, you can be confident that each piece of steel will be identical to the piece before it and the piece after it. Structural steel is manufactured in a controlled environment using computer-controlled technology. You can trust that it will be completely reliable and that it will all fit together in the way that you expect.

Reduced project costs

Since structural steel is produced in a factory many miles from your building site and delivered to you ready to use, there is far less time spent on the site than you might expect. Instead of cutting and shaping the structure of the building, you have only to put together existing components that are already the perfect shape. Less on-site time cuts down costs, as does the lower transportation costs for the steel. Transporting steel is surprisingly cheap since steel is lighter than other materials. When you also consider that the cost of buying steel is far less than some other structural materials, it's easy to see why using structural steel makes perfect sense.