Mixed-use projects are a hot item these days, and structural steel framing can be the best solution to Click here for full documentaccommodate the various uses within. Come home, park your car, hit the grocery store. Then go to the gym, swim a few laps, and see a movie. Sounds like a busy night, right? In a mixed-use building, you might never have to go outside to accomplish all of this. As more people are returning to urban cores to live and work, they require necessities that sometimes aren't available nearby, such as gyms and markets. Consequently, many building developers are providing everything in one package. Common combinations for mixed-use buildings are offices over parking or condos over parking and retail. But multiple combinations are possible, including ones that feature the amenities mentioned above. Structural steel provides unique advantages for these buildings. For example, it can accommodate large variations in bay size. It can also be continued vertically through several different uses without the need for a dedicated transfer level, and, avoiding a transfer level also avoids the coordination issues that come along with it.

This article is excerpted from the American Institute for Steel Construction, Inc., Steelwise newsletter. Visit www.aisc.org/ for more resources on steel construction.

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