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Randall A Chapple, CSI, CCS, AIA, SE, LEED AP Senior Member Username: rachapple
Post Number: 73 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 11:09 am: | |
Has anyone heard of or used Metal Resources? That area a producer of cold formed metal framing (054000) in the Chicago area. I swear that every job in the office has a different stud provided that I have never heard of! |
Colin Gilboy Senior Member Username: colin
Post Number: 333 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 11:12 am: | |
From their website: Welcome to Metal Resources web site. We are a distributor of flat-rolled steel products http://www.metalresourcesinc.com/ They cite MRI Steel Framing as their supplier http://www.mristeelframing.com/ Colin Gilboy Publisher, 4specs.com 435.654.5775 - Utah 800.369.8008 |
Mark Gilligan SE, Senior Member Username: mark_gilligan
Post Number: 529 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 - 12:16 pm: | |
Unless you are designing your metal studs around a proprietary product there is no need to specify the stud manufacturer. Most metal stud products can be specified generically. If you had delegated the design of metal stud walls to the contractor your review of there proposal would be limited to the generic criteria in the specifications. What criteria will you use to evaluate the metal stud manufacturer? |