By Providence Obuh

Gas and Steel Limited(NGSL), has called on stakeholders in the building sector (architects, structural engineers, fabricators and consultants) to consider cost advantage when using building materials for clients.

Speaking during a press parley, Managing Director, Mr. Hasib Moukarim, said that using the right steel for the construction of warehouses and buildings, the client gets the cost saving and the professionals get the credit.

Moukarim explained that the right steel as described by the Steel Tube Institute of North America is a ´Hollow Structural Sections´ (HSS), a type of steel tube that has greater strength to weight ratios than wide flange beams.

He stated that the steel, a design material of the 21st Century is a replica of that produced by his company, pointing out that NGSL is a company known for manufacturing and marketing of steel pipes and tubes for the construction and furniture industries.

He, however, said that all the new airport terminals and shopping malls in the world are built by HSS, because of its cost saving and superior strength, saying “since less steel is needed to do the same job, then less weight and less cost, he exclaimed.

“HSS have excellent compression characteristics and exceptional forcibility added that it is available for the construction of warehouses, terminals, billboards, bridges, malls and towers and also used in casing boreholes and for piling soft grounds.