Gauge, Span, and Load: A Guide

A handful of figures determine what profile the job requires: gauge, span, and load. Steel thickness sets the load each panel handles. The distance between supports sets how much unsupported deck the panel needs to carry it. The weight above — the pour plus everything after — drives the requirement. Balance those, and the metal deck panels works. Guess, and you get expensive overkill or worse, it fails.

As a leading Metal Deck Supplier, we keep the process simple and reliable. The following walks through specifying decking.

Balancing the Three

The three variables move in balance. A longer span needs greater depth. A heavier load demands more. Good documentation connects the design so the crew on site the right information. From Metal Deck to Steel Deck, the right specification makes reliable performance.

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