The benefits

Pre-finished steel is extensively used for the building envelope. Manufacturing under factory controlled conditions to exacting standards provides high quality and cost effective pre-finished steel products which can be processed further into finished systems such as composite panels, roof sheeting and façades. When specifying roof and wall cladding systems, it is the choice of the pre-finished steel product which will provide the long-term appearance and function of the building envelope and this should therefore be considered as carefully as the system itself.

Pre-finished steel has the potential to offer many benefits throughout a building’s life.

• Once installed as part of a roof and wall cladding system, pre-finished steel requires little ongoing maintenance.
• The nature of pre-finished steel means it can deliver a uniform product performance through its life.
• Pre-finished steel can easily be refurbished at the appropriate time.
• Pre-finished steel can easily be recycled once it has come to the end of its life.

• Offers the specifier confidence in a material that has been used extensively for building envelopes over 40 years.
• Available in a wide choice of topcoats and colours to suit most design requirements.
• Pre-finished steel forms the basis for a wide range of different roof and wall cladding systems available to the specifier.
• Its flexibility, durability and excellent strength to weight ratio helps to support good design.
• It has strong and proven sustainability credentials backed up by detailed analysis such as life cycle costing.

• Manufactured off-site, in conjunction with the finished cladding system, pre-finished steel offers something which is quick and easy to install.
• Pre-finished steel provides a durable and robust surface and can easily be handled on site.