Guide to the Use of International Standard Steels with NZS 3404 (SCNZ FS11)

By Steel Construction New Zealand · OCTOBER 2020

Cold-formed hollow sections are increasingly used as structural elements in multilevel steel-framed construction. Due to the small size of the local market and manufacturer minimum order quantities, it can be challenging and, in some cases, impossible to source large- sized hollow sections manufactured to AS/NZS 1163 (SA/SNZ, 2016a).