steel frame

American  

[steel fraym] / ˈstil ˈfreɪm /

noun

1. a method for constructing buildings using a grid of steel beams to support floors, roofs, and walls, or the grid of steel beams used to support the structure (often used attributively).

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Example Sentences

The third iteration of the clubhouse, modeled after The Reform Club in London, is built around a prefabricated steel frame imported from the U.K., and reassembled here.

From The Wall Street Journal

When we were looking for precision machine parts and when we were looking for even just steel framing parts—this printer sits in a large steel frame—the number of suppliers that can meet the requirement but also sign up to do a machine per week by the end of next year….

From The Wall Street Journal

County officials said they can’t offer a better cost estimate unless they understand “the actual condition of the building’s connections and welds” — essentially, the areas of the building’s steel frame that connect with each other.

From Los Angeles Times

Another risk is possibly defective steel frame buildings, which are required to be retrofitted in a few cities, like Torrance, Santa Monica and West Hollywood, but not in Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times

Irvin’s drawing captured how, for Black people under apartheid, the hulking steel frame of the vehicle represented an intimidating and oppressive military intrusion into everyday life.

From Slate