Steel-framed building construction with pre-assembled frames for walls, ceilings, roof and roof supports

摘要

Provided is a steel frame building having wall frames (external and/or internal), one or more substantially planar ceiling frames supported by the wall frames, a roof structure including one or more inclined substantially planar roof frames extending substantially parallel to associated roof surfaces which the roof frames support, and support means extending between the one or more roof frames and the one or more ceiling frames to transfer the weight of the roof structure to one or more ceiling frames and the support means through the wall frames. The figure illustrates a planar roof fame 76 in its inclined position. The roof frame is provided with a support means between the planar roof frame and the ceiling frames in the form of a central ridge frame 70. An intermediate support 74 may also be provided to support the roof frame 76, but it is removed from the figure drawing for clarity.