Sustainable solutions for the Construction industry
Steel buildings are inherently highly adaptable and offer great scope for sustainable innovation.
Steel’s relative lightness means buildings can easily be extended. Steel structures can be unbolted, reconnected, modified, repaired, re-used and recycled.
Steel construction generates very little waste, and what there is can be fully recycled. Onsite steel construction is clean, dust-free, comparatively quiet, and requires relatively small volumes of materials. Prefabrication of building units and modules is increasingly being used, and steel is ideal. Factory manufacture ensures high quality under controlled conditions and is also safer, faster and more efficient than site working. It also reduces site construction times, minimising the impact on surrounding communities.
Steel’s lightness compared to other structural materials can be exploited to create resource‑efficient structures and buildings. Our tubular steel sections, available in a wide range of round, rectangular and square forms, have a higher strength to weight ratio than conventional sections, enhancing design flexibility and structural efficiency, and reducing costs. In India, our Tata Structura brand has allowed architects and engineers to challenge the conventions of traditional building design. Tata Structura was used in construction of the stadiums for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi and has also been used in the modernisation of many of India’s airports.
Most of the carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by a building is a result of the energy consumed during its occupation. Our cladding systems provide thermally efficient building envelopes that achieve high levels of thermal insulation and air tightness.
Tata Steel Colors has become the first steel company to be certified to BES 6001 Responsible Sourcing standard for construction. The certification is for Colorcoat® products manufactured at Shotton in Wales. A new and improved range of Colorcoat® products was launched in 2009/10, and can reduce lighting requirements, support renewable technologies and facilitate water harvesting.
In Singapore, offsite fabrication of our construction products such as wire mesh and reinforcement bars helps to minimise site material wastage and improve working conditions and safety on construction sites as well as reducing congestion in the crowded city environment.
In rural India, Tata Steel was the first to introduce a dependable and transparent distribution network to supply millions of people with a quality-assured and affordable galvanised roofing material called Tata Shaktee.
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