Architectural Finishing

Systems

Suspended Light Gauge

Ceiling System

BUILDING
Raised Floor Systems
(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding

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ARCHITECTURAL FINISHING SYSTEMS

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Systems

Suspended Light Gauge

5.0 ARCHITECTURAL FINISHING
5.1
Ceiling System
SYSTEMS
Raised Floor Systems
(Access Floors) 5.1 SUSPENDED LIGHT GAUGE CEILING SYSTEM
Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding
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Suspended Light Gauge

5.1
Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding
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Suspended Light Gauge

5.1
Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding
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5.2 RAISED FLOOR SYSTEMS (ACCESS FLOORS)
Suspended Light Gauge
Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

5.2
(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding
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Suspended Light Gauge

Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

5.2
(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding
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Suspended Light Gauge

Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

5.2
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Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding
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Systems 5.3 LIGHT-GAUGE STEEL STUDS
Suspended Light Gauge Horizontal channel bracing
Ceiling System
Walls less than 10’ (3050) high: Light-gauge steel studs
• 2 rows @ 1/3 height for vertical loads @ 12”, 16” or 24” (305,
Raised Floor Systems • 1 row @ mid-height for wind loads
(Access Floors) 405 or 610) o.c.
Walls over 10’ (3050) high:
• 3’-4” (1015) o.c. maximum for vertical
Light-Gauge Steel 5.3 loads
• 5’-0” (1525) o.c. maximum for wind Continuous runner
Metal Cladding loads channel
Diagonal steel
strap bracing
welded to studs Light-gauge steel stud
and runners assembly @ corners
Secure strap
connection to
stud and runner
with a steel
gusset plate or
welds
Angle clip
welded to stud
and bolted
foundation

Splice runner sections

with a stud section
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Ceiling System
Light-gauge stud walls are framed,
sheathed, insulated and finished as in
Raised Floor Systems
Channel studs wood light frame construction
(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel 5.3 Light-gauge steel studs Connections are made with
are usually prepunched to self-drilling, self-tapping
Metal Cladding C-Studs allow piping, wiring and screws inserted with an
bracing to pass through electric or pneumatic tool or
Consult manufacturer for with pneumatically driven
specific shapes and pins
available sizes and
gauges

1”, 1-3/8” (25, 35) thick

2-1/2”, 3-1/4”, 3-5/8”, 4”, 6”

(64, 85, 90, 100, 150) wide

1-1/4”, 1-3/8”, 1-1/2”, 1-5/8”

(32, 35, 38, 41) thick
2-1/2”, 3”, 3-1/2”, 3-5/8”, 4”, 5-1/2”, 6”, 7-1/2”,
8” (64, 75, 90, 100, 140, 150, 190, 205) wide
 Architectural Finishing Light-gauge steel studs
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Systems
Continuous runner channel
Suspended Light Gauge Light gauge steel joists
Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

(Access Floors)
Overhang possible
Web stiffeners
Light-Gauge Steel 5.3
Continuous runner
Metal Cladding Perimeter channel

Light-gauge steel studs @ 12”,

16” or 24” (305, 405 or 610) o.c.
Exterior wall sheathing and
finish
Horizontal channel bracing

Continuous runner channel

Light-gauge steel joists
Perimeter channel fastened
to web stiffeners and clip Web stiffener
angles

Clip angle anchor bolted to

concrete foundation wall
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Light-gauge steel studs Provide web stiffeners for
steel joists that continue
Suspended Light Gauge Continuous runner channel over support
Ceiling System
Reinforced concrete on Light-gauge steel joists
Raised Floor Systems
metal decking
(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel 5.3

Metal Cladding

Double channel

Open-web steel joists Continuous runner channel

Steel beam or light-gauge Light-gauge stud
stud bearing wall bearing wall

EXTERIOR WALL INTERIOR WALL

STUD ASSEMBLY AT STUD ASSEMBLY AT

EXTERIOR CORNER PARTITION INTERSECTION
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Suspended Light Gauge Steel gusset plate

Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

(Access Floors)

Light-Gauge Steel 5.3

Metal Cladding

Trussed header Double C-joists Structural steel channel

Trussed bridging at Double or nested studs

corners next to openings
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Suspended Light Gauge

Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

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Light-Gauge Steel 5.3

Metal Cladding

• Nominal depths: 6”, 8”,

10”, 12”, 14” (150, 205,
255, 305, 355)
• Flange widths: 1-1/2”, 1-
3/4”, 2”, 2-1/2” (38, 45, 51,
64) NESTABLE JOIST ‘C’ JOIST JOIST CLOSURE
• Gauges: 14 through 22

TYPES OF LIGHT-GAUGE
STEEL JOISTS
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Systems Wood panel deck

Suspended Light Gauge

Steel joist continues or
Ceiling System
laps with adjoining joist
over beam or wall support
Raised Floor Systems
3” (75) minimum bearing
(Access Floors)
at interior supports
Light-Gauge Steel 5.3 Web stiffener

Metal Cladding Double joists under

partition loads

INTERIOR BEARING
Metal stud wall

Continuous runner
fastened through deck to
closure channel

Perimeter closure channel

Web stiffener

1-1/2” (38) minimum

bearing at joist ends
Steel joists
Metal stud bearing wall
EXTERIOR BEARING
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5.4 METAL CLADDING
Suspended Light Gauge
Ceiling System ALPOLIC & ALPOLIC®/fr
Interior and Exterior
Raised Floor Systems
(Access Floors) Interior ALPOLIC®
Features
Light-Gauge Steel Lightweight and Interior ALPOLIC® is a light and strong sheet material. With the light specific
Rigid gravity of 1.2 it can reduce weight by 40% compared with solid aluminum
Metal Cladding 5.4 sheet and by 70% of stainless steel with the equivalent rigidity.

Flatness Continuous laminating process to laminate aluminum skins and core material
provides the excellent flatness of the panel free of distortion and deflection.

Workability Cutting, bending, curving and other procedures are easily accomplished with
aluminum working or wood working machines.
®
Impact Resistance Compared with calcium silicate board and gypsum board, Interior ALPOLIC
cannot be cracked and broken because of lamination with aluminum skins and
visco-elastic high molecular resin.

Sound Transmission Compared with other materials of the same weight (steel, aluminum, plywood,
®
etc.) Interior ALPOLIC has a larger sound transmission loss.

Corrosion Resistance, The coatings are applied with a continuous coil coating line, and consistent
Humidity Resistance and coating quality and hence, high performance can be expected in corrosion
Weather-ability resistance and weather-ability in ALPOLIC ® PC Series and ALPOLIC ® PC
Stone Series, which can be applied for moist rooms.

Thermal Insulation Interior ALPOLIC ® has a good thermal insulation effect due to the core
material of high molecular resin.
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Suspended Light Gauge

Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

(Access Floors) ALPOLIC®
Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding 5.4

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Ceiling System Exterior ALPOLIC®/fr
Raised Floor Systems
(Access Floors) Features
Superior Flatness The continuous laminating process that combines 0.5 mm thick
Light-Gauge Steel
aluminum skins with the core material results in excellent flatness
Metal Cladding 5.4 of the panel.

Excellent Color The unique technology of the coil coating process provides the
Uniformity best quality of color uniformity, and no visible surface grain lines.

Rigidity A light and strong sheet material with an apparent specific gravity
of 1.2 to 2.0, reducing weight by 40% (ALPOLIC ®) to 15%
(ALPOLIC®/fr) compared with solid aluminum sheet with equivalent
rigidity.

Impact ALPOLIC®/fr and ALPOLIC® are resistant to reasonable impact

Resistance loads due to the unique composite composite construction of
strong aluminum skins bonded to a viscoelastic core.

Workability Cutting, bending, curving, routing, grooving and other procedures

are easily accomplished with aluminum working or woodworking
machines.

Fire Resistance ALPOLIC®/fr meets fire code requirements because of its non-
combustible mineral filled core.
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Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

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Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding 5.4

Damansara Mosque
PLDT Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Makati, Philippines Fluorocarbon Paint, Metallic
Fluorocarbon Paint, Metallic

Hewlett Packard Building

Los Antos, CA, USA 400 George Street
Fluorocarbon Paint, Solid Sydney, Australia
Fluorocarbon Paint, Metallic
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Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

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Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding 5.4

* Indicates that this method is not

available with A-LOOK®
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Suspended Light Gauge

Ceiling System

Raised Floor Systems

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Light-Gauge Steel

Metal Cladding 5.4

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