COMPARISON BETWEEN PEB/CONVENTIONAL STEEL/COMBINATION OF TWO

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S.No PEB CONVENTIONAL STEEL PEB + CONVENTIONAL
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1 Brief The concept of PEB involves In Conventional steel For Conventional+PEB, Cost per Sqm shall be between
Steel Building systems that building, Mill-produced Conventional and PEB Option i.e. Raising RCC Columns upto
are Pre designed and Hot Rolled sections eave height and Erecting Steel Roof on it, This is useful in the
prefabricated. PEB option (i.e. Beams and Sections) case of
has the ease of providing are used. The Clean Rooms,
the section at a location size of each member is Cold Rooms,
only according to the selected on basis of maximum internal Hygiene Blocks,
requirement at that spot, thereby sections can vary stress in the member. Paint Shops where
throughout the length of the building. the easy to wash/
clean wall panels can be achieved.
3 Span Longer spans of >100ft can be achieved in gabled Hot rolled sections can’t be used for higher spans and shall Nominal Spans only
structures be replaced with Trusses which attracts more time
4 Construction For Plinth area of 15,00,000sft For Plinth area of 15,00,000sft In bet. PEB Option and Conventional Steel Option overall shall
Timelines - Supply of Material to Site within 12 Weeks - Design of Conventional Steel within 5 Weeks be 40 weeks (incl. Supply and Installation) with PEB supply and
- Erection at Site - 24 Weeks (incl. Sheeting) - Supply of Material to Site within 10 Weeks Fabrication at site of Conventional steel, Erection works
- Fabrication at Site - 10 Weeks
- Erection at Site - 30 Weeks (incl. Sheeting)
5 Quality Checklist - Factory finish product with no defects can be assured - Since fabrication happens at site, Assurance of Workability PEB Checklists can be followed until the erection of PEB
- Web to Flange connection to be checked for designed of Welders is not equivalent to factory output Structure, for Additional Conventional Steel Fabrication and
force - Since the material is hot rolled at Mill Production the Erection, site inspection to be done for each and every element
flange to width connection needn't be checked either Geometry, Weld Connections, Paint DFT etc.

6 Design Codes MBMA, AISC Codes are followed which results in Indian Codes are followed which results in heavier sections Combination of Codes as per the independent phase of the
economical sections same.
7 Cost of Design Free of cost for Design of Structure, Preparation of Cost of the Design has to considered, as the same shall be
Shop Drawings for Fabrication as it is borne by Supply designed by Design Consultant along with Fabrication
of PEB Vendor drawings.
8 Cost and Load - Weight of PEB: Weight of Conventional Steel:Weight of Conventional + PEB= 1:>=1.25:>1.15 to 1:25
efficiency - Weight of Roof Purlins and Wall Girts; Z-Purlins (in PEB): C-sections (in Conventional Steel) = 1:>=1.30
- Wastage of Steel in PEB is almost negligible vs Wastage of Steel in Conventional steel During Fabrication is min.
10%
- Scrap Costs generated from PEB Fabrication is 75% < Scrap cost from Fabricated Conventional steel members
- Cost of Civil works for Foundation in PEB < Conventional Steel (as wider spans and longer economic bay lengths
and lower weight can be achieved with PEB)
- Design of PEB (timelines, later design revisions = Nil) < Design of Conventional Steel (Timelines, Later design
revisions is nominally higher compared to PEB)