Cold-Formed Steel Framing Products

This EPD covers cold-formed framing products manufactured by Integrated Steel in Grand Forks, ND. These products are most commonly used as specified and in compliance with the International Building Code, International Residential Code and State and Local Building Codes.

This EPD covers Low Embodied Carbon cold-formed steel framing products as defined by the United States General Services Administration’s (GSA) Interim IRA Low Embodied Carbon Material Requirements top 20% limit for cold-formed and galvanized steel products (U.S. GSA, 2023), the supply in the raw materials stage (A1) is limited to select suppliers that produce electric arc furnace (EAF) steel coil with EPDs for these coils. When procuring low embodied carbon cold-formed steel products with this EPD per the above regulation, Integrated Steel will use internal tracking and logistics to ensure that only electric arc furnace steel coils from the following suppliers are used:

• Steel Dynamics - Columbus, MS

• Steel Dynamics - Butler, IN

• Steel Dynamics - Terre Haute, IN (Heartland)

• U.S. Steel - Osceola, AR (Big River Steel)

• Nucor - Ghent, KY (Gallatin)

• Nucor - Crawfordsville, IN

• Nucor - Blytheville, AR (Hickman)

Upon ordering from a supplier, Integrated Steel mandates that mill certifications accompany each delivery. Upon receipt, each coil is labeled and documented on a master sheet, ensuring organized and accessible records. As the coils are roll-formed into studs, each stud is printed with a unique identifier that allows Integrated Steel to trace it back to the specific coil and mill from which it originated. This systematic approach ensures that with the number on any given piece of material, Integrated Steel can accurately track its source, supported by all necessary documentation for quality assurance and compliance.

This EPD covers products under UN CPC Codes 41262 and 42190 and CSI divisions 05 40 00 and 09 22 00.

Disclaimers:

This EPD has been developed as part of a pilot project initiated by EPD North America on behalf of the North American market. Please reach out to EPD North America to find out more about this on this link: https://epdna.com/.

Not all requirements in the GPI are fulfilled, particularly the requirement, for construction products, to follow EN 15804 for certain aspects of the LCA method.

This EPD is based on a PCR that satisfies procurement rules at the federal, state, and municipal levels which call for EPDs based on the UL Part B PCR. The UL Part B PCR was used to meet regulatory (example: Buy Clean California Act, etc.) and market expectations (example: Building Transparency EC3 comparisons, LEED and existing vendor procurement requirements, product scoring programs, etc.). The EPD should not be used outside of this context.