Columns are vertical structures that support beams and slabs, playing a crucial role in a building’s stability and strength. They are the frameworks — also referred to as pillars — that hold our structures aloft, transferring loads from roofs and floors down through the frame and into the foundations. Because a column failure affects everything it carries, column material is specified, certified and inspected with particular care.
Types of steel columns
- Universal columns (UC / H-sections) — the workhorse of multi-storey frames, with wide flanges giving strong performance in both axes
- Hollow section columns — square, rectangular or circular hollow sections for architectural and high-torsion applications
- Fabricated box and plate columns — welded from plate where rolled sections are not large enough
- Compound columns — rolled sections combined with plates for heavy industrial loads
Applications
Steel columns carry high-rise and low-rise building frames, industrial plants and pipe racks, warehouses and pre-engineered buildings, bridges, and equipment support structures across the energy and mining sectors.
How CSACI supplies columns
We supply columns to EN, ASTM, IS and BS structural grades, cut to length, primed or bare, with certificates of conformity and origin plus SGS third-party inspection on every shipment. Columns can be consolidated with beams, channels, angles, rebar and plate in one mixed order and delivered to any major port. Send your section schedule for a quotation.