Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings

Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings

Andy Metten & Robert Driver

Fourth Edition (December 2025) 

  • 27 chapters on 720 pages

  • Hard Cover ISBN: 978-0-9949121-2-1

  • Over 600 illustrations

  • Extensive use of worked examples

  • NBC 2020 and S16:19 compatible

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Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings (4th edition) offers a practical, design-office–focused guide to modern steel building design in Canada. Unlike traditional steel design texts, this edition goes beyond member checks to explore the real-world decisions engineers make every day. It introduces topics rarely covered in standard references—such as conceptual design of roof and floor decks, open web steel joists, hollow structural section trusses, and the effective review of shop drawings—along with an accessible introduction to seismic design for steel structures.

Using the requirements of the 2020 National Building Code of Canada and CSA S16:19, the book examines steel design within the context of the entire structural system, showing how individual components interact to create safe, efficient, and economical buildings. Throughout, worked examples demonstrate current design practice and provide clear, step-by-step guidance.

Written from a design perspective rather than an analysis perspective, the book reflects how engineers actually work. Instead of focusing on calculating the capacity of a given member, it emphasizes selecting the most economical section to calculated loads—mirroring the decisions designers face in practice.

Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings is an essential resource for students, emerging engineers, and seasoned practitioners seeking a practical, system-oriented approach to steel design in Canada.

New chapters in 4th edition

  • Conceptual lateral design.

  • Wind and low seismic (by NBC 4.1.8.1) loads.

  • Wind and seismic design where capacity principles are not required.

  • Design of foundations for seismic systems.

  • Seismic design for increased performance objectives (by NBC 4.1.8.23). 

Structural Steel for Canadian Buildings has been written for practising engineers who wish to keep current or improve design skills. The book integrates all aspects of Canadian steel design and is essential reading for Canadian engineers who design with steel. Fourth year and graduate-level engineering students will also find it relevant to their studies. The book presents the reader with a practical approach to steel design that will be particularly beneficial to those just starting work in a consulting design office. The book has over 600 illustrations and there is extensive use of worked examples.

Individual copies available from Amazon.ca ($147.00 + taxes) or from select university bookstores

Shipment of bulk orders (Full box of 8 copies or more) can also be requested and arranged by emailing andymetten@outlook.com.