Rising Strong: The steel advantage in construction – Insights from “One Vanderbilt”

In the realm of construction, the choice between steel and concrete as the primary building material has been a longstanding debate. Both materials have their own set of advantages and disadvantages, but in recent years there have been significant technological advancements in the steelmaking process, such as: increased availability of scrap steel for recycling, AI-monitored quality control, the robotic automation of steelmaking processes, laser-aided forming, robotic automation and real-time parametric analysis using the latest engineering tools.