STEP is an acronym for; Steel Thermal Efficient Panel.

As you will see, it is giant step forward in the evolution of framing utilizing CFS (Cold Formed Steel) and rigid insulation EPS (Expanded Poly-Styrene) panels for three very important reasons:

1) It is very user friendly. Meaning, it can integrate with most any plan or application that you would ordinarily have for conventional framed projects

2) It cuts out redundancies. Unlike other similar products, this one was well thought out and shows it.

3) It is cost competitive. Cost competitive that is, with any other quality method of construction

When the STEP engineers set out to improve on what other manufacturers were supplying in the marketplace, they knew they needed to bring something really different to the table. They knew that the building industry would only accept a new product if it was measurably better than what what was already available.

What the engineers managed to do though was reinvent steel framing as everyone had come to know it. Proving once and for all that you really can teach an old dog new tricks on the proviso that a) they really are new tricks and b) the dog also benefits from the effort of learning the new trick...).

STEP, is a mission truly accomplished...

What you are looking at is a section of our typical wall panel. Notice how the insulation is only half of the depth of stud and the other half is open cavity? That is one of many attributes which makes this panel different. You see, other manufactures make panels that are solid (because they are easier and cheaper for manufactures to make but not easier for tradespeople to actually build with) and therefore require field cutting, altering and patching just to run electrical or plumbing in.

Oh we know, some manufacturer's make chase ways in the panels so that an electrician can theoretically pull string and wire through but the reality we assure is quite different.

This is a picture of another company's composite panel (which is solid). Although it has been improved in the 30 years it has been around, it doesn't quite compare or compete with the new STEP wall panel. Note what is required to run wire or plumbing through it. With STEP this redundancy and cost is omitted.