The benefits of light steel infill walls are:

• Rapid installation allows other activities within the building to proceed much earlier than would be possible with block-work infill walls.
• The construction process is ‘dry’, so that shrinkage and other drying-out problems are eliminated.
• Design flexibility: tall walls up to 5 m can be readily achieved.
• Large windows, parapets and other architectural features can be incorporated within light steel infill walls.
• Excellent fire resistance: periods of up to 120 minutes can be achieved using multiple layers of fire resistant plasterboard.
• Light steel walls can achieve excellent acoustic insulation: over 60 dB when using double layers of plasterboard and insulating quilt between the vertical C sections.
• A high level of thermal insulation is provided by a variety of insulation boards that attach externally to the vertical studs to create a ‘warm frame’.
• Light steel infill walls can be used to support a wide range of cladding systems.
• Light steel walls are much lighter and thinner than conventional block work walls; they do not apply heavy line loads to the floor.