Residential cold-formed steel engineering, detailing and manufacturing support—from the first structural decision through the standing skeleton.
Protect the architectural intent while translating the design into an engineered, manufacturable steel skeleton.
Request a CFS Plan ReviewFrameUpNow (FUN) Design outcomes rely on a codified body of AI-assisted design specifications—250 pages of specifications and more than 6,000 lines of rule-based automation.
The FUN design system follows a fixed set of programmed instructions, decision trees, and engineering rules to produce consistent, repeatable outputs while reducing manual variability at each step.
FUN’s Expert Home Design process applies International Building Code (IBC) engineering requirements, pre-defined structural rules, and manufacturing constraints to systematically design a steel frame (Home Skeleton) or convert wood or masonry plans into an engineered steel skeleton suitable for fabrication and assembly.
The FUN design workflow is optimized for residential structures. By codifying engineering discipline into deterministic rules, FUN can process high volumes of small-home designs quickly while continuously improving accuracy through documented lessons learned.
Complete plan set of engineered drawings
Generic BIM → BOM → Bill of Materials Shopping List
Calculations booklet: vertical & lateral analysis and truss calculations
Residential CFS requires more than member sizing. Efficient construction depends on panelization, connections, bracing, openings, manufacturing constraints and field sequence working as one system.
FrameUpNow joins the project early, following floor plan and elevations, protecting the architect’s design while translating it into an engineered, manufacturable steel skeleton.
Identify framing, load-path and constructability decisions while revisions are still inexpensive. Loop us in at schematic or design development and we quote the job immediately — engineering, foundation, calculations, and an engineer of record included.
Coordinate the structure, foundation scope, calculations and Engineer of Record.
Turn architectural intent into girders, joists, walls, beams, trusses and connection-detailed manufacturing-ready framing.
Deliver labeled walls, joists, girders, beams and trusses—with support through the standing skeleton. Components are delivered in flights, timed to arrive just in time for erecting.
Send a floor plan, elevations, window and door schedule, schematic set and other current construction documents. We’ll immediately review the project, identify the CFS engineering and detailing requirements, and provide a quotation.
Request a CFS Plan ReviewThe architect completes the floor plan, elevations, renderings and architectural details before structural steel engineering begins.
The completed architectural set is then sent to a structural engineer. Most structural engineers are trained to engineer steel structures, but residential CFS panelization, manufacturing and erection detailing are separate specialties.
The structural set is engineered member by member and connection by connection. The result may be structurally sound, yet still require substantial interpretation, coordination and field assembly before it becomes a buildable home skeleton.
A visual summary of the difference between engineering individual parts and engineering a buildable CFS system.
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