Massive Corporation — All knowledge basesEngineering answers on our services, building in steel, regulations, assembly and the full technical background — searchable.https://massiveco.hu/enTechnical libraryhttps://massiveco.hu/library/https://massiveco.hu/library/The full background on technology, regulation and design: LGS, manufacturing, engineering, building physics, fire, certification, procedure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTOverviewWhat comes after the reviewhttps://massiveco.hu/library/after-the-review/https://massiveco.hu/library/after-the-review/If the design is sound, we write that down too — it happens, and it is no disgrace. If it cannot be saved, we redesign it, partly or wholly.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: plan reviewWhen the design exists but not for steelhttps://massiveco.hu/library/already-designed-not-for-steel/https://massiveco.hu/library/already-designed-not-for-steel/It is common for someone to decide later that they would build in steel after all.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designAuthority inspection on sitehttps://massiveco.hu/library/authority-inspection/https://massiveco.hu/library/authority-inspection/From 1 October 2024 the building inspection authority ceased to exist and its tasks passed to the building authority.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesAuthority systemshttps://massiveco.hu/library/authority-systems/https://massiveco.hu/library/authority-systems/Building administration runs on electronic systems: applications, documentation, the construction log. What they record is the evidence years later.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesBIM basicshttps://massiveco.hu/library/bim-basics/https://massiveco.hu/library/bim-basics/BIM is not software and not a 3D visual but a working method: information about the building is held in a structured model that several disciplines use.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMThe concept of a construction kithttps://massiveco.hu/library/building-kit/https://massiveco.hu/library/building-kit/A kit component is installed without a separate structural calculation, from the catalogue. A bespoke frame built on site is not a kit.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationThe legal framework of buildinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/building-law-framework/https://massiveco.hu/library/building-law-framework/The sector's framework act is Act C of 2023 on Hungarian architecture; the procedural rules come from government decree 281/2024 (IX.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesOur build-up guidelineshttps://massiveco.hu/library/buildup-guidelines/https://massiveco.hu/library/buildup-guidelines/We can design practically any build-up that complies with the regulations.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designCavity barriershttps://massiveco.hu/library/cavity-barriers/https://massiveco.hu/library/cavity-barriers/Lightweight structures are full of cavities; where they run between storeys and compartments, fire and smoke spread hidden. Hence cavity barriers.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceWhat the CE marking verifieshttps://massiveco.hu/library/ce-marking/https://massiveco.hu/library/ce-marking/The CE marking applies to the product, not the system: it shows the section was made as the structural calculation assumes.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationConstruction products and certificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/certification-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/certification-overview/This topic is about what a construction product's paperwork verifies, who may issue it, and where its limits are.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationClash detectionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/clash-detection/https://massiveco.hu/library/clash-detection/Comparing the models shows where the services clash with the structure or two disciplines with each other.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMClash detection in practicehttps://massiveco.hu/library/clash-in-practice/https://massiveco.hu/library/clash-in-practice/Comparing the models shows where the services clash with the structure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designDo I need my own architect?https://massiveco.hu/library/client-own-architect/https://massiveco.hu/library/client-own-architect/You do not have to bring your own architect, but if you have one we are glad to work with them.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designConcept design and project costhttps://massiveco.hu/library/concept-design/https://massiveco.hu/library/concept-design/Concept design is not about how the drawing looks but about decisions: massing, orientation, structural system, spans, number of storeys.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesWhy the concept decides the costhttps://massiveco.hu/library/concept-phase-structure/https://massiveco.hu/library/concept-phase-structure/The sketch design does not settle details but the massing, the spans, the number of storeys and the position of the bracing.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designThe construction loghttps://massiveco.hu/library/construction-log/https://massiveco.hu/library/construction-log/The electronic construction log is the official record of the construction: who did what and when, what material was installed, what checks were made.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesWhat counts as a construction producthttps://massiveco.hu/library/construction-product-basics/https://massiveco.hu/library/construction-product-basics/A construction product is anything made for permanent incorporation that affects the basic requirements of the works. That decides if a DoP is needed.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationCoordination between disciplineshttps://massiveco.hu/library/coordination-workflow/https://massiveco.hu/library/coordination-workflow/Coordination is not everyone sending their drawings out: it is shared base data, regular meetings, recorded decisions and traceable change control.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMCost estimating by the designerhttps://massiveco.hu/library/cost-estimation/https://massiveco.hu/library/cost-estimation/The accuracy of an estimate depends on the design stage: an order of magnitude at concept, a quantity-based bill at detailed design.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMThe declaration of performancehttps://massiveco.hu/library/declaration-of-performance/https://massiveco.hu/library/declaration-of-performance/The document issued by the manufacturer that credibly verifies the performance of a construction product.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationThe design briefhttps://massiveco.hu/library/design-brief/https://massiveco.hu/library/design-brief/The design brief is the document setting out what the client expects of the building: functions, sizes, quality expectations, budget, programme.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMThe design checkerhttps://massiveco.hu/library/design-checker/https://massiveco.hu/library/design-checker/The design checker is an independent professional who reviews the design documentation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesDesign disciplineshttps://massiveco.hu/library/design-disciplines/https://massiveco.hu/library/design-disciplines/A building typically needs an architect and structural, mechanical, electrical, fire and energy designers, plus others depending on the project.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMDesign stageshttps://massiveco.hu/library/design-phases/https://massiveco.hu/library/design-phases/Concept, permit design, detailed design, then shop drawings for manufacture. Each answers a different question for a different user.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesThe design programmehttps://massiveco.hu/library/design-schedule/https://massiveco.hu/library/design-schedule/The design disciplines build on one another, so the programme is not a list of deadlines but an order of dependencies.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMDesigner liability and indemnityhttps://massiveco.hu/library/designer-liability/https://massiveco.hu/library/designer-liability/The designer is liable for the content of their design and for ensuring the construction documentation does not depart from the permit.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesDesigner qualificationshttps://massiveco.hu/library/designer-qualification/https://massiveco.hu/library/designer-qualification/Government decree 266/2013 (VII. 11.) governs who may carry out architectural and engineering design and in which field.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesDetailed design and BIMhttps://massiveco.hu/library/detailed-design-bim/https://massiveco.hu/library/detailed-design-bim/Every discipline works in one model. Clashes are filtered out in 3D before anyone orders material.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designThe content of the detailed designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/detailed-design-content/https://massiveco.hu/library/detailed-design-content/The construction documentation contains everything needed to build and to produce shop drawings, and shows the permit requirements are met.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesThe structural detailed designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/detailed-structural-part/https://massiveco.hu/library/detailed-structural-part/Plans, sections, connections, reinforcement and erection drawings — detailed enough for the contractor to work from without asking.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designDoPC and the digital product passporthttps://massiveco.hu/library/dopc-digital-passport/https://massiveco.hu/library/dopc-digital-passport/The new EU regulation replaces the declaration of performance with a declaration of performance and conformity, and introduces the digital product passport.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationDrawings or model as the deliverablehttps://massiveco.hu/library/drawings-vs-model/https://massiveco.hu/library/drawings-vs-model/The contractual deliverable is generally the drawn documentation, with the model often only a working tool.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMFire classification: EN 13501https://massiveco.hu/library/en-13501-classification/https://massiveco.hu/library/en-13501-classification/It classifies two separate things: how materials contribute to a fire, and how long structures resist it.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceETA and EAD: the European routehttps://massiveco.hu/library/eta-and-ead/https://massiveco.hu/library/eta-and-ead/A European Technical Assessment follows the same logic as the NMÉ, but is valid throughout the Union.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationSurveying an existing buildinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/existing-building-survey/https://massiveco.hu/library/existing-building-survey/For an extension or a rooftop addition the existing structure is the most important input: geometry, structural system, condition and capacity.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMFire spread on the facadehttps://massiveco.hu/library/facade-fire-spread/https://massiveco.hu/library/facade-fire-spread/Fire can also spread up the facade: flames coming out of a window ignite the storey above, and a ventilated cavity can act as a chimney.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire compartmentation: why and wherehttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-compartments/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-compartments/A fire compartment is a part of the building separated from the rest by fire resisting structures so that fire does not spread further for a defined period.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceHow connections behave in firehttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-connections/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-connections/The fire resistance of a structure is decided not by the members but by the connections.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire resistance by calculationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-design-en-1993-1-2/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-design-en-1993-1-2/Under the Eurocodes fire resistance can be verified by calculation: the capacity lost to heating is compared with the load during a fire.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire safety documentationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-documentation/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-documentation/Fire documentation is a chain: the design solutions, the structures’ verification, the products’ declarations of performance and the site records.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire safety and fire resistancehttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-overview/This topic connects two things: what physically happens to a thin-walled steel structure in a fire, and what Hungarian regulation asks for.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire protective boards as a systemhttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-protective-boards/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-protective-boards/Fire-rated boards are good materials, but the rating comes from the structure tested with its frame, build-up and fixings — not from the board.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire simulation as verificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-simulation/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-simulation/A fire and smoke simulation counts as verification when the engineer signs it for the specific project. One passed between projects does not.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire stopping of penetrationshttps://massiveco.hu/library/fire-stopping/https://massiveco.hu/library/fire-stopping/Every pipe, cable and duct passing through a fire resisting structure punches a hole in the protection.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceWhat happens when you write to ushttps://massiveco.hu/library/first-contact/https://massiveco.hu/library/first-contact/We do not promise a specific response time, because we are people too. What we can say from experience: we respond fast by the standards of the profession.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceThe legal side of a foreign projecthttps://massiveco.hu/library/foreign-project-legal/https://massiveco.hu/library/foreign-project-legal/The Eurocodes apply throughout Europe, so the logic of the design does not change at a border.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesThe four stageshttps://massiveco.hu/library/four-phases/https://massiveco.hu/library/four-phases/Discussion, concept, permit, construction. The concept decides most of the cost; by detailed design, change is expensive.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designInput data: what it takes to starthttps://massiveco.hu/library/general-design-inputs/https://massiveco.hu/library/general-design-inputs/With slight exaggeration, the idea and the title deed: in general design we obtain the missing data, not you.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designGeneral design, disciplines, BIMhttps://massiveco.hu/library/general-design-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/general-design-overview/How a complete design package comes together: what general design is, which disciplines work together, where responsibility ends, what BIM adds.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMGeneral designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/general-design-service/https://massiveco.hu/library/general-design-service/One contract, one responsible party, every discipline — from the needs assessment to a BIM model built for the contractor.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designHandover documentationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/handover-documentation/https://massiveco.hu/library/handover-documentation/At handover a document package changes hands too: as-built drawings, product verification, test records, fire and operating documents.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesHarmonised standardshttps://massiveco.hu/library/harmonised-standards/https://massiveco.hu/library/harmonised-standards/Where a harmonised European standard exists for a product, the declaration of performance derives from it and the manufacturer applies the CE marking.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationIFC and data exchangehttps://massiveco.hu/library/ifc-data-exchange/https://massiveco.hu/library/ifc-data-exchange/IFC is an open format for exchanging models: it carries the geometry and most of the element data, but not everything.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMFire questions around insulation materialshttps://massiveco.hu/library/insulation-and-fire/https://massiveco.hu/library/insulation-and-fire/Choosing insulation is a fire decision too: on façades, in cavities and along escape routes the material’s reaction-to-fire class is regulated.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceIntumescent coatings on thin sectionshttps://massiveco.hu/library/intumescent-limits/https://massiveco.hu/library/intumescent-limits/Proven on hot-rolled steel, not viable on thin-walled profiles: the section factor puts them outside the coating makers’ test tables.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceBuilding procedure and design stageshttps://massiveco.hu/library/legal-process-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/legal-process-overview/What permit or notification a building needs, which design stages follow, and who takes part with which licence. The rules changed in 2023–24.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesWhat we hand overhttps://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-shop-deliverables/https://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-shop-deliverables/Member-by-member panel drawings, position numbering, material take-offs, and the machine program in that line's format.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designLGS shop designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-shop-design-service/https://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-shop-design-service/A buildable shop design from finished architectural or structural drawings, with the machine program and, if needed, supervision of trial production.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designThe local building codehttps://massiveco.hu/library/local-building-code/https://massiveco.hu/library/local-building-code/The local building code says what can be built on the plot: coverage, height, siting, roof form. The first document to read on a project.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesLevels of development (LOD)https://massiveco.hu/library/lod-levels/https://massiveco.hu/library/lod-levels/Elements of a model are not equally detailed, and they do not need to be.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMMachine independence in practicehttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-independence/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-independence/The controller works to one of a few well-known logics, so the same design work can be issued to any compatible line.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designThe machine program: what we hand overhttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-program-delivery/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-program-delivery/A file for the line controller, tailored to that machine's own parameters.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designMachine surveyhttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-survey-service/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-survey-service/If you work with a machine we do not know, we map it: which profiles it can make, where it punches, which service holes it cuts, the maximum length.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designMaterial optimisationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/material-optimisation/https://massiveco.hu/library/material-optimisation/If you already have a design, we look at how much steel can come out of it without reducing safety.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designWhat we work in: steel, LGS, timberhttps://massiveco.hu/library/materials-hrs-lgs-timber/https://massiveco.hu/library/materials-hrs-lgs-timber/Hot-rolled steel for long spans, light gauge steel as our speciality, timber where self-weight is the bottleneck.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designModel-based collaborationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/model-based-collaboration/https://massiveco.hu/library/model-based-collaboration/The point of a common data environment is that everyone works from the same current state and change is traceable.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMNeeds assessmenthttps://massiveco.hu/library/needs-assessment/https://massiveco.hu/library/needs-assessment/We work through what you want, what the plot and the regulations allow, and what fits the budget.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designThe new construction products regulationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/new-cpr-2024-3110/https://massiveco.hu/library/new-cpr-2024-3110/The Union adopted a new construction products regulation at the end of 2024, replacing Regulation 305/2011.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationNMÉ: the national technical assessmenthttps://massiveco.hu/library/nme-process/https://massiveco.hu/library/nme-process/The Hungarian National Technical Assessment: a document for a construction product, valid in Hungary only, underlying its declaration of performance.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationThis is not a design checkhttps://massiveco.hu/library/not-a-design-check/https://massiveco.hu/library/not-a-design-check/What the legislation calls design checking is a separate role tied to a qualification, with defined formal requirements and a declaration.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: plan reviewOptional structural notehttps://massiveco.hu/library/optional-structural-note/https://massiveco.hu/library/optional-structural-note/If verification is needed we supply a structural calculation and note alongside the shop drawings.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designThe role of the OTÉKhttps://massiveco.hu/library/otek-requirements/https://massiveco.hu/library/otek-requirements/Government decree 253/1997 sets general requirements for buildings: siting, ceiling heights, daylight, parking, accessibility, acoustic and thermal basics.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesLightweight technology in the fire codehttps://massiveco.hu/library/otsz-lightweight-technology/https://massiveco.hu/library/otsz-lightweight-technology/Under the fire regulation, lightweight technology needs a tested system. What counts as one: the official interpretation gives three cases.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceThe Hungarian fire regulationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/otsz-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/otsz-overview/The National Fire Protection Regulation, decree 54/2014 (XII. 5.) BM, is the basic document for Hungarian fire safety requirements.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceThe content of the permit designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/permit-design-content/https://massiveco.hu/library/permit-design-content/The permit documentation is produced for the authority procedure: it demonstrates that the proposed building complies with the legal and planning requirements.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesThe permit packagehttps://massiveco.hu/library/permit-package/https://massiveco.hu/library/permit-package/The full documentation required for the authority procedure, with the disciplines' input. We handle the administration too if you want.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designThe building permit procedurehttps://massiveco.hu/library/permit-procedure/https://massiveco.hu/library/permit-procedure/Governed by government decree 281/2024: an electronic application, specialist questions examined, and an authority decision valid for a set period.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesThe structural part of the permit designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/permit-structural-part/https://massiveco.hu/library/permit-structural-part/Structural calculation, structural arrangement, technical description — coordinated with the architect so that it does not generate a request for missing items.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designPermit or simple notificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/permit-vs-notification/https://massiveco.hu/library/permit-vs-notification/Not all work needs a permit: some needs no notification, many single-family houses need a simple notification, the rest a building permit.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesPlan review and redesignhttps://massiveco.hu/library/plan-review-service/https://massiveco.hu/library/plan-review-service/If the drawings you were given look wrong, it is cheaper to have them checked now than to meet the problem on site.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: plan reviewHow we pricehttps://massiveco.hu/library/pricing-logic/https://massiveco.hu/library/pricing-logic/We start from a price per square metre and correct it by complexity. The two extremes behave the opposite way from what you would expect.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceSpecifying and installing a producthttps://massiveco.hu/library/product-incorporation-275-2013/https://massiveco.hu/library/product-incorporation-275-2013/Decree 275/2013: a declaration verifies the product’s performance, the designer specifies what is needed, the contractor verifies what was installed.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationProduct and system certificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/product-vs-system/https://massiveco.hu/library/product-vs-system/A product's verification is about what the material can do. A system's verification is about what the assembled structure can do.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationQualification, signature, liabilityhttps://massiveco.hu/library/qualification-and-signature/https://massiveco.hu/library/qualification-and-signature/Drawings are signed by a qualified designer, and the liability stays with them.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceReaction to fire classes: from A1 to Fhttps://massiveco.hu/library/reaction-to-fire/https://massiveco.hu/library/reaction-to-fire/The class describes how much a material contributes to a fire: A1 is non-combustible, F is unclassified.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceHow to read a declaration of performancehttps://massiveco.hu/library/reading-a-dop/https://massiveco.hu/library/reading-a-dop/Compare four things: the product type with what was installed, the intended use with the location, the values with the requirement — and where NPD stands.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationWhat REI means and what it applies tohttps://massiveco.hu/library/rei-explained/https://massiveco.hu/library/rei-explained/R stands for load-bearing capacity, E for integrity against fire spread, I for insulation, and the number for how many minutes these are maintained.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceResponsibility between disciplineshttps://massiveco.hu/library/responsibility-boundaries/https://massiveco.hu/library/responsibility-boundaries/Mistakes tend to arise not inside the disciplines but at their boundaries: where everyone assumed the other would do it.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMThe responsible technical managerhttps://massiveco.hu/library/responsible-technical-manager/https://massiveco.hu/library/responsible-technical-manager/The responsible technical manager directs construction to the design and certifies in the construction log that the structure matches it.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesFire risk classificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/risk-classification/https://massiveco.hu/library/risk-classification/The Hungarian fire regulation uses four risk classes: very low, low, moderate and high.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceRisk rankinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/risk-ranking/https://massiveco.hu/library/risk-ranking/You do not get an eighty-point list. We weight it: what is a structural risk, what merely makes it more expensive, and what is only cosmetic.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: plan reviewSection factor and heatinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/section-factor-heating/https://massiveco.hu/library/section-factor-heating/The speed of heating is set by the ratio of the heated surface to the amount of material in the cross-section.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceThe fastest route: send everythinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/send-everything/https://massiveco.hu/library/send-everything/This is the one thing that is up to you. The more information we get at the start, the sooner we can answer properly and the fewer rounds it takes.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceDesign services and working methodhttps://massiveco.hu/library/services-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/services-overview/This knowledge base describes how we work: what each service covers, what input it needs, what we hand over, and what it costs.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceSteel shop drawingshttps://massiveco.hu/library/shop-drawing-steel/https://massiveco.hu/library/shop-drawing-steel/Member-by-member shop drawings, material take-offs, welding and bolting symbols.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designShop drawings: who is responsiblehttps://massiveco.hu/library/shop-drawings/https://massiveco.hu/library/shop-drawings/Shop drawings are detailed drawings produced from the detailed design for the manufacturer, matching the equipment and technology of the factory.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesSimple notificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/simple-notification/https://massiveco.hu/library/simple-notification/Within a defined range — typically a new dwelling of no more than 300 m² total useful floor area — a simple notification replaces the building permit procedure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTBuilding procedure and design stagesThe simple notification packagehttps://massiveco.hu/library/simple-notification-package/https://massiveco.hu/library/simple-notification-package/Within a defined range of single dwellings there is no permit procedure, but there is a mandatory design content, mandatory participants and a fixed process.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designSite data, survey and setting outhttps://massiveco.hu/library/site-data-surveys/https://massiveco.hu/library/site-data-surveys/Starting a design means knowing the plot: the exact boundaries, the levels, the existing structures and the utilities.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMSupervision and construction managementhttps://massiveco.hu/library/site-supervision/https://massiveco.hu/library/site-supervision/We will accompany the work on site if you want. With one condition: we only take on construction management for our own design.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designWhat we hand overhttps://massiveco.hu/library/structural-deliverables/https://massiveco.hu/library/structural-deliverables/It depends on the stage: the authority part at permit level, full documentation at detailed level, drawings and take-offs in shop design.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designStructural expert opinionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/structural-expert-opinion/https://massiveco.hu/library/structural-expert-opinion/On the capacity of an existing structure, whether it can be built on or altered.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designStructural and discipline designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/structural-service/https://massiveco.hu/library/structural-service/Steel, light gauge steel and timber. From permit design through detailed design to shop drawings, from houses to shopping centres.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designStructural and discipline softwarehttps://massiveco.hu/library/structural-software/https://massiveco.hu/library/structural-software/Different tools at different stages: global model, member checks, discipline models, manufacturing output. What matters is how they hand data on.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMTechnical assessment bodieshttps://massiveco.hu/library/tab-organisations/https://massiveco.hu/library/tab-organisations/ÉMI is an organisation, not a document: a designated technical assessment body (TAB) issuing technical assessments under its designation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationTeam assemblyhttps://massiveco.hu/library/team-assembly/https://massiveco.hu/library/team-assembly/We pick the disciplines for the project: architect, mechanical, electrical, fire, acoustics — whatever is needed.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: general designThe three stepshttps://massiveco.hu/library/three-steps/https://massiveco.hu/library/three-steps/Architectural design, permit and detailed design, machine file. Shop design ends a process — we can join at any step.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designProgramme: how long a design takeshttps://massiveco.hu/library/timeline/https://massiveco.hu/library/timeline/The permit design for a shed is a few weeks; the detailed design for a complex public building is months.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceTrial productionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/trial-production-service/https://massiveco.hu/library/trial-production-service/We accompany the first run and refine the program from what it shows. The second project then runs without a hitch on the same machine.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designStatus of the fire safety guidelineshttps://massiveco.hu/library/tvmi-status/https://massiveco.hu/library/tvmi-status/The fire safety guidelines are voluntary, but following them is presumed to meet the regulation; departing from them needs other proof.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceFire characteristics of structureshttps://massiveco.hu/library/tvmi-structures/https://massiveco.hu/library/tvmi-structures/How a structure’s fire characteristics can be established: by test, extended application, standard classification or calculation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTFire safety and fire resistanceUtility connectionshttps://massiveco.hu/library/utilities-connections/https://massiveco.hu/library/utilities-connections/Water, drainage, power, gas and telecoms connections are settled at the start of design: they often take longer than the permit.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMWhat happens if the input is incompletehttps://massiveco.hu/library/what-happens-if-input-missing/https://massiveco.hu/library/what-happens-if-input-missing/Three routes: we ask back, we work to a recorded assumption, or the work stops. What we do not do is assume silently.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designWhat general design ishttps://massiveco.hu/library/what-is-general-design/https://massiveco.hu/library/what-is-general-design/One party is responsible for the whole design package: it coordinates the disciplines and holds programme and responsibility. One partner, not six.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTGeneral design and BIMWhat we do not take onhttps://massiveco.hu/library/what-we-do-not-take/https://massiveco.hu/library/what-we-do-not-take/Fully monolithic reinforced concrete. We design foundations, cores and walls in concrete, but for a mostly RC building we recommend someone else.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceWhat you can estimate yourselfhttps://massiveco.hu/library/what-you-can-estimate/https://massiveco.hu/library/what-you-can-estimate/You know the floor area; we see the complexity. With storeys, spans and the share of bespoke parts we can give an order of magnitude.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceWhen a design checker is neededhttps://massiveco.hu/library/when-design-checker/https://massiveco.hu/library/when-design-checker/In certain cases legislation prescribes it; otherwise the client decides.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designWhen no system document is requiredhttps://massiveco.hu/library/when-no-system-document/https://massiveco.hu/library/when-no-system-document/For a frame built and lined on site, the official reading is that no NMÉ or ETA can be required: design and a log entry verify compliance.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTConstruction products and certificationWhere we workhttps://massiveco.hu/library/where-we-work/https://massiveco.hu/library/where-we-work/Based in Budapest, working remotely by default — the nature of design work makes that enough on most projects.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceThe service first, the price afterhttps://massiveco.hu/library/which-service-do-i-need/https://massiveco.hu/library/which-service-do-i-need/The first step is not the price but what you need: a shop-drawing request can turn out to need a structural redesign — or half as much.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: choosing a serviceWe design, we do not manufacturehttps://massiveco.hu/library/who-manufactures/https://massiveco.hu/library/who-manufactures/If you do not have your own machine, we can recommend a manufacturer who works from our drawings.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: LGS shop designWorking with the other disciplineshttps://massiveco.hu/library/working-with-other-disciplines/https://massiveco.hu/library/working-with-other-disciplines/Mistakes arise at the boundaries between disciplines, so we fix in writing at the start who gives which data to whom, and when.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 23:01:33 GMTService: structural designSound insulation basicshttps://massiveco.hu/library/acoustics-basics/https://massiveco.hu/library/acoustics-basics/Three things give sound insulation: mass, decoupling of the layers, and damping.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsAirtightness and the blower doorhttps://massiveco.hu/library/airtightness-blower-door/https://massiveco.hu/library/airtightness-blower-door/Airtightness measures how much air leaks through the structure. The blower door test is also feedback on the quality of the vapour control.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsApplications and operationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/applications-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/applications-overview/What the technology is and is not good for, how it goes up on site, what to check and when, and what happens to the building over decades.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationFixing the bottom track to the substratehttps://massiveco.hu/library/base-track-fixing/https://massiveco.hu/library/base-track-fixing/Where the panel meets the foundation: load transfer, ground moisture, tolerances and the thermal bridge at the base all meet in this connection.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designBoard materials: what belongs wherehttps://massiveco.hu/library/board-materials/https://massiveco.hu/library/board-materials/A framed wall’s performance is largely decided by its boards: hardness, fire resistance, sound insulation, durability outside. Named, with prices.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsBuilding physics and build-upshttps://massiveco.hu/library/building-physics-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/building-physics-overview/How a frame becomes a well-performing wall, floor and roof: insulation, thermal bridges, vapour control, airtightness, sound insulation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsBuilt-up (boxed) sectionshttps://massiveco.hu/library/built-up-sections/https://massiveco.hu/library/built-up-sections/Two or more sections built up together give a cross-section that resists twisting better and carries greater concentrated load.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designCoil, tolerances and material verificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/coil-material-and-tolerances/https://massiveco.hu/library/coil-material-and-tolerances/Every profile starts from a steel coil whose thickness, strength and coating are given with tolerances.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsCold-formed and hot-rolled steelhttps://massiveco.hu/library/cold-formed-vs-hot-rolled/https://massiveco.hu/library/cold-formed-vs-hot-rolled/A hot-rolled section gets its shape while glowing; a cold-formed one is made from cold sheet with rollers.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsWhat cold forming does to steelhttps://massiveco.hu/library/cold-working-strain-hardening/https://massiveco.hu/library/cold-working-strain-hardening/During bending the material work-hardens in the corners: yield strength rises, formability drops.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsCommon site errorshttps://massiveco.hu/library/common-site-errors/https://massiveco.hu/library/common-site-errors/The typical faults are not spectacular: an omitted screw, wider spacing, missing bracing or cavity barrier, a punctured vapour control layer.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationComposite steel-concrete floorshttps://massiveco.hu/library/composite-decks/https://massiveco.hu/library/composite-decks/The profiled steel sheet is formwork and reinforcement at once: the concrete is cast on it and the two work together.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresCondensation risk checkhttps://massiveco.hu/library/condensation-risk/https://massiveco.hu/library/condensation-risk/The moisture calculation shows where condensation can occur in the structure and whether it can dry out.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsContinuous external insulationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/continuous-insulation/https://massiveco.hu/library/continuous-insulation/Insulation between the studs is not enough on its own, because the sections interrupt it.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsCorrosion and service lifehttps://massiveco.hu/library/corrosion-protection-service-life/https://massiveco.hu/library/corrosion-protection-service-life/Galvanised steel corrodes where moisture gets in and cannot escape. In a well-built wall that does not happen: it is a design question, not a material one.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsProtection against ground moisturehttps://massiveco.hu/library/damp-proofing-base/https://massiveco.hu/library/damp-proofing-base/Moisture in the concrete and in the ground must not reach the steel structure directly.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsDeconstruction and recyclinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/deconstruction-recycling/https://massiveco.hu/library/deconstruction-recycling/A screwed steel frame can be taken apart, and steel can be remelted without loss of properties.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationDecoupling and resilient fixinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/decoupling-resilient/https://massiveco.hu/library/decoupling-resilient/Decoupling means the two sides of the structure are not rigidly connected.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsDeflection limitshttps://massiveco.hu/library/deflection-limits/https://massiveco.hu/library/deflection-limits/Deflection is not a safety question but a serviceability one: a structure can carry the load and still move enough to be annoying or to damage the finishes.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designDesign by testinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/design-by-testing/https://massiveco.hu/library/design-by-testing/The Eurocode allows capacity to be verified by testing instead of calculation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designDesign working lifehttps://massiveco.hu/library/design-working-life/https://massiveco.hu/library/design-working-life/The design working life is the period the structure is designed for — for buildings typically several decades.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeDesigning for projects abroadhttps://massiveco.hu/library/designing-abroad/https://massiveco.hu/library/designing-abroad/The Eurocodes apply throughout Europe, so the logic of the design does not change at a border.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeDimensional stability and moisturehttps://massiveco.hu/library/dimensional-stability-moisture/https://massiveco.hu/library/dimensional-stability-moisture/Steel does not take up moisture, so it does not swell, shrink, warp or crack as it dries.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsDistortional bucklinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/distortional-buckling/https://massiveco.hu/library/distortional-buckling/Flange and lip rotate together while the web distorts — a failure mode of lipped cold-formed sections that is not obvious and ordinary restraint does not stop.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designWhy it is not drywall profilehttps://massiveco.hu/library/drywall-profile-vs-structural/https://massiveco.hu/library/drywall-profile-vs-structural/Drywall profile is around 0.4-0.6 mm thick; structural thin-walled profiles start at 0.8 mm and typically run to 1.6 mm in houses.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsThe effective cross-sectionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/effective-width-method/https://massiveco.hu/library/effective-width-method/Design does not work with the whole cross-section but with the part that still works fully after buckling.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designEN 1090 and execution classeshttps://massiveco.hu/library/en-1090-execution/https://massiveco.hu/library/en-1090-execution/A separate standard governs the execution of steel structures, with execution classes. The class is specified by the designer.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresBasis of design: EN 1990https://massiveco.hu/library/en-1990-basis/https://massiveco.hu/library/en-1990-basis/What designing reliably means: which limit states to verify, how uncertainty is handled with partial factors, how load combinations are assembled.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeThe role of EN 1993-1-3https://massiveco.hu/library/en-1993-1-3-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/en-1993-1-3-overview/The part of Eurocode 3 for cold-formed sections: effective cross-section, distortional buckling and thin-sheet connections.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designThe logic of EN 1997https://massiveco.hu/library/en-1997-basics/https://massiveco.hu/library/en-1997-basics/The geotechnical Eurocode adapts limit states to the ground: uncertainty is greater, so testing and observation are part of the design.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsEnergy performance certificatehttps://massiveco.hu/library/energy-certificate/https://massiveco.hu/library/energy-certificate/Summarises a building’s energy performance; mandatory at occupancy, sale and letting. Not the same as the design energy calculation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsEnergy performance requirements in Hungaryhttps://massiveco.hu/library/energy-requirements-hungary/https://massiveco.hu/library/energy-requirements-hungary/The energy performance of buildings is now governed by decree 9/2023 (V. 25.) ÉKM, which replaced the earlier 7/2006 TNM decree from November 2023.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsEPD and life cycle assessmenthttps://massiveco.hu/library/epd-and-lca/https://massiveco.hu/library/epd-and-lca/An EPD reports a product’s environmental impacts in a standard way; life cycle assessment builds the building-level picture from them.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationErection sequencehttps://massiveco.hu/library/erection-sequence/https://massiveco.hu/library/erection-sequence/The frame is not finally stable until the bracing and the lining are complete.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationActions and the Eurocode frameworkhttps://massiveco.hu/library/eurocode-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/eurocode-overview/Where the actions come from and in what system we design: the Eurocodes, the national annex, and what changes when designing abroad.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeWhat the Eurocodes consist ofhttps://massiveco.hu/library/eurocode-structure/https://massiveco.hu/library/eurocode-structure/The European system of structural design standards: EN 1990 the basis, EN 1991 the actions, the further parts the design rules by material.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeFaçade build-upshttps://massiveco.hu/library/facade-buildups/https://massiveco.hu/library/facade-buildups/Three kinds of façade can go onto a framed structure: a rendered system, a ventilated cladding, or a wet-dry combination.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsIn-process quality controlhttps://massiveco.hu/library/factory-quality-control/https://massiveco.hu/library/factory-quality-control/Thin-walled capacity depends on cross-section accuracy: in-process measurement proves the installed section is the one the calculation used.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesFinancing and insurancehttps://massiveco.hu/library/financing-and-insurance/https://massiveco.hu/library/financing-and-insurance/Some banks ask for an NMÉ at lending assessment for a steel-framed house, which is not a legal requirement but the bank's internal rule.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationWhat you can hang on the wallhttps://massiveco.hu/library/fixing-to-lgs-walls/https://massiveco.hu/library/fixing-to-lgs-walls/Anything — the only question is where. The capacity is at the studs and at the built-in noggings; a fixing into the board will take pictures and shelves.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationFlexural-torsional bucklinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/flexural-torsional-buckling/https://massiveco.hu/library/flexural-torsional-buckling/An open, asymmetric section in compression twists as it buckles, because the shear centre is off the centroid — one reason restraint matters so much.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designFloor build-ups: dry and wethttps://massiveco.hu/library/floor-buildups/https://massiveco.hu/library/floor-buildups/Two routes, differing in mass: the cheaper floating floor with a dry system, or the better floor on dovetail steel decking.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsFloor joistshttps://massiveco.hu/library/floor-joists/https://massiveco.hu/library/floor-joists/Capacity is rarely the bottleneck when sizing a floor joist: deflection and vibration decide.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designFloor vibration and serviceabilityhttps://massiveco.hu/library/floor-vibration/https://massiveco.hu/library/floor-vibration/Because a light floor has little mass, its response to footfall is more noticeable than that of a concrete floor.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designFoundation options for a light buildinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/foundation-options-light/https://massiveco.hu/library/foundation-options-light/Strip footing, raft slab, pads with ground beams or ground screws — each has its place.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsFoundations and geotechnicshttps://massiveco.hu/library/foundations-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/foundations-overview/A light structure puts little load on the foundation, so the foundation is often simpler and cheaper — but not automatically.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsAuto-gauging: mixed thicknesseshttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-auto-gauging/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-auto-gauging/The auto-gauging system adjusts the forming stations to the steel thickness, so the same machine works between 0.55 and 1.20 mm without changeover.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemThe FRAMECAD system and the BIM environmenthttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-bim-integration/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-bim-integration/The frame model can be exchanged two-way with Revit, and through IFC with any BIM tool.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemDesign freedom in the FRAMECAD systemhttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-design-freedom/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-design-freedom/Not because the machine can do more, but because the engineering sits inside the design model: any geometry can be checked, not only the cases in a catalogue.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemWhich codes FRAMECAD calculates tohttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-engineering-codes/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-engineering-codes/For Europe, Steelwise calculates to the Eurocodes: EN 1990, EN 1993-1-3, EN 1998-1 — no back-conversion from a foreign design system.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemWhat the system exports: RFY, CSV, IFChttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-export-formats/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-export-formats/Besides RFY, Steelwise exports CSV and XML, IFC, STP, PDF and XLSX. That is what really decides how closed the system is.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemThe FRAMECAD system in Hungarian practicehttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-hungarian-practice/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-hungarian-practice/The machine and the software do not decide a building's legal category.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemQuality control at the FRAMECAD machinehttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-machine-quality-control/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-machine-quality-control/What to measure on the finished profile: length, dimples, flange and lip width, straightness, squareness — each affects how the structure behaves.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemThe FRAMECAD machine rangehttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-machine-range/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-machine-range/The models differ in how large a structure they carry: F325iT for 1–3 storeys, F450iT for 1–4, the larger ST machines for thicker steel.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemNexa and Factory2https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-nexa-factory2/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-nexa-factory2/Factory2 drives the machine, Nexa records projects and production jobs; between them travels the machine program from the design model.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemSteelwise: detailing and engineeringhttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-steelwise/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-steelwise/FRAMECAD’s design software: frame layout and structural checking in one model, then the machine program and the material report.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemThe FRAMECAD systemhttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-system-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-system-overview/FRAMECAD offers a closed chain: design software, machine control, production management and a machine range in one system.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemTools and operations on FRAMECADhttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-tooling-operations/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-tooling-operations/The machine does not only cut and bend: the section also gets service holes, dimples, flange and lip forming, marking and connection preparation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemWhere the system ties you inhttps://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-vendor-lock-in/https://massiveco.hu/library/framecad-vendor-lock-in/FRAMECAD is closed at the licence and machine-format level, but the data can be taken out — that difference decides the real risk.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFRAMECAD systemFrost depth and frost heavehttps://massiveco.hu/library/frost-depth/https://massiveco.hu/library/frost-depth/Freezing turns the water in the ground to ice, which expands — and that can lift the foundation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsMaterial pairing and galvanic corrosionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/galvanic-corrosion-contact/https://massiveco.hu/library/galvanic-corrosion-contact/When two different metals touch in the presence of moisture, the less noble one corrodes faster.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsGeotechnical categorieshttps://massiveco.hu/library/geotechnical-categories/https://massiveco.hu/library/geotechnical-categories/Eurocode 7 scales the depth of geotechnical investigation and design to the complexity of the task.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsThe limits of ground screwshttps://massiveco.hu/library/ground-screw-limits/https://massiveco.hu/library/ground-screw-limits/They do not work in every ground: in stony, rocky, heavily made or very soft layers, installation is either impossible or does not give reliable capacity.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsThe principle of ground screwshttps://massiveco.hu/library/ground-screw-principles/https://massiveco.hu/library/ground-screw-principles/A screwed steel element is driven into the ground, and its capacity comes from shaft friction and from the resistance of the soil beneath the helix or plate.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsLoad testing and verificationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/helical-pile-testing/https://massiveco.hu/library/helical-pile-testing/The strongest verification of the capacity of pile-type foundation elements is a load test.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsHold-down and uplift anchoragehttps://massiveco.hu/library/hold-down-anchorage/https://massiveco.hu/library/hold-down-anchorage/An upward pull arises at the end of a shear wall and at the corners of a light building.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designHot-dip galvanisinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/hot-dip-galvanising/https://massiveco.hu/library/hot-dip-galvanising/The finished steel member is dipped in molten zinc, giving durable, self-healing corrosion protection.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresHot-rolled sections: the basicshttps://massiveco.hu/library/hot-rolled-basics/https://massiveco.hu/library/hot-rolled-basics/Stocky hot-rolled sections are limited by material strength, not plate stability: simpler design and more capacity, at more self-weight.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresHot-rolled steel and mixed structureshttps://massiveco.hu/library/hrs-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/hrs-overview/When thin-walled steel needs hot-rolled steelwork alongside it, how the two work together, and what to know about welding and composite floors.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresImpact sound insulationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/impact-sound/https://massiveco.hu/library/impact-sound/Impact sound travels through the structure, so the answer is decoupling: a floating floor or resilient layer — though without mass it is limited.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsInsulation materials in the framehttps://massiveco.hu/library/insulation-materials/https://massiveco.hu/library/insulation-materials/Four things decide: thermal performance per thickness, fire class, behaviour in moisture, and how completely it fills the frame.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsMarking and erection logichttps://massiveco.hu/library/labelling-and-assembly/https://massiveco.hu/library/labelling-and-assembly/Every member gets an ID telling where it goes. With mixed thicknesses a swapped member breaks the design, invisibly in the finished wall.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesLater alterationshttps://massiveco.hu/library/later-alterations/https://massiveco.hu/library/later-alterations/A framed structure adapts well if you know what is where: is the wall load-bearing, part of the bracing, and what runs inside it.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationRestraint and restraint pointshttps://massiveco.hu/library/lateral-restraint/https://massiveco.hu/library/lateral-restraint/The capacity of a thin-walled member is not a property of the member but of the member and its restraint together.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designLGS fundamentals and materialshttps://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-basics-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-basics-overview/What a thin-walled steel frame is made of and how: steel, coating, sections, and how it behaves differently from hot-rolled steel or timber.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsThe role of LGS design softwarehttps://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-design-software/https://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-design-software/LGS design software does three things in one model: sets out the frame, checks it member by member, and produces the manufacturing output.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesWhere the technology came fromhttps://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-history-and-spread/https://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-history-and-spread/Structural cold-formed steel began mid-20th century and spread first where timber framing was the culture. Europe followed later.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsGlossaryhttps://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-terminology/https://massiveco.hu/library/lgs-terminology/LGS and CFS mean the same, lightweight construction is broader, framing is the method — plus the design and production terms in brief.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsLoad-bearing and non-load-bearing wallshttps://massiveco.hu/library/load-bearing-vs-partition/https://massiveco.hu/library/load-bearing-vs-partition/In a light gauge steel building you cannot tell the two apart by looking: both are steel sections and lining.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designLoad path continuityhttps://massiveco.hu/library/load-path-continuity/https://massiveco.hu/library/load-path-continuity/Every load has to be taken from the roof to the foundation without a break.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designLocal bucklinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/local-buckling/https://massiveco.hu/library/local-buckling/Under compression the plate element ripples while the bends and edges stay in place.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designLong-span solutionshttps://massiveco.hu/library/long-span-solutions/https://massiveco.hu/library/long-span-solutions/As the span grows, the structural depth and the quantity of material grow fast.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresWhat to know about a machinehttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-capability-survey/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-capability-survey/An unfamiliar machine is surveyed before design: profiles, thickness, punching, service holes, maximum length — which becomes its template.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesCutting, punching, markinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-operations/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-operations/The machine does more than cut to length: it punches service holes, makes dimples at screw points, cuts connection details and marks the part.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesThe logic of machine program formatshttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-program-formats/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-program-formats/Practically every production line works from CSV: a simple, text-based, tabular format that almost every LGS design tool can produce.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesThe machine does not get a drawinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-program-vs-drawing/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-program-vs-drawing/The line receives a file, not a drawing: per member, where to cut and punch and to what length. On an LGS project that file is the real output.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesThe machine-specific templatehttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-specific-templates/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-specific-templates/Each machine has its own profiles, tooling and limits, held in a template used for every later project — making program issue repeatable.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesMachine types in generalhttps://massiveco.hu/library/machine-types-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/machine-types-overview/Machines differ in two ways: one fixed profile or an adjustable range, and the thickness and structural load they target.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesMaintenance and service lifehttps://massiveco.hu/library/maintenance-durability/https://massiveco.hu/library/maintenance-durability/The structure is maintenance-free if it stays dry. What needs maintaining is its protection: drainage, façade, roof, seals, ventilation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationManufacturing and machineshttps://massiveco.hu/library/manufacturing-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/manufacturing-overview/How a coil becomes a frame member: roll forming, what the machine needs from the designer, and site frame, panel or module.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesManufacturing tolerances on sitehttps://massiveco.hu/library/manufacturing-tolerances/https://massiveco.hu/library/manufacturing-tolerances/Machine production is far more accurate than traditional building, so the problem surfaces in the substrate: tolerance is about the adjoining structure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesMould riskhttps://massiveco.hu/library/mould-risk/https://massiveco.hu/library/mould-risk/Mould is not a question of cleanliness but of physics: it arises where a cold surface meets vapour.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsThe national annexhttps://massiveco.hu/library/national-annex/https://massiveco.hu/library/national-annex/The Eurocodes leave nationally determined parameters open: zone maps, factor values, selectable procedures.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeCutting optimisation and wastehttps://massiveco.hu/library/nesting-and-waste/https://massiveco.hu/library/nesting-and-waste/The profile is produced continuously from coil, so waste arises mainly at cutting and from defective members.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesNon-residential buildingshttps://massiveco.hu/library/non-residential-applications/https://massiveco.hu/library/non-residential-applications/Offices, education and healthcare buildings, hotels, ancillary industrial buildings, modular units.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationNearly zero-energy buildingshttps://massiveco.hu/library/nzeb/https://massiveco.hu/library/nzeb/The nearly zero-energy level means the building has a very low energy demand and covers a significant part of it from renewable sources.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsOpenings and lintelshttps://massiveco.hu/library/openings-and-lintels/https://massiveco.hu/library/openings-and-lintels/An opening interrupts the load path, so the load above it has to be carried to the side of the opening by a lintel and taken down there by a reinforced stud.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designOrganic and absorbent materials in the wallhttps://massiveco.hu/library/organic-materials-in-walls/https://massiveco.hu/library/organic-materials-in-walls/No water-absorbing organic material goes into an external wall — not OSB, not gypsum-based board.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsClinching, riveting and welding thin sheethttps://massiveco.hu/library/other-connection-types/https://massiveco.hu/library/other-connection-types/Besides screws: clinching with no fastener, blind rivets with one-sided access, and welding thin sheet, which is rarely justified.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designPads and ground beamshttps://massiveco.hu/library/pad-and-grade-beam/https://massiveco.hu/library/pad-and-grade-beam/Point foundations with ground beams between them: little concrete and little excavation, often economic for a light structure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsPanel size and transporthttps://massiveco.hu/library/panel-size-and-transport/https://massiveco.hu/library/panel-size-and-transport/Panel size is rarely limited by the structure: it is limited by transportability, lifting and moving on site.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesPartial factors and load combinationshttps://massiveco.hu/library/partial-factors-combinations/https://massiveco.hu/library/partial-factors-combinations/Each action gets its own factor, and combinations reflect that not all actions peak at once. The governing combination differs by member.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeParty wallshttps://massiveco.hu/library/party-wall-acoustics/https://massiveco.hu/library/party-wall-acoustics/In brick the party wall has to be doubled from the outset, which takes a lot of room.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsThe logic of portal frame hallshttps://massiveco.hu/library/portal-frame-halls/https://massiveco.hu/library/portal-frame-halls/A hall of portal frames, purlins and bracing is the classic solution for large, column-free spaces.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresCapacity and lead timehttps://massiveco.hu/library/production-capacity/https://massiveco.hu/library/production-capacity/The nominal speed of a production line is rarely the bottleneck: real lead time is set by material supply, profile changeovers, assembly and logistics.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesWhat an LGS production line doeshttps://massiveco.hu/library/production-line-anatomy/https://massiveco.hu/library/production-line-anatomy/The line does four things in sequence: decoils and levels, forms, performs operations on the section, then cuts to length.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesSection depth and thicknesshttps://massiveco.hu/library/profile-dimensions-ranges/https://massiveco.hu/library/profile-dimensions-ranges/In residential buildings profile thickness typically runs between 0.8 and 1.6 mm, and section depth from a few centimetres up to floor joist depths.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsRadon protectionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/radon-protection/https://massiveco.hu/library/radon-protection/Radon is a natural radioactive gas rising from the ground that can build up in an enclosed interior.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsRaft slabhttps://massiveco.hu/library/raft-slab/https://massiveco.hu/library/raft-slab/A continuous reinforced concrete slab under the whole building, spreading the load evenly.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsRenovation and extensionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/renovation-and-extension/https://massiveco.hu/library/renovation-and-extension/When adding to an existing building, a light structure gives two things: little additional load and dry, fast construction.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationResidential buildingshttps://massiveco.hu/library/residential-applications/https://massiveco.hu/library/residential-applications/From houses to apartment buildings: for housing the technology is strongest where wall thickness, sound insulation and durability all matter together.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationAccidental actions and robustnesshttps://massiveco.hu/library/robustness-accidental/https://massiveco.hu/library/robustness-accidental/Robustness means that local damage does not cause disproportionate collapse.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeRoll forming: how coil becomes a sectionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/roll-forming-basics/https://massiveco.hu/library/roll-forming-basics/The sheet passes between successive pairs of rollers, each station bending it a little closer to the final shape.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesTrusseshttps://massiveco.hu/library/roof-trusses/https://massiveco.hu/library/roof-trusses/Trusses are a strength of the technology: the machine cuts the web members, so angles become feasible that would be costly to cut by hand.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designSelf-drilling screw connectionshttps://massiveco.hu/library/screw-connections/https://massiveco.hu/library/screw-connections/In a thin-walled structure the connection fails not in the screw but in the sheet: as bearing, pull-out or tear-out.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designThe second-generation Eurocodeshttps://massiveco.hu/library/second-generation-eurocodes/https://massiveco.hu/library/second-generation-eurocodes/Revised editions of the Eurocodes are appearing gradually and will live alongside the earlier ones for years.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeSection types and what they are forhttps://massiveco.hu/library/section-profiles-c-u-sigma/https://massiveco.hu/library/section-profiles-c-u-sigma/A few basic sections: lipped C for studs and joists, U for tracks, stiffened webs for longer spans. The shape is a stability question.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsSeismic design in the Hungarian contexthttps://massiveco.hu/library/seismic-design-hungary/https://massiveco.hu/library/seismic-design-hungary/The force from an earthquake is proportional to mass, so it is substantially smaller for a light gauge steel building than for a heavy structure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeSelf-weight and imposed loadhttps://massiveco.hu/library/self-weight-imposed/https://massiveco.hu/library/self-weight-imposed/The self-weight of a light gauge steel building is a fraction of a masonry or in-situ structure's.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeThe service cavityhttps://massiveco.hu/library/service-cavity/https://massiveco.hu/library/service-cavity/Services run not in the structure but in a battened plane inside the vapour control membrane: 30–40 mm, and the membrane stays intact.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsServiceability criteriahttps://massiveco.hu/library/serviceability-criteria/https://massiveco.hu/library/serviceability-criteria/Deflection, vibration and cracking are the three characteristics the user actually perceives.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeSetting out and foundation toleranceshttps://massiveco.hu/library/setting-out-tolerances/https://massiveco.hu/library/setting-out-tolerances/A machine-accurate frame needs an accurate base: foundation deviations accumulate in erection, so the survey comes before the panels arrive.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsDesigning a shear wallhttps://massiveco.hu/library/shear-wall-design/https://massiveco.hu/library/shear-wall-design/A shear wall resists horizontal load and takes it down into the foundation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designSheathing diaphragmhttps://massiveco.hu/library/sheathing-diaphragm/https://massiveco.hu/library/sheathing-diaphragm/Board screw-fixed to the sections is very stiff in its own plane, so the lining of a wall, floor or roof can act as bracing.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designInspection pointshttps://massiveco.hu/library/site-inspection-points/https://massiveco.hu/library/site-inspection-points/Inspection counts before covering. Four stops: foundation survey, frame complete, before closing the vapour control, before lining.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationSlab edge: thermal bridge and insulationhttps://massiveco.hu/library/slab-edge-thermal-bridge/https://massiveco.hu/library/slab-edge-thermal-bridge/The lowest junction of the building is one of the largest thermal bridges: it is where the insulated wall meets the cold foundation and the ground.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsSnow load in Hungaryhttps://massiveco.hu/library/snow-load-hungary/https://massiveco.hu/library/snow-load-hungary/Snow is a governing roof action, set by location, roof form and drifting — and drifting is what is most often underestimated.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeThe ground investigation reporthttps://massiveco.hu/library/soil-investigation/https://massiveco.hu/library/soil-investigation/The ground investigation report says what ground we are building on: stratigraphy, bearing capacity, water table, swelling layers.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsHow steel behaves with temperaturehttps://massiveco.hu/library/steel-behaviour-temperature/https://massiveco.hu/library/steel-behaviour-temperature/Steel expands and loses strength when hot, and can become more brittle when cold.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsWhere steel meets concretehttps://massiveco.hu/library/steel-concrete-interface/https://massiveco.hu/library/steel-concrete-interface/Where steelwork connects to concrete, three questions have to be handled at once: the load transfer, the difference in tolerances and corrosion.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresSteel grades for framinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/steel-grades-for-framing/https://massiveco.hu/library/steel-grades-for-framing/Framing profiles are made from continuously galvanised steel coil, designated to EN 10346: the number gives the yield strength, the letters the coating.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsSteel as a circular materialhttps://massiveco.hu/library/steel-recycled-content/https://massiveco.hu/library/steel-recycled-content/Steel can be remelted without loss of properties, and demolished steel returns almost entirely to the material stream.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsSteel and timber framinghttps://massiveco.hu/library/steel-vs-timber-frame/https://massiveco.hu/library/steel-vs-timber-frame/Both are framed, with similar build-ups; the materials differ in moisture, fire and heat conduction. The project decides, not the material.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsSite-erected frame, panel, modulehttps://massiveco.hu/library/stick-panel-modular/https://massiveco.hu/library/stick-panel-modular/The same production can lead to three building methods: a frame assembled on site, panels assembled in the plant, and complete volumetric modules.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesStrip footingshttps://massiveco.hu/library/strip-foundation/https://massiveco.hu/library/strip-foundation/A continuous footing under the walls. For a light structure its size is set more by frost depth and buildability than by bearing capacity.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsLGS structural designhttps://massiveco.hu/library/structural-design-overview/https://massiveco.hu/library/structural-design-overview/How a thin-walled steel frame is engineered: why stability governs, how wall, floor and bracing work, and why connections decide quality.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designWhat structural software is forhttps://massiveco.hu/library/structural-software-role/https://massiveco.hu/library/structural-software-role/The software calculates, the engineer is responsible. The result depends on the input: the common mistakes are modelling, not calculation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designThe wall panel as a structurehttps://massiveco.hu/library/stud-wall-as-structure/https://massiveco.hu/library/stud-wall-as-structure/A wall panel is a co-operating system: studs carry vertical load, tracks tie them, lining and bracing give stability and take horizontal load.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designSummer overheating and thermal masshttps://massiveco.hu/library/summer-overheating/https://massiveco.hu/library/summer-overheating/A light structure has little thermal storage mass, so the internal temperature follows the external one more closely.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsSurface protection systemshttps://massiveco.hu/library/surface-protection/https://massiveco.hu/library/surface-protection/Corrosion protection starts from the environment and the design life. Painting is a system: primer, intermediate coat and topcoat.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresWays of breaking a thermal bridgehttps://massiveco.hu/library/thermal-break-strategies/https://massiveco.hu/library/thermal-break-strategies/Three routes: continuous insulation outside the frame, a break layer between section and lining, or changed geometry. The first works best.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsThe steel thermal bridgehttps://massiveco.hu/library/thermal-bridging-steel/https://massiveco.hu/library/thermal-bridging-steel/Steel conducts heat orders of magnitude better than timber or insulation.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsTrial productionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/trial-production/https://massiveco.hu/library/trial-production/We follow the first run through and refine the program from what we see.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTManufacturing and machinesCalculating the U-value of a steel framehttps://massiveco.hu/library/u-value-steel-frame/https://massiveco.hu/library/u-value-steel-frame/Simply adding up the layers gives a misleading result for a steel frame, because the sections interrupt the homogeneous layers.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsUltimate and serviceability limit stateshttps://massiveco.hu/library/uls-sls/https://massiveco.hu/library/uls-sls/The ultimate limit state concerns collapse of the structure, the serviceability limit state its normal use.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeResisting uplift in light structureshttps://massiveco.hu/library/uplift-light-structures/https://massiveco.hu/library/uplift-light-structures/In a light building the upward force of wind suction can exceed the self-weight of the structure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTFoundations and geotechnicsThe principle of vapour controlhttps://massiveco.hu/library/vapour-control/https://massiveco.hu/library/vapour-control/In light gauge steel construction vapour control is done solely by the membrane.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsRooftop additions in light gauge steelhttps://massiveco.hu/library/vertical-extension/https://massiveco.hu/library/vertical-extension/The reserve capacity of an existing building is tight, so the key question in a rooftop addition is self-weight.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresBracing with steel strapshttps://massiveco.hu/library/wall-bracing-straps/https://massiveco.hu/library/wall-bracing-straps/Diagonal steel strap is the simplest bracing solution: it works in tension, so it always goes in crossed pairs.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designComparing wall thicknesseshttps://massiveco.hu/library/wall-thickness-comparison/https://massiveco.hu/library/wall-thickness-comparison/For the same thermal value an LGS wall is roughly half as thick as a traditional one — a gain you can measure in floor area.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsWeb holes and service openingshttps://massiveco.hu/library/web-holes-services/https://massiveco.hu/library/web-holes-services/A hole cut in the web weakens the section, in shear above all — so its position and size are a design question.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designWelded and bolted connectionshttps://massiveco.hu/library/welded-vs-bolted/https://massiveco.hu/library/welded-vs-bolted/Welding gives a rigid, continuous connection but demands quality control and skilled work.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresWeld quality and inspectionhttps://massiveco.hu/library/welding-quality/https://massiveco.hu/library/welding-quality/The quality of a welded connection is not visible from outside: internal defects — cracks, lack of fusion, inclusions — only emerge through testing.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresWhat LGS and lightweight construction arehttps://massiveco.hu/library/what-is-light-gauge-steel/https://massiveco.hu/library/what-is-light-gauge-steel/LGS is a load-bearing structure built from sections cold-formed out of thin galvanised steel sheet.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsWhen HRS is needed alongside LGShttps://massiveco.hu/library/when-hrs-with-lgs/https://massiveco.hu/library/when-hrs-with-lgs/Long spans, concentrated loads, large transfer openings, and anywhere a thin-walled section would need a disproportionate number of members.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTHot-rolled steel and mixed structuresWhat it is not good forhttps://massiveco.hu/library/where-lgs-is-not-the-answer/https://massiveco.hu/library/where-lgs-is-not-the-answer/Long-span, heavily loaded structures, cases where mass is a functional requirement, and anywhere the design and site discipline is not there.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationWhat light gauge steel is really good forhttps://massiveco.hu/library/where-lgs-works-best/https://massiveco.hu/library/where-lgs-works-best/Choose it for two reasons: the wall delivers the same performance at half the thickness, and designed properly it outlasts most alternatives.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTApplications and operationWhy thin-walled design differshttps://massiveco.hu/library/why-thin-walled-differs/https://massiveco.hu/library/why-thin-walled-differs/Because the plate elements lose stability before reaching the yield strength.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS structural designWind barrier and breather membraneshttps://massiveco.hu/library/wind-barrier-membranes/https://massiveco.hu/library/wind-barrier-membranes/The external membrane shields the insulation from wind and outside moisture while letting vapour out — the counterpart of the vapour control layer.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTBuilding physics and build-upsWind load and terrain categoryhttps://massiveco.hu/library/wind-load-terrain/https://massiveco.hu/library/wind-load-terrain/Wind does not only press, it sucks — and on a light building the suction often governs.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTActions and EurocodeYield strength and thickness go togetherhttps://massiveco.hu/library/yield-strength-and-thickness/https://massiveco.hu/library/yield-strength-and-thickness/Neither figure tells capacity alone: thickness drives stability and connections, yield strength the material — slenderness decides which governs.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsZinc coating: what Z275 meanshttps://massiveco.hu/library/zinc-coating-classes/https://massiveco.hu/library/zinc-coating-classes/The number gives the coating mass per square metre, counting both faces together.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 22:41:48 GMTLGS fundamentals and materialsAssembly guidehttps://massiveco.hu/assembly/https://massiveco.hu/assembly/On-site assembly guides for installers, with a permanent code and a version number, so drawings can refer to them.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTOverviewSZ-01 Principleshttps://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-01/https://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-01/What applies to every assembly: the drawing governs, any deviation only with the designer, and if something does not fit, ask rather than improvise.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTGuidesSZ-02 Position numbers and position maphttps://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-02/https://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-02/Every element has a unique position number, also on the manufactured profile; the position map shows where it goes.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTGuidesSZ-03 Vapour control and serviceshttps://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-03/https://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-03/The membrane alone is the vapour barrier; services do not run through the profiles but on battens on the membrane's inner side.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTGuidesSZ-04 Build-up and claddinghttps://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-04/https://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-04/The order of the build-up on the drawing is binding; whatever gives hardness goes in the outermost layer.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTGuidesSZ-05 Lifting and pre-assembled unitshttps://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-05/https://massiveco.hu/assembly/sz-05/Lifting points are part of the structural design; large elements are handled as factory-assembled, clad units.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTGuidesBuilding in steelhttps://massiveco.hu/building/https://massiveco.hu/building/Why light-gauge steel is the higher quality, what it can do, when it is worth it, and how a design becomes a structure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTOverviewFrom design to finished structurehttps://massiveco.hu/building/design-to-structure/https://massiveco.hu/building/design-to-structure/How we put the technology into practice: architecture, structure, fabrication design, machine program, production, assembly — and who owns each step.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTIn practiceHybrid structures: concrete, steel, timberhttps://massiveco.hu/building/hybrid-structures/https://massiveco.hu/building/hybrid-structures/When light-gauge steel is combined with something else: a concrete core in taller buildings, hot-rolled steel for long spans, timber in extensions.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTIn practiceWhen steel is worth it, and when nothttps://massiveco.hu/building/when-to-use/https://massiveco.hu/building/when-to-use/The building types where light-gauge steel is the better choice, and those where another structure or a hybrid is right.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTIn practiceWhy a steel house is not a compromisehttps://massiveco.hu/building/why-steel/https://massiveco.hu/building/why-steel/A light-gauge steel house is not a cheap stand-in but a more precise, thinner-walled and more predictable way to build. Where it is better, and what to watch.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTWhy steelInternational case studieshttps://massiveco.hu/library/international-cases/https://massiveco.hu/library/international-cases/Light-gauge steel buildings from around the world: houses, multi-storey buildings, industrial and public buildings — what they show about the technology.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTInternational examplesRegulations and certificationhttps://massiveco.hu/regulations/https://massiveco.hu/regulations/The legal and fire-protection background of light-gauge steel: NMÉ, ETA, CE, fire protection, certifications, permits.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTOverviewCertifications overviewhttps://massiveco.hu/regulations/certifications/https://massiveco.hu/regulations/certifications/Which certifications, assessments and declarations apply to a light-gauge steel building, who issues them, and what each proves.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTCertificationPermittinghttps://massiveco.hu/regulations/permitting/https://massiveco.hu/regulations/permitting/How a light-gauge steel building is permitted: which procedure, which documents, and what the authority asks about the structure.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTPermits and checksThe target certificatehttps://massiveco.hu/regulations/target-certificate/https://massiveco.hu/regulations/target-certificate/Which certification we are aiming for, what it proves, and where obtaining it stands.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:15:36 GMTCertificationFabrication design: inputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/fabrication-inputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/fabrication-inputs/What we need to start fabrication design: a numbered list with formats, required and optional items. Can be sent as a link.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTFabrication designFabrication design: outputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/fabrication-outputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/fabrication-outputs/What fabrication design delivers: format and content, document by document.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTFabrication designGeneral design: inputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/general-inputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/general-inputs/What we need to start general design: a numbered list with formats, required and optional items. Can be sent as a link.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTGeneral designGeneral design: outputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/general-outputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/general-outputs/What general design delivers: format and content, document by document.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTGeneral designPreparation and management: inputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/management-inputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/management-inputs/What we need to start preparation and management: a numbered list with formats, required and optional items. Can be sent as a link.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTPreparation and managementPreparation and management: outputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/management-outputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/management-outputs/What preparation and management delivers: format and content, document by document.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTPreparation and managementStructural design package: inputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/structural-inputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/structural-inputs/What we need to start structural design package: a numbered list with formats, required and optional items. Can be sent as a link.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTStructural design packageStructural design package: outputshttps://massiveco.hu/services/structural-outputs/https://massiveco.hu/services/structural-outputs/What structural design package delivers: format and content, document by document.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 19:01:10 GMTStructural design packageWhat types of buildings do you design?https://massiveco.hu/building/building-types/https://massiveco.hu/building/building-types/Steel, LGS and timber, from family homes to shopping centres. Our references include cultural, sports, educational and industrial buildings and a pool.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTMaterials and feasibilityCan you design curved or inclined forms?https://massiveco.hu/building/curved-geometry/https://massiveco.hu/building/curved-geometry/The dojo roof shows exactly this. Machines cut the trusses, so angles and lattices that would be costly to cut by hand in hot-rolled steel are possible.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTMaterials and feasibilityLGS build-ups: acoustics, vapour, serviceshttps://massiveco.hu/building/lgs-build-ups/https://massiveco.hu/building/lgs-build-ups/Every material can be built well or badly — masonry walls can sound poor too. What decides is the build-up and the execution. Walls, floors, services.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTIn practiceMaterials: which one for whathttps://massiveco.hu/building/materials/https://massiveco.hu/building/materials/Light-gauge steel, hot-rolled steel, timber and hybrid structures compared — what each is good for, and what we do not take on.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTMaterials and feasibilityWhy choose light-gauge steel?https://massiveco.hu/building/why-lgs/https://massiveco.hu/building/why-lgs/An optimised design saves roughly 40% of the structure’s material against an over-designed one. Yet the main gain is space: walls about half as thick.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTWhy steelReferenceshttps://massiveco.hu/references/https://massiveco.hu/references/We do not optimise for quantity: these projects are here because each involved something that had not been done in quite the same way before.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTOverviewHungarian Dance Universityhttps://massiveco.hu/references/dance-university/https://massiveco.hu/references/dance-university/A 900 m² rooftop extension where the weight limit was critical: hot-rolled and cold-formed steel together.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesContinental demonstration househttps://massiveco.hu/references/demo-tiny-house/https://massiveco.hu/references/demo-tiny-house/A prototype built for show turned into a working building — and a 900 kg steel frame that carried a furnished 13-tonne house.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesDojo, Pilisvörösvárhttps://massiveco.hu/references/dojo/https://massiveco.hu/references/dojo/An Eastern roof form in light-gauge steel instead of carved timber — from the walls to the roof.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesDune: Part Two — bridge towershttps://massiveco.hu/references/dune-bridge-towers/https://massiveco.hu/references/dune-bridge-towers/The supporting structure for the towers at either end of a bridge in the film — built in a shared, survey-aligned 3D model.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesHouse of Music Hungaryhttps://massiveco.hu/references/house-of-music/https://massiveco.hu/references/house-of-music/An undulating ceiling from flat composite sheets, and light wells with no existing technology. Two years, twelve designers, one shared model.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesPáty industrial hallhttps://massiveco.hu/references/paty-hall/https://massiveco.hu/references/paty-hall/A faulty structural design caught at project start, and the whole general design redone on the fly — from a site office.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesPuskás Arenahttps://massiveco.hu/references/puskas-arena/https://massiveco.hu/references/puskas-arena/Fixtures, sprinkler system and as-built documentation — with quantities verified from the BIM model in the contracts.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesSzeged swimming complexhttps://massiveco.hu/references/szeged-pool/https://massiveco.hu/references/szeged-pool/The complete roof-cladding system redesigned mid-construction for Kingspan X-dek — some forty pages of connection details.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCase studiesStatutory design check or expert review?https://massiveco.hu/regulations/design-check/https://massiveco.hu/regulations/design-check/The statutory design check is a licensed role; an expert review is an experienced designer’s opinion. We give the latter and point you to the former.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTPermits and checksFire protection for thin-walled steelhttps://massiveco.hu/regulations/fire-protection/https://massiveco.hu/regulations/fire-protection/Steel does not burn, but thin-walled sections heat up fast: they can twist and build up enough stress to break out of the wall. How it is proven.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTFire protectionNMÉ, ETA and CE: when you need themhttps://massiveco.hu/regulations/nme-eta-ce/https://massiveco.hu/regulations/nme-eta-ce/ÉMI is an organisation, not a document. What NMÉ, ETA and CE each prove, who issues them, and when a light-gauge building needs none.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTCertificationServiceshttps://massiveco.hu/services/https://massiveco.hu/services/The four services in one table: scope, required inputs and main outputs — and which one fits what you have now.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTOverviewDo you keep our designs confidential?https://massiveco.hu/services/confidentiality/https://massiveco.hu/services/confidentiality/We regularly review other offices’ work, so we take this seriously. Where uploads are stored, for how long and who can see them: see our privacy notice.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTWay of working and pricingDo you design or manufacture as well?https://massiveco.hu/services/design-not-manufacture/https://massiveco.hu/services/design-not-manufacture/If you have no machine, we recommend a manufacturer who can build from our design: the machine program can go to any compatible line.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTFabrication designDo you work with existing designs?https://massiveco.hu/services/existing-designs/https://massiveco.hu/services/existing-designs/Yes. The most common case is not a faulty design, although that happens too, but a masonry house that needs to be redesigned in light-gauge steel.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTStructural design packageFabrication designhttps://massiveco.hu/services/fabrication/https://massiveco.hu/services/fabrication/Panel drawings and machine programs for any LGS production line. The scope, the list of inputs we need, and the files delivered, with formats.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTFabrication designWhich format should I send the design in?https://massiveco.hu/services/file-formats/https://massiveco.hu/services/file-formats/DWG, IFC, RVT, PDF, ZIP — whatever you have. Send the complete set, not a few sheets: the missing ones hold the questions we would ask later.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTWay of working and pricingGeneral designhttps://massiveco.hu/services/general/https://massiveco.hu/services/general/One contract, one responsible party, every discipline. The scope, the list of inputs we need, and the documents delivered, with formats.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTGeneral designHow long does general design take?https://massiveco.hu/services/general-design-timeline/https://massiveco.hu/services/general-design-timeline/A permit design for a hall takes a few weeks; construction design for a complex public building, months. After the first meeting: a realistic schedule.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTGeneral designHow is this different from an architect?https://massiveco.hu/services/how-general-design-differs/https://massiveco.hu/services/how-general-design-differs/For us the structure is part of the concept. If a form needs a disproportionate amount of steel, we say so in the first week — not at construction design.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTGeneral designMachine programs: CSV or RFY?https://massiveco.hu/services/machine-program/https://massiveco.hu/services/machine-program/A production line receives a file, not a drawing: where to cut and punch each element, and to what length. Most machines use CSV; FRAMECAD uses RFY.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTFabrication designProject preparation and managementhttps://massiveco.hu/services/management/https://massiveco.hu/services/management/Schedule, quantities, contract appendices, supervision — on our own designs. Scope, inputs we need, documents delivered.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTPreparation and managementCoordination only for our own designhttps://massiveco.hu/services/management-own-design-only/https://massiveco.hu/services/management-own-design-only/Supervising another designer’s work, one can only point at the drawings. For our own design we take full responsibility — we drew and calculated it.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTPreparation and managementDo I need to bring my own architect?https://massiveco.hu/services/own-architect/https://massiveco.hu/services/own-architect/You do not need one, but we gladly work with yours. We build the team for the project, and your architect or engineer joins the same shared model.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTGeneral designWhat happens after you contact ushttps://massiveco.hu/services/process-and-pricing/https://massiveco.hu/services/process-and-pricing/We do not promise an exact number of hours — holidays and busy periods happen. What we can say: by industry standards, we respond quickly.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTWay of working and pricingIs a site visit required for design?https://massiveco.hu/services/site-visits/https://massiveco.hu/services/site-visits/We are based in Budapest and mostly work remotely, which is enough for most projects. Where it is justified and you ask, we come on site.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTWay of working and pricingWhich software do you use?https://massiveco.hu/services/software/https://massiveco.hu/services/software/Structural analysis: AxisVM and ConSteel. Modelling: Tekla, Revit and ArchiCAD, with Vertex BD and FRAMECAD for LGS.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTWay of working and pricingStructural design packagehttps://massiveco.hu/services/structural/https://massiveco.hu/services/structural/Steel, LGS and timber structures from permit to construction. The scope, the list of inputs we need, and the documents delivered, with formats.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTStructural design packageWhat happens to the designs I upload?https://massiveco.hu/services/uploaded-files/https://massiveco.hu/services/uploaded-files/Stored on servers in the EU, kept for 90 days by default, and seen only by the colleagues on the project. We sign an NDA whenever asked.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTWay of working and pricingWhat does ‘usable BIM’ mean?https://massiveco.hu/services/usable-bim/https://massiveco.hu/services/usable-bim/Many BIM models show what a building will look like, but help little on site because they were not built with the contractor’s workflow in mind.Mon, 12 Oct 2026 16:35:07 GMTGeneral design