The Usage of Steel in Construction

Steel was actually invented thousands of years ago, which predates even the Gregorian Calendar by many millenniums, but modern steel and its application in construction at its earliest stage was only implemented after the Bessemer process was introduced in 1865. The technology has since evolved by leaps and bounds, refining everything from the manufacturing processes themselves to inventing ultra-strong variants of carbon steel and chromium alloy steel. In fact, it’s an ongoing process as you read this. Today, construction would come to a standstill, along with innumerable other industries such as automotive, packaging and the vast electronic goods business, if steel production suffered in any way. Staying true to the title though, we are only going to take a closer look at the role of steel in modern construction and why it would indeed come to a jarring halt without the manmade alloy.