CSF Newsletter - August 2025

Welcome to the August 2025 edition of the Central Steel Framing newsletter.

This month, it is all about X-CALIBR™, the smarter, faster, and more cost-effective way to deliver steel portal structures. Whether it is a wintering barn or a wide-span shed, X-CALIBR™ streamlines fabrication and installation, reducing onsite complexity and allowing you to put your building to work much sooner than with traditional methods.

We will show you how others are already using it to gain an edge, and how you can too.

Missed us at Fieldays? Here is what you need to know

We had a fantastic response at Fieldays back in June from rural builders, developers, landowners, and shed manufacturers and it is easy to see why.

X-CALIBR™ is a breakthrough system that streamlines large-span construction from start to finish.

Didn’t make it to Fieldays but interested to find out more? Here is what you can gain from using X-CALIBR™:

• Get ROI sooner – use your building sooner from the reduction of time in portal installation
   
• Lower labour costs – install with a smaller crew and less machinery compared with traditional structural steel
   
• Same strength with less materials – smarter design means you use less steel without compromising strength
   
• Fully prefabricated – no cutting, drilling, or measuring onsite
   
• Flexible design – X-CALIBR™ roll-formed sections can be assembled to form columns, rafters, beams, wind posts and more
   
• Versatile – integrate with timber or structural steel, or use as stand-alone
   
• Available as a full TURNKEY package, a STRUCTURE-ONLY supply, or in KITSET format
  
  

Learn more about X-CALIBR™  

Building wintering barns just got easier

As regulations tighten and winter weather gets harsher, many farmers are considering wintering barns. The benefits are considerable - from reduced nutrient runoff to decreased winter pasture damage and better stock welfare.  X-CALIBR™ makes it easy to build them fast and build them to last.

Simplify wintering barn builds  

How Arc Engineering builds smarter with X-CALIBR™

We sit down with Matt Nash, Director for Taupo-based Arc Engineering and advocate for X-CALIBR™, and discuss how, with X-CALIBR™ as part of the build process, farmers can get return on their investment on their new builds sooner. How does 10 to 12 (instead of 16) weeks to build a dairy shed sound?

Find out how here

How we portal framed this sweet-as 650sqm honey shed in 12 hours 

When we say X-CALIBR™ is faster, you do not have to take our word for it. With the help of a local construction crew, we recently portal framed a 650sqm custom shed for Smoking Joe’s Honey in just 12 hours onsite. 

Smoking Joe’s wanted speed of construction and minimal site disruption - find out how we delivered using smart prefabrication, and the X-CALIBR™ framing system.

Learn more 

Not impressed yet? How about this - we portal framed this 1,000sqm building even faster 

A Tokoroa developer wanted to build a cost-effective, durable, 1,000sqm structure as fast as possible. He came to the right people. 

To start the process, we built the structure digitally using 3D CAD software, loaded the designs into our X-CALIBR™ machine, then manufactured the components. The portal framing was erected in just four hours.

Find out how 

Discover how X-CALIBR™ could change the way you build  

To find out everything you need to know about X-CALIBR™ download the brochure today. Share this with someone you know who is looking to build large span buildings. 

Or email us and let us get your projects on the fast track.