OUR STORY
North American Steel Group exists because the structural steel industry has a problem. Buildings fail. People die. And nobody is doing anything about it.
When a mother walks into Big Box Warehouse with her three children, she assumes the building is safe. She trusts somewhere in her life that engineers somewhere, if she ever thinks about it, did their job. She assumes. She has no idea.
The Roof Joists, or specifically the Steel Joist Institute "SJI", above her head are operating at 40% below published capacity. The system has failed her. Using A36 recertified to look like Gr50 yield but never comes close to that state. MIG welds that destroy critical material properties. Deflection standards that barely pass code. And embedded tab connections that wrench off walls.
Disagree with us? Lawyer up and sue us. We'd love to bring the discovery out into the world to tell everybody what SJI PRODUCERS have been doing.
Every SJI producer is guilty of criminal negligence.
EF-3 tornado. 40-foot walls collapsed inward. Workers sheltering in bathroom crushed. Tab connections failed. Amazon refused storm shelters—cost was "negligible."
Same night. EF-4. 110 workers inside. Metal-framed warehouse flattened. Workers told they'd be fired if they left. Eight never made it out.
EF-5 tornado. Roof lifted, tilt-up walls fell like dominos. 7 dead in front. 28 survived in back only because walls fell outward. Home Depot rebuilt the same way.
Truss failed. 1 million pounds crashed through 3 floors in 30 seconds. OSHA: WILLFUL violation. They knew the risks. $120K in fines.
EF-3 tornado. Industrial building collapsed with 70 workers inside. "Historic" outbreak—NWS issued 41 warnings in one day.
Microburst, 77 mph. Roof collapsed. 22-year-old Oswaldo Torres on forklift. 3 days to recover body.
EF-3, 150 mph. Roof crumpled. 50,000 pallets medicine destroyed—8% of US hospital injectables. Drug shortages into 2024.
40,000 lb tilt-up wall collapsed suddenly. Crushed three workers. Same design in thousands of big-box stores.
Three long-span trusses + bar joists fell 50 feet. 2 dead, 2 injured. Failed 15-30 minutes after crane released.
384×352 ft warehouse. 24 trusses collapsed progressively. 18 failed at weld connections.
Open web joists by Robb Engineering. Not CSA standards. Non-standard puddle welds. Slag not removed.
Same manufacturer. Same defective joists. Robb Engineering failed again. Triggered province-wide review.
Court found United Dominion Industries liable. Porosity, overlap, undercut in welds. Cracked and missing welds.
67-year-old worker killed. OSHA: "Risks well known in industry." Employer failed hazard assessment.
THE PATTERN IS CLEAR. THE INDUSTRY KNOWS. THEY KEEP BUILDING THE SAME WAY.
From the incidents on this page alone. The real number? Nobody's counting.
Weak steel stamped as strong. Paperwork says Gr50. Material says otherwise.
1"+ heat affected zones. Steel around every weld compromised.
Loads don't go through centerline. Moment arms. Stress concentrations.
Joist sits ON TOP of tabs. Wind uplift wrenches them off.
Bad steel + bad welds + bad geometry = can't perform.
L/240 minimum. They design to minimum. NASG delivers L/727.
NASG controls the entire supply chain. One source, complete control, no weak links.
Coil, plate, HSS tubes
Trusses, girders, columns
Saddles, speed bridging
Production lines, laser systems
Real high-strength steel. Full traceability from mill to member.
HAZ in millimeters, not inches. Material properties preserved.
Mirrored double-layer HSS. Loads through centerline.
Built into top chord. Can't wrench off under uplift.
Buildings that don't collapse during severe weather. Lower mass casualty risk.
Every component tracked. Clear liability chains. Simplified subrogation.
L/727 vs L/240. 3× the rigidity. Engineering data that supports premium differentiation.
The question for underwriters: When the next tornado hits a warehouse with 70 workers inside, will it be built with SJI joists or NASG?
License the technology. Build it right. Or keep building death traps.
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