The primary objective of this project was to study the effect of corrosion on the structural integrity of galvanized fasteners used in cold-formed steel-framed construction. A number of specific tasks were developed to meet this objective, including a literature search, design and construction of field enclosures, determination of test sites and installation of field enclosures,
test specimen design and fabrication, accelerated corrosion testing, structural tensile testing, data analysis and technology transfer.

The Research Team felt that this report was very well written, but exhaustive in detail. The reader is referred to two summary reports, Corrosion of Galvanized Fasteners in Coastal Environments by Jay Larson and Recommendations for Cold-Formed Steel Framing and Fasteners in Coastal Environments by Dr. Ian Robertson, which were published in the FRAMEWORK section of the March/April 2005 Edition of Metal Home Digest.

The findings of this project provide meaningful data on the performance of cold-formed steel framing and led to the updating of the LGSEA Technical Note on Corrosion Protection for Cold-Formed Steel Framing in Coastal Areas.