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EPD: Structural steel profiles, Petersburg mill, 7850 kg/m3, 490 lb/ft3, wide flage, H-piling and PZC sheet piling (Gerdau)

Gerdau produces four distinct beam shapes in North America, providing a range of geometries to suit applications from construction to manufacturing. Gerdau also produces three primary categories of piling, typically used in deep foundation and geo-technical construction projects, such as foundations, marine, environmental and transportation. The Petersburg Steel Mill in Virginia produces Wide Flange Beams, H-Piling, and PZC Sheet Piling. This Environmental Product Declaration is for 1 metric ton of fabricated Structural steel produced by Gerdau in the Petersburg Steel Mill. Structural steel is manufactured from steel scrap, melted in an Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) followed by hot rolling, and by transport to external fabrication shops and fabrication.

Manufacturer legal entity:
Gerdau
Manufacturer:
Country of manufacturer:
USA country flagUSA
Product name:
Structural steel profiles, Petersburg mill
Material type:
Steel and other metals
Material subtype:
Structural steel and steel profiles

Environmental & technical characteristics

Global warming potential (A1-A3):
1.12 kg CO2e/kg
Technical specification:
7850 kg/m3, 490 lb/ft3, wide flage, H-piling and PZC sheet piling
Available units for calculation:
kg, ton, m3
Unique identifier (OCLID):
59cac7085d96ff7fd240537b

Sustainability data background information

EPD number:
SCS-EPD-04282
EPD program:
SCS Global
Publication year:
2016
Product category rules (PCR):
PCR for Designated Steel Construction Products, v1.0
Environmental standard:
ISO 14040
Verification status:
Third-party verified (as per ISO 14025)
Upstream database:
ecoinvent, GaBi, USLCI