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        "text": "Clear-span design provides complete, column-free interior floor space, but multi-span framing reduces material costs on large buildings. Clear-span frames use heavier, deeper structural rafters and columns to bridge the entire distance without center posts, which maximizes usable interior room for equipment or inventory. Multi-span frames introduce interior support columns, which reduces the required steel weight and foundation sizing. If your floor plan accommodates interior posts, multi-span construction provides significant structural cost savings for wide commercial footprints.",
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