Wood is undefined and has flaws, rots, is weak when wet, steel will not warp, crack, twist, bow, shrink, or swell and that leads to a more stable home. Steel doesn't burn, eliminating the third type of house fire, those started in the framing of the home. Steel can be bought in any length, is flexible, and can be designed for longer spans creating more open floor plans, fewer load bearing walls and can be pre-fabbed. The strength of steel offers protection during hurricanes, tornadoes, earth quakes and dissipates lightening charges because the steel provides a direct path to ground. Inc. The greatest problem with wood in Florida is termites.
Termites do more damage than all tornadoes, hurricanes, fires and floods combined.
Steel is impervious to termites and other wood boring insects and can eliminate the structural damage caused by insects. Screws cost from 1.5 to five cents each. If the workman does not know how to install the fasteners they can burn the tips of the self tapping screws with high speed screw guns. Stripping out heads using the wrong bits is another problem. But with the proper education of a crew, working with steel is not any harder than working with wood.