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Recently, the introduction of Pre Engineered Building PEB design of structures has been as an optimised alternative for the construction of steel sheds. The adoption of PEB design concept instead of use of traditional rolled section resulted in many advantages as the sections are designed as per bending moment diagram thereby reducing the material requirement. This methodology is versatile not only due to its quality of predesigning and prefabrication, but also due to its light weight and economical construction. This concept has many advantages over the conventional method involving buildings with roof trusses. In this paper, a study has been made for the industrial structure which are analysed and designed according to the Indian standards. Various configurations for PEB and Conventional sections are considered for analysis using rolled, fabricated, cold formed sections and parametric study is carried out to assess the cost effectiveness. Comparison is made in terms of weight and cost of steel material required.