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I was looking at a recently constructed lean-to steel building and noticed that the column base plate did not have any anchor bolts. Apparently, the plate has a few hooked anchors welded to the bottom and embedded in the slab. The columns were welded to the plates which are not more than 1/2" greater in width/depth than the column section. Just curious if others have seen this used on a building.






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But where erection tolerances can be set higher - temporary sheds/ towers as per SlideRuleEra's example or other such structures, I can understand the usage. What is the building where you have seen this?
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I don't like it from the construction stand point of properly locating the B.P. then having to field weld the column. I've only used it on lightly loaded small columns.
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