Spliced W Beam by Fabricator
Spliced W Beam by Fabricator
(OP)
I had called out 30ft long W beams for this job. After a visit to the site, I noticed that the beams had been spliced by the fabricator. Is it common for the fabricator to shop splice a 30ft beam?
One beam is noticeably spliced and was not aligned when welded, with approximately a 1/8" offset from one web to the other. AISC standard code of practice did not seem to address this. Is there a guide or standard that would provide acceptable tolerances?
Thanks in advance.
One beam is noticeably spliced and was not aligned when welded, with approximately a 1/8" offset from one web to the other. AISC standard code of practice did not seem to address this. Is there a guide or standard that would provide acceptable tolerances?
Thanks in advance.






RE: Spliced W Beam by Fabricator
Is this for static loading or dynamic loading?
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BA
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One thing you need to consider regarding rejection of the member out right is impact to the project. Is the member erected?
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The fabricator did this to all the beams?
They are either fixing a cutting mistake or trying to save some money on material. Either way, this is ridiculous. The fact they didn't issue an RFI pretty much proves they tried to sneak it by you.
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1. Misalignment
2. Poor weld quality in the vertical web weld (undercut or underfilled...can't tell because of paint)
3. No radius on the web cut
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Splicing a 30' beam is not unusual, if there are a lot of them. Beams come from the mill in 18m lengths in our neighbourhood. Cutting 30' leavesa whole bunch of them at just less than 30'.
Dik
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30' nominal length beams are usually not quite 30' long.
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Michael.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
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I would think it would be less expensive to order a new beam than to do a shop splice and risk rejection from the engineer. Something doesn't make sense.
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The beam is already in and we do not want to have to reject it. The beam is in a really tight place that would halt construction.
We are thinking about adding additional plates to the web. Thank you for all your input.
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