Fabrication details
Fabrication details
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Good morning ladies and gents,
We have an issue that requires us to check some steel connection fabrication details, we are having a hard time finding literature that can give us insight on connection detailing. We are currently working hard on this, any insight on this would be greatly appreciated. Steel was fabricated without shop drawings, now the contractor is calling us with hourly workers on site trying to build with no bolt holes, and asking us if they can just "go ahead and weld it".
We have an issue that requires us to check some steel connection fabrication details, we are having a hard time finding literature that can give us insight on connection detailing. We are currently working hard on this, any insight on this would be greatly appreciated. Steel was fabricated without shop drawings, now the contractor is calling us with hourly workers on site trying to build with no bolt holes, and asking us if they can just "go ahead and weld it".






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I remember talking to the EOR for the Precious Blood Catholic Church... when the shop drawings arrived, it was far too complex for the contractor to check the glulam drawings (this was at a time before CAD became common). He ordered a bunch of glulam timbers to be delivered to site, so that they could be fitted on site.
During construction of the glulam framing he would run to the construction trailer and lift the roof off the model, look at the framing for the model, and then cut the glulams to size on site.
I've attached a picture of the church roof.
Dik
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The older manuals, 1st through 7th edition, are available for free download by AISC members on the Historic Steel Construction Manuals webpage.
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Best regards - Al
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Dik
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The least of your worries may be whether or not the clip angle connections are bolted or field welded.