6-388 4 RCSC SPECIFICATION FOR STRUCTURAL JOINTS (6/8/88) hardened washer. Tightening beyond the initial condition must not produce greater nut rotation than 1’ times that permitted in Table 5, The job inspecting torque shall be taken as the average of three values thus determined after rejecting the high and low values. The inspecting wrench shall then be applied to the tightened bolts in the work and the torque necessary to tum the nut or head 5 degrees (approximately 1 inch at 12 inch radius) in the tightening direction shall be determined. Bolts represented by the sample in the foregoing paragraph which have been tightened in the structure shall be inspected by apply- ing, in the tightening direction, the inspecting wrench and its job torque to 10 percent of the bolts, but not less than 2 bolts, selected at random in each connection in question. If no nut or bolt head is tumed by application of the job inspecting torque, the connec- tion shall be accepted as properly tightened. If any nut or bolt is, tured by the application of the job inspecting torque, all bolts in the connection shall be tested, and all bolts whose nut or head is, tumed by the job inspecting torque shall be tightened and rein- spected. Altematively, the fabricator or erector, at his option, may retighten all of the bolts in the connection and then resubmit the connection for the specified inspection. (©) Detayed Verification Inspection. The procedures specified in Sections 9a) and (b) are intended for inspection of bolted connections and verification of pretension at the time of tensioning the joint. If verification of bolt ten- sion is required after a passage of a period of time and exposure of the completed joints, the procedure of Section 9(b) will provide indication of bolt tension which is of questionable accuracy. Procedures appropriate to the specific situation should be used for verification of bolt tension. This ‘might involve use of the arbitration inspection procedure contained herein, or might require the development and use of alternate procedures. (See Commentary.) Awtesican INSTINTE oF STEEL CONSTRUCTION