6-6 CONNECTIONS AND HOLES

Connections shall be as shown in the drawings and shall develop the full capacity of the members.

STRUCTURAL STEEL

1. Surfaces or joints prepared for welded or high strength bolted connections shall comply with the
cleanliness requirements of all joints
surfaces and contact surfaces within
friction types joints as specified in
“Bolted parts” of the AUSC
Specifications.

In cleaning the steel should be free

from:

 Rust
 Scale
 Paint
 Dirt
 Other insulating material

2. Holes shall be punched or drilled at right angles to the surface of the metals and shall not be enlarged
by burning.

3.Holes shall be clean-cut without rugged edges. Outside burrs resulting from drilling or reaming
operations shall be removed with a toll which reaches a 1.558 mm level around the bolt holes.

6-7 QUALITY CONTROL PROCEDURES

1. Quality control shall be practiced by the fabricator to assure high quality in the work. In addition to
the fabricator’s quality control procedures, materials and workmanship shall be subject to Inspection by
qualified inspectors representing the Owner.

2.Fabricator shall cooperate harmoniously with the inspector to avoid interpretation in the work, when
correction will be needed.

6-8 REJECTION

Defects in steel products are defined as deviations in appearance, shape, dimension, macro-structure /
micro-structure, and/or chemical properties when compared with the specifications given in the
technical standards or any other normative documents in force

Defects are detected either through:

 visual inspection
 with the help of instruments and equipments.
1.Materials or workmanship not in reasonable conformance with the provisions of this specification
shall be rejected at any time during the progress of the work.

2.The fabricator shall receive copies of all reports made by the inspector authorized by the Owner
and/or his supervising Architect or Engineer.

SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT

6-9 ERECTION

1.The steel structures shall be erected plumb and true to line and grade. Bracings and supports shall be
introduced whenever necessary to take care of all the loads to which the structure may be subjected.
Such bracings shall be left in place as long as may be required for safety.

2.Base plates and bearing plates shall be supported on steel wedges until the supported members shall
have been aligned and plumb, following which the entire bearing area shall be grouted solid with non-
shrink cement grout.

3.Grouting mortar shall be of the commercial type approved by the supervising Architect or Engineer
and the methods of use as recommended by the manufacturer.

6-10 MARKING

1. Shop Fabricated members shall be marked prior to delivery to facilitate the erection of the members.

2. Markings shall be listed and given description and copies of which shall be furnished to the Owner.

3. Markings shall be neatly painted on the members with a enamel paint.

6-11 SHOP PAINTING

1. Steel works to be encased in concrete shall not be painted all other steel works shall be given one
coat of shop paint of red lead primer, applied thoroughly and evenly to dry surfaces, which have been
cleaned, by brush, spray roller coating, floor coating or dipping at the selection of the fabricator.

2.Steel work prior to painting and after inspection and approval shall be cleaned of loose mill scale,
loose rust, weld slag or flux deposit, dirt and other foreign materials.

3. Oil and grease shall be removed by solvent. Parts of the steel work which shall be fielded, welded or
connected, shall not be painted. All steel work specified to have no shop paint shall likewise be
thoroughly cleaned.

6-12 Field PAINTING

All steel work after complete erection, shall be field painted with the type and color specified in the
section of the painting of this Specifications. Painting shall not be don on any steel surface is thoroughly
clean and dry.
Questions :

Enamel paint1. . Markings shall be neatly painted on the members with an ______________.

Defects 2. are defined as deviations in appearance, shape, dimension, macro-structure / micro-

structure, and/or chemical properties when compared with the specifications given in the technical
standards or any other normative documents in force.

Rust,Scale,Paint,Dirt,Other insulating material 3. The steels should be free from: ______ before
connecting them. (Give 2 )

Right Angle 4. Holes should be punched or drilled at ______.

By inspection and equipment 5. Defects can be detected by ____ and _____.