Category: Steel Detailing Blog
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Working with Site Measure
WORKING WITH EXISTING STEEL There are big risks involved with working with existing Steel Things to note. RL /Height Measurements. You probably will have to give careful consideration as to what was site measured and what references were used. Most common errors Heights measured from Floor to underside of beams. But the floor is sloping…
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Can you spot the problem – #5
We continue our blog post series. Pop-Quiz: What’s wrong with the below connection detail? Consider the details below. It’s time for a pop-quiz: what issues can you see here? Answer: The structural engineer provided the gusset…
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Tek1 Completes Detailing of JHC Canberra
Kudos to the engineers and architects on this project. Their support had been brilliant. We have never come across another engineer or architect who had been so prompt in resolving issues on this project. We were able to complete this project very quickly mainly because of the super support i n resolving RFIs from the…
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Can you spot the problem – #4
The design drawing requested one column at the wall corner. Also both sides of the corner wall had windows that stand from the finished floor level. In this instance, we couldn’t follow the structural engineer’s recommended base plate details, because the base plate and anchors will interfere with the window clear open area. So we…
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Can you spot the problem – #3
Hello friends Consider the below drawings. Do you notice any issues? …
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Can you spot the problem – #2
Please study the following drawing. The engineer has called for these details. But as detailers, can you see any issues which may come up? Consider the problem carefully and let us review the issues below. (Given information: the below is a drawing of a corrugated roof. There is a deck to be placed on top…
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Can you spot the problem – #1
Attention detailers, Take a look at the following below and see if you can identify the issue/problem at hand. Take careful note of what I have marked up, and try to identify the issue. Here are the structural drawings: Answer: There is an unsupported hebel panel here. Without support, the panel will…
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D NUT BRACING OR CLEAT BRACING?
A lot of fabricators prefer D Nut bracing over cleat bracing because it is much simpler and cheaper. If the engineer has specified cleat bracing the detailer must investigate whether a D Nut bracing will be sufficient. If yes, then please RFI the engineer with D Nut bracing proposal. The fabricator could prefer this connection.…
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Modeling Cage Bolts
There is no need to spend a lot of time trying to model bolt cage accurately if the drawings can be annotated to get the final accurate final intent Here I am showing an example of a bolt cage. There is not need to model the helix to avoid the clash. No one can make…
