Category: Steel Detailing Blog
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What is the cost of drilling a web hole in a Beam in Australia
While detailing structural steel, one could add a lot of web holes willy nilly on structural steel. Detailers are blissfully unaware of the costs most of the time, especially when detailing offshore. In Australia, it costs approximately $2 to drill one inaccurately positioned web hole. So do not put holes willy nilly
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Top Plate in Framing
What is the purpose of top plate in framing? A single top plate can decrease lumber use and boost energy efficiency, but less lumber also decreases the bearing capacity of the top of the wall. … The tolerance requirements ensure adequate bearing capacity by directing the loads from the framing above the top plate directly into the studs below. A Top Plate is the continuous timber…
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Nightmare Projects to Avoid – (Anecdote #1: Pedestrian Bridge)
“A prudent person foresees danger and takes precautions. The simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences.” –Ancient Proverb We might do an entire series on these types of projects. Here is one such example: We’ve seen some unique designs from architects who were either: smoking crack cocaine, or were fresh grads straight out of…
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Tek1 Details Bendigo Railway Overpass – News: Bendigo Advertiser
Check out this link: https://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/story/5711908/watch-the-new-railway-overpass-being-put-into-place/ Tek1 detailed this overpass and we were pleasantly surprised to see that it hit the news!
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Connection Schedule – Read Loading conditions
Analyze load transfer before blindly applying connections. Here is a markup from the engineer, which is right. The load from the UB350 beam is not transferred to SC7. Hence 4 bolts not required.
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Embeded Drawings
Keep layout drawings simple Embed layout drawing need to show only information required to set out the embeds. Unnecessary information clutters and causes only problems. Do not show weld details on embed layout drawings. For embeds going in the face of a wall need to add in nailer holes in the corners for attachment to…
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Detailing cleats to connect to beams
Detailing cleats to connect to beams. The main principle is the work points of the beam to the column must intersect. To achieve this the cleat should be offset to onside by half the Beam web thickness. This is usually done when you layout the main members. Make sure the layout is good Here is…
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Bevel Cutting Beam End for Fabrication
How to Detail bevel cut Beam Ends for Fabrication Given here is an image of how do the bevel cut in a beam to beam shear plate connection where the beam does not connect perpendicular. There is no benefit in creating full width bevel cut since it will only add material. All you have to…
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Skew Cutting Col end to match Inclined End Plate
How to detail Column end when end plates are skewed Here is a picture of an included end plate. Fabricators and easily weld and fill up upto 2mm. Hence there is no need to skew cut end plate. Will save a heap of time and cost in the fabrication shop.
