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Engineering FAQs

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The Steel Solutions Center answers over 750 questions in a typical month. To save you time, we’ve gathered the most Frequently Asked Questions and provided answers from leading industry experts. Just click on any topic below to see if your question has already been answered.

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1. Mill Production and Tolerances

1.1. Cross-sectional and Straightness Tolerances

1.2. Surface Condition

1.3. Ordering Steel

1.4. Other General Information

2. General Fabrication

2.1. Material Identification and Traceability

2.2. Cutting and Finishing Steel

2.3. Use of Heat in Fabrication

2.4. Bolt Holes

2.5. Correction of Fabrication Errors

2.6. Other General Information

3. Fabrication and Erection Tolerances

3.1. Member Cross-sectional Tolerances

3.2. Member Straightness Tolerances

3.3. Element Location Tolerances

3.4. Erection Tolerances

3.5. Other General Information

4. Member Design

4.1. AISC Specification Requirements

4.2. Requirements in Other Related Specifications and Codes

4.3. Stability Bracing

4.4. Special Design Considerations

4.5. Composite Design

4.6. Built-up Member Design

4.7. Design of Angles

4.8. Other General Information

5.1. Bolt Holes

5.2. Single-plate Connections

5.3. Other General Information

6.1. Economical Suggestions

6.2. Ordering Bolts

6.3. Verification Testing

6.4. Handling and Storage

6.5. Bolt Installation

6.6. Methods for Fully Tensioned Installation

6.7. Faying Surfaces

6.8. Inspection

6.9. Bolt Tension Calibration

6.10. Washer Requirements

6.11. Other General Information

7. Anchor Rods, Base Plates, and Embedded Plates

7.1. Anchor Rods

7.2. Base Plates

7.3. Embedded Plates

8.1. Economical Suggestions

8.2. Groove Welds

8.3. Fillet Welds

8.4. Plug and Slot Welds

8.6. Welding Procedure Specification (WPS)

8.7. Other General Information

9. Welding Inspection and Non-destructive Examination (NDE)

9.1. NDE Methods

9.2. Other General Information

10. Painting and Surface Preparation

10.1. Painting Requirements

10.2. Paint Film Thickness

10.3. Surface Preparation Requirements

10.4. SSPC Surface Preparation Levels

10.5. Field Touch-up and Repair

10.6. Other General Information

11. Fire Protection

11.1. Fire Protection Systems

11.2. Steel Exposed To Fire

11.3. General Fire Science

11.4. Fire Ratings

11.5. Codes and Specifications

12.1 General Explosion Science

12.2 Physical Security

12.3 Blast Resistant Structural Design

12.4 Progressive Collapse

12.5 Structural Members and Connections

12.6 Analysis Methods and Literature Sources

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