Erection Engineering: Stability During Construction

This session provides an overview of the steps taken by the Erector’s Engineer to ensure stability of each stage of construction during structural steel erection. Topics include:

- Code of Standard Practice requirements for the EOR and Erector
- Design standards / Design Guides
- The importance of load path
- Global stability
- Element stability, i.e. stability of long span trusses
- Temporary bracing/shoring design
- Staged Construction considerations

This presentation was given as the sixth of eight sessions of Night School 18:  Steel Construction:  From the Mill to Topping Out.  You can find other sessions from this Night School in the Education Archives at the following links.

• Session 1: Introduction to the Steel Construction Process: The Team Behind the Building
• Session 2:  The Manufacturing of Structural Steel Shapes
• Session 3: Steel Fabrication: A Virtual, Detailed Tour of the Steel Fabrication Process
• Session 4:  Connection Design as the Fabricator's Representative 
• Session 5: It Doesn't Get Built Without the Erector
• Session 7: Field Fixes and Solutions
• Session 8: Quality Control and Quality Assurance

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Erection Engineering: Stability During Construction

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Erection Engineering: Stability During Construction Handouts - 2 per page

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