It Doesn't Get Built Without the Erector

Structural steel erection consists of assembling the building’s frame on site safely and economically. This session will address how steel erection gets done, from securing the work to executing it. Topics include:

- Erectors’ contractual relationships
- Estimating
- AISC Code of Standard Practice
- Erection schematic
- Selling an erection project
- Contracts
- Prefabrication coordination
- Erection pre-mobilization planning
- Prosecuting the work

This presentation was given as the fifth 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 6: Erection Engineering: Stability During Construction
• Session 7: Field Fixes and Solutions
• Session 8: Quality Control and Quality Assurance

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It Doesn't Get Built Without the Erector

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