Friday, January 18, 2008

Re: Splicing of steel beam

Which means the engineer can't be responsible if the repair is ineffective.

Sometimes, ignorance IS bliss.

:o)
--
T. William (Bill) Allen, S.E.
ALLEN DESIGNS
Consulting Structural Engineers

---- Mark Gilligan <m_k_gilligan@yahoo.com> wrote:
> ASTM A6 has a provision on repair that seems to allow the fabricator to "repair" a beam by welding two pieces toghether with a full pen weld. If I am reading this right they might be able to "repair" the beam without even having to notify the engineer.
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> Mark Gilligan
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