QUALITY CONTROL OF STRUCTURAL STEEL

STRUCTURAL STEEL IS INSPECTED IN THREE DISTINCT PHASES: (1) IN THE MILL, (2) IN THE FABRICATING SHOP, AND (3) AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. RESPONSIBILITY FOR MILL INSPECTION LIES WITH THE PRODUCER, SHOP INSPECTION, WITH THE FABRICATOR AND THE OWNER OR ENGINEER, AND FIELD INSPECTION WITH THE OWNER OR ENGINEER. INSPECTION BY THE MANUFACTURER AND FABRICATOR IS CONDUCTED THROUGH THEIR OWN QUALITY CONTROL FORCES, AND BY THE OWNER AND ENGINEER THROUGH INSPECTION AGENCIES SPECIALLY EMPLOYED FOR THIS PURPOSE OR BY THEIR OWN TRAINED GROUP OF INSPECTORS. QUALITY CONTROL METHODS UTILIZED IN THE MILLS ARE REVIEWED. INSPECTION METHODS IN THE FABRICATING SHOP AND AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE ARE DISCUSSED. NONDESTRUCTIVE TEST METHODS USED ARE REFERENCE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR RADIOGRAPHIC INSPECTION OF WELDS AND CASTINGS WHICH PERMIT CORRECT IDENTIFICATION AND CORRELATION WITH ACCEPTABLE PERFORMANCE CRITERIA. EFFORTS AT STANDARDIZATION ARE UNDERWAY AND IT IS HOPED THAT A UNIFORM NATIONAL STANDARD FOR IDENTIFICATION WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE SOON. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE ENGINEER SHOULD REVIEW ALL INSPECTION REPORTS AND PERIODICALLY VISIT THE MILLS AND PLANTS TO BE CONTINUOUSLY INFORMED OF ALL PROBLEMS. THESE VISITS WILL PROVIDE CHECKS ON THE STANDARD OF INSPECTIONS AND THE STAFF APPLIED TO THIS WORK.

• Record URL:
  http://onlinepubs.trb.org/Onlinepubs/hrr/1968/248/248-003.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Paper sponsored by Committee on Construction Practices--Structures and presented at the 47th Annual Meeting. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved
• Authors:
  • Brumer, Milton
  • Stahl, Frank
• Publication Date: 1968

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 28-34
• Monograph Title: Construction practices and nuclear testing
• Serial:
  • Highway Research Record
  • Issue Number: 248
  • Publisher: Highway Research Board

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casting; Field studies; Inspection; Manufacturing; Mills; Nondestructive tests; Quality control; Radioactivity; Radiography; Standardization; Steel; Structural steel; Weldments
• Old TRIS Terms: Field investigations; Steel mills
• Subject Areas: Construction; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00215143
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Jan 23 1994 12:00AM