DETAILING STANDARDS

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Regional QC Manager, Decatur Facility
Turner Industries Group, L.L.C.
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1.0 Purpose
To establish a procedure to outline the detailing standards as they apply to structural
steel projects detailed for Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. – Decatur facility.

Currently all detailing is outsourced.

2.0 Scope

This procedure will describe the detailing technical preferences and requirements
customarily used in the Turner Industries Group, L.L.C. – Decatur facility. The
Detailing Standards will also show any special information required on drawings such
as allowances for cuts, camber and any supplementary requirements or necessary
special instructions.

3.0 Responsibilities

The Project/Shop Manager, Project Engineer and/or Detailers are responsible

for adherence to this procedure.

4.0 Procedure

Structural detail drawings shall be drawn in accordance with the AISC

“Detailing for Steel Construction” manual and the following general requirements
unless Project requirements specify otherwise.

4.1 Paper and Drawing sizes

Drawings shall be made on 24” X 36” paper and a 21” X 33 ½” +

drawing size will be used for structural drawings. Reduced set drawings will be
based on a 50% reduction.

4.2 Scales

Drawing scales shall be in accordance with the following table. US

Customary drawing scales are expressed in inches to feet ratios. Metric drawing
scales are expressed in non-dimensional ratios.

US Customary Scale Close Metric Scale

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1’ = 1’ – 0” (Full Size) 1:1 (Full Size)

6” = 1’ – 0” (Half Size) 1:2 (Half Size)

3” = 1” – 0” 1:4

1 ½” = 1’ – 0” 1:8

1” = 1’ – 0” 1:10

3/4” = 1’ – 0” 1:20

1/2” = 1’ – 0” 1:25

3/8” = 1’ – 0” 1:30

1/4” = 1’ – 0” 1:50

3/16” = 1’ – 0” 1:80

1/8” = 1’ – 0” 1:100

3/32” = 1’ – 0” 1:125

1/16” = 1’ – 0” 1:200

1” = 10’ 1:100

1” = 20’ 1:250

1” = 30’ 1:400

1” = 40’ 1:500

1” = 50’ 1:600

1” = 80’ 1:1000

1” = 100’ 1:1200

1” = 200’ 1:2000

1” = 250’ 1:3000

1” = 400’ 1:5000

1” = 500’ 1:6000

1” – 1000’ 1: 10000

4.3 Units
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Drawings will contain US Customary units only unless Project

requirements specify otherwise.

. 4.4 Writing Conventions

4.4.1 On manually prepared shop drawings, shipping pieces may

be duplicated on one sketch when the differences are minor
and the sketch does not become complicated by notes.
4.4.2 Lettering should be neat and legible. Notes should not run into
the sketch or the associated dimensioning. Preferably, general
notes should be placed near the title block. Small letters should
be about 3/32 in. high and numbers about 5/32 in. high. The size
and boldness of the letters should be in proportion to the impor-
tance of the information.
4.4.3 Lettering should be horizontal, vertical or parallel to a
sloping member such that it can be read from the bottom or
right side of the drawing.
4.4.4 Special notes should be provided to convey all detail instructions
that are not shown readily by dimensions, sketches, detailing
standards or billing. Information explained by adding one or more
views or sections to a sketch will be more valuable to the shop
than a sketch with many notes.
4.4.5 In all detailing use good line contrast—lighter lines for dimension
lines and bolder lines for the object lines.
4.4.6 Dimension lines should be placed far enough from the sketch to
allow sufficient room for dimensions. Generally, the first
dimension line should be approximately 5/8 in. from the sketch
and each succeeding line separated by about 3/8 in. All
dimensions up to a foot are given in inches, thus: 11 15/16”. All
dimensions of a foot or over are given in feet and in., thus: 1 '-0 or
1 '-2 1/2. The point of the arrowhead on a dimension line should
touch the extension line and not go past it. Care must be taken in
dimensioning so as to avoid possible misinterpretation.
4.4.7 Sections should be taken looking to the left and looking toward
the bottom of the drawing.
4.4.8 Section views shall be oriented to retain the position indicated by
the cutting plane, not rotated through 90°.
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4.4.9 Never cross-hatch elements of sectional views. Anchor rods,

base plates and setting plates, grillages and embedded items
should be the first pieces detailed. Avoid one-hole structural
connections, except when connecting rod bracing.
4.4.10 Re-entrant cuts, such as for beam copes and in bottom-chord gusset
plates at columns, should be drawn with the radius clearly
shown. (See Figure A1-2)
4.4.11 On each shop drawing, list the erection drawings where the
members detailed on that particular shop drawing will be located.
4.4.12 Lengths of main members are not required to be drawn to scale.
4.4.13 Ends/edges to be finished must be marked "Fin" in accordance
with the practice of the fabricator. Angles and channel flanges
should have gages detailed from the backs of their legs and
webs, respectively.
4.4.14 Detail channels and angles looking at their backs.
4.4.15 The drawing title block and notes shall be as shown in Figure
A1-2 unless otherwise defined in the Project Specifications.
4.4.16 Detailing of holes, fasteners, washers, cuts and copes shall be in
accordance with the AISC “Detailing for Steel Construction”.

4.5 Abbreviations

Abbreviations shall be in accordance with industry standards.

4.6 Welding Symbols

All welding and NDE symbols shall be in accordance with AWS A2.4,
Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing and Nondestructive Examination.

4.7 Tolerances

Shop and erection tolerances shall be in accordance with the AISC

Code of Standards Practice. Fabrication tolerances for weld reinforcement shall
be in accordance with AWS D1.1, Structural Welding Code – Steel.

4.8 Structural Steel

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Structural member sizes will conform to ASTM Specifications A6. The selection
of connection geometry and materials shall be as required in the Project
Specifications.

4.9 Bolts and Bolted Connections

Bolt type, bolted connections, placement lists and the bolt installation
method shall conform to the requirements in RCSC– Research Council on
Structural Connections – Specification for Structural Joints Using
ASTM A325 or A490 Bolts, AISC Steel Construction Manual and the
following Table.

Standard Bolt and Hole – U.S. Customary Units Conversion

AISC (ASTM A325/A490) ISO/TC167 (ASTM A325M/A490M)

Bolt Diameter Hole Bolt Diameter Hole Bolt Diameter Hole

inches Inches mm “soft” mm “soft” Mm “hard” Mm “hard”

½ 9/16 12.7 14.3 -- --

5/8 11/16 15.9 17.5 M16 18

¾ 13/16 19.0 20.6 M20 22

7/8 15/16 22.2 23.8 M22 24

1 1 1/16 25.4 27.0 M24 26

1 1/8 1 3/16 28.6 30.2 M27 30

1¼ 1 5/16 31.8 33.3 M30 33

1 3/8 1 7/16 34.9 36.5 -- --

1 1/2 1 9/16 38.1 39.7 M36 39

4.10 Material Identification and Piece Marking

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Each piece of detail material shall carry an assembly mark for identification and
cross referencing. The material identification and piece marking convention
shall be per the default used in the “SDS/2 Detailing System” software unless
otherwise defined in the Project Specifications.

4.11 Paintings and Coatings

The application of painting and coatings shall be specified in accordance

with the Project Specifications and the Turner Industries Group, L.L.C –
Decatur Facility’s “Material Preparation and Coatings Application Procedure”.

4.12 Shipping Sequences

The designation of shipping sequences shall be in accordance with the

Project Specifications.

5.0 References

• AISC Detailing for Steel Construction, Chapter 4, latest edition

• AISC Steel Construction Manual, latest Edition
• ASTM A6 - Standard Specification for General Requirements for Rolled
Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling
• AWS A2.4, Standard Symbols for Welding, Brazing and Nondestructive
Examination
• AWS D1.1, Structural Welding Code – Steel

• RCSC – Research Council on Structural Connections – Specification for

Structural Joints Using ASTM A325 or A490 Bolts

• Turner Industries Group, L.L.C – Decatur Facility’s “Material Preparation

and Coatings Application Procedure”.
• Project Specifications
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