CHECKLIST FOR DESIGN DRAWINGS (GENERAL)

1. The type or types of design as defined in CSA S16-14. If plastic analysis is employed, it should
be stated. Show the category of the structural system used for seismic design, as well as the
seismic design criteria.
2. A list of design and material or product standards used. The grade(s) of structural steel,
grade(s) and diameters of bolts.
3. All structural drawings to be adequately dimensioned, preferably in SI metric units. Do not
intermix Metric and Imperial systems of units.
4. Centre-to-centre distances for all columns.
5. Outside dimensions of rigid frames and offset dimensions from grid lines to outside of rigid
frames.
6. Out-to-out dimension of trusses and offset dimensions from centre line of chords to outside
of chords—include any camber requirements.
7. Offset dimensions from centre of column lines to centre of beams for all beams that are not
on the grid lines.
8. Relation of outside of exterior walls to centre lines of columns.
9. Relation of the top surfaces of beams to finished floor elevations.
10. Length of bearing for all beams bearing on exterior watts, including the dimension from the
outside of the wall to the end of the steel beam and size of bearing plate.
11. Elevations of underside of column base plates.
12. Dimensions of all clear openings for doorways, ducts, stair wells, roof openings, etc and their
relation to adjacent steel members.
13. The specified dead, live, snow, rain, wind, seismic, and special loads, as well as design load
criteria and/or parameters. Indicate whether loads and forces shown on drawings are
factored or unfactored.
14. Axial loads in beams, columns and bracing members and joint pass-through forces. Forces
and member sizes may be identified in beam or column schedules, or bracing elevation
drawings.
15. Forces in truss members including moments when members are loaded between panel
points.
16. Minimum end reactions required for all connections.
17. Moments for restrained beams and cantilevers. Governing combinations of shears,
moments, and axial forces to be resisted by the connections.
18. All information necessary to design and manufacture the open-web steel joints and steel
deck diaphragms to suit the loading conditions.
19. When a particular type of connection is required, the location and type of connection.
a. Clear identification of structural connections that are critical for ductile seismic
response.
b. Locations and dimensions of protected zones.
20. Type of beam-to-column connection when beams frame over top of columns, including type
and location of stiffeners.
21. Any bearing-type connections that are required to be pretensioned. The designation of joints
as bearing or slip-critical.
22. For composite beams, the size and location of shear studs and which beams, if any, must be
shored.
23. Size of column base plates and size and location of anchor rods or shear lugs. (Column bases
require a minimum of four anchor rods unless special precautions are taken.)
24. Size and location of stiffeners, web doubler plates, reinforcement, and bracing required for
stability of compression elements.
25. Details and location of built-up lintels.
26. Identity roof cladding systems that do not provide lateral restraint to the roof structure.
27. Reinforcement, where necessary, for openings through beam webs or openings in the steel
deck diaphragm for rooftop units.
28. Ledger angles complete with method of attachment.
29. Members requiring prime paint or galvanizing.
30. Identify architecturally exposed structural steel elements requiring special tolerances and
finishes.
31. Treatment of steel encased in concrete.
32. Fabrication and erection tolerances if other than those specified in CSA S16-14. Special
tolerances when interfacing with other materials, i.e., steel attached to concrete.
33. A note that all structural welding is to be perforated only by companies certified to Division 1
or 2.1 of CSA W47.1.