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SANS 2001-CS1:2012
Edition 1.1

SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL STANDARD

Construction works

Part CS1: Structural steelwork

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Table of changes
Change No. Date Scope
Amdt 1 2012 Amended to update referenced standards and to include the
definition of “acceptable”.

Acknowledgement
The SABS Standards Division wishes to acknowledge the input of the Southern African Institute of
Steel Construction, and the Joint Structural Division of the South African Institution of Civil
Engineering and the Institution of Structural Engineers in the development of this part of
SANS 2001.

Foreword
This South African standard was approved by National Committee SABS SC 59F, Construction
standards – Steel and aluminium structures, in accordance with procedures of the SABS Standards
Division, in compliance with annex 3 of the WTO/TBT agreement.

This document was published in February 2012.

This document supersedes SANS 2001-CS1:2005 (edition 1).

This document is referenced in the Regulations of the Construction Industry Development

Board Act, 2000 (Act No. 38 of 2000).

A vertical line in the margin shows where the text has been technically modified by amendment
No. 1.

Annex A forms an integral part of this part of this document. Annex B is for information only.

Introduction
The different parts of SANS 2001 each address a specific component of construction works. The
prime purpose in the production of these standards is to create a set of standards that are generally
applicable to construction works, and which can be readily modified to make them applicable to
particular works.

The SANS 2001 family of standards provides technical descriptions of the standard of materials and
workmanship that will be used in the works that are executed or in the performance of the works
when completed (or both). These standards do not make reference to the actions of those
responsible for executing the works or the parties to a contract, i.e. to the constraints relating to the
manner in which contract work is to be performed. Neither do they deal with the commercial
arrangements of such contracts. These standards are suitable for use in any "in-house"
construction work or in all types of engineering and construction works contracts, for example,
design by employer, design and build, develop and construct, construction management or
management contracts.

Standard requirements pertaining to the manner in which works are constructed can be found in the
SANS 1921 family of standards.

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Contents
Page

Acknowledgement

Foreword

Introduction

1 Scope ..................................................................................................................................... 3

2 Normative references ............................................................................................................. 3

3 Definitions and abbreviation ................................................................................................... 5

4 Requirements ......................................................................................................................... 7

4.1 Materials ........................................................................................................................ 7

4.2 Drawings ....................................................................................................................... 9
4.3 Workmanship – General ................................................................................................ 12
4.4 Workmanship – Welding ............................................................................................... 15
4.5 Workmanship – Bolting ................................................................................................. 17
4.6 Workmanship – Erection ............................................................................................... 19

5 Compliance with the requirements ......................................................................................... 21

Annex A (normative) Preparation of specification data associated with this part

of SANS 2001 for inclusion in the scope of work ................................. 35

Annex B (informative) Items which might need to be considered when preparing

the scope of work for a project ............................................................. 38

Bibliography ................................................................................................................................ 38

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Construction works

Part CS1:
Structural steelwork

1 Scope
This part of SANS 2001 covers structural steelwork for buildings and other structures, excluding
bridges, offshore structures, mobile equipment (stackers, reclaimers, draglines, cranes, etc.), mine
shaft steelwork (buntons and guides) and mining conveyances.

This part of SANS 2001 does not cover roof and side cladding, or the detailed aspects of sundry
items such as handrails, ladders, steel flooring and the like, neither does it cover protection of
steelwork against corrosion or fire.

NOTE This part of SANS 2001 may, with additional clauses and suitable variations made in the specification
data (see annex A), be applied to structural steelwork falling outside the scope of this part of SANS 2001.

2 Normative references
The following standards contain provisions which, through reference in this text, constitute
provisions of this part of SANS 2001. All standards are subject to revision and, since any reference
to a standard is deemed to be a reference to the latest edition of that standard, parties to
agreements based on this part of SANS 2001 are encouraged to take steps to ensure the use of the
most recent editions of the standards indicated below. Information on currently valid national and
international standards can be obtained from the SABS Standards Division.

ANSI/AWS A5.1/A5.1M, Specification for carbon steel electrodes for shielded metal arc welding.

ANSI/AWS A5.17/A5.17M, Specification for carbon steel electrodes and fluxes for submerged arc
welding.

ANSI/AWS A5.18/A5.18M, Specification for carbon steel electrodes and rods for gas shielded arc
welding.

ANSI/AWS A5.20, Specification for carbon steel electrodes for flux cored arc welding.

ANSI/AWS D1.1/D1.1M, Structural welding code – Steel.

ASTM A 6/A 6Mb, Standard specification for general requirements for rolled structural steel bars,
plates, shapes, and sheet piling.

BS 4-1, Structural steel sections – Part 1: Specification for hot-rolled sections.

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