GROOVE BUTT WELD

STEEL COLUMN
SPLICE PLATE
END PLATE SINGLE STEEL PLATE
SPLICE PLATE I BEAM STRUCTURAL
STEEL
I BEAM STRUCTURAL
BOLTS STEEL BOLTS FLOOR BEAM
SPACING ACCORDING SPACING ACCORDING
TO DESIGN CODES BOLTS TO DESIGN CODES
BOLTS SPACING ACCORDING
SPACING ACCORDING TO DESIGN CODES
TO DESIGN CODES GROOVE BUTT WELD

SPLICE PLATE
HAND HOLE TOP STEEL COLUMN CONNECTION BOLTS

ABOVE THE FLOOR

SINGLE STEEL PLATE

MM
NUMBER & SIZE ACCORDING TO DESIGN SYMMETRICALLY ON
TOP & BOTTOM OF SPLICE CONNECTION

END PLATE STEEL COLUMN

SPLICE PLATE CONNECTION BOLTS

TO
NUMBER & SIZE ACCORDING TO
CONNECTION BOLTS I BEAM STRUCTURAL
DESIGN SYMMETRICALLY ON TOP & FLOOR BEAM
NUMBER & SIZE ACCORDING TO BOTTOM OF SPLICE CONNECTION STEEL
DESIGN SYMMETRICALLY ON TOP &
BOTTOM OF SPLICE CONNECTION

CONNECTION BOLTS
NUMBER & SIZE ACCORDING TO
DESIGN SYMMETRICALLY ON TOP & NOTE: WHERE END PLATES ARE USED IN A SPLICE THEY ARE NOTE: IN OVERLAPPED SPLICES THERE IS NO NEED FOR NOTE: IN A BUTT WELDED SPLICE FULL CONTINUITY OF THE
USUALLY POSITIONED PERPENDICULAR TO THE MEMBER COVER PLATES SUCH CONNECTIONS ARE USED SECTION IS MAINTAINED ACROSS THE OINT CROSS-SECTION NOTE: THE INDIVIDUAL COLUMN LENGTH IS ALWAYS DETERMINED
BOTTOM OF SPLICE CONNECTION
A ES AND FI ED BY FILLET WELDS ESPECIALLY WHEN SPLICING SINGLE PLATES OR SUCH SPLICES ARE USED WHEN ASSEMBLING MEMBERS OF BY THE SPACING OF THE FLOORS WITH THE COLUMN SPLICE
SHEETING COMPONENTS THE PLATE PARTS ARE THE SAME OR NEARLY THE SAME SERIAL SIZE IDEALLY LOCATED APPRO IMATELY TO MM ABOVE THE
SIMPLY OVERLAPPED AND CONNECTED TO EACH FLOOR THIS MEANS THAT THE FLOOR-BEAM CONNECTIONS WILL
OTHER BY BOLTS OR FILLET WELDS ALWAYS BE MADE BEAM-TO-COLUMN AND NOT IF THE SPLICE IS
BELOW THE FLOOR COLUMN-TO-BEAM MA ING THE CONNECTION
DIFFICULT AND RIS Y POSITIONING THE SPLICE IN THIS MANNER
WILL PROVIDE A SAFE AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO THE OINT

SPLICE PLATED END PLATED OVERLAPPED BUTT WELDED

PLAN & ELEVATION OF THE FOLLOWING TYPES OF SPLICE ARRANGEMENTS SPLICE POSITION ABOVE FLOOR BEAM
THE RECOMMENDED GAUGE

THE RECOMMENDED GAUGE

IN ACCORDANCE WITH

IN ACCORDANCE WITH
MIN MM
BOLT PITCH

BOLT PITCH
INSIDE BOLTS

THE RECOMMENDED GAUGE

ALLOWING FOR THE
PLACED CLOSED TO THE COLUMN FLANGES
WRENCH SOC ET

I N ACCORDANCE WITH
BOLT GAUGE
THE RECOMMENDED GAUGE
IN ACCORDANCE WITH
BOLT GAUGE
SHOP SPLICE

SHIMS SHIMS
I BEAM I BEAM
STRUCTURAL STRUCTURAL I BEAM I BEAM
INSIDE BOLTS
STEEL STEEL PLACED CLOSED TO THE COLUMN FLANGES STRUCTURAL STEEL STRUCTURAL STEEL
DIVISION PLATE
DIVISION PLATE DIVISION PLATE DIVISION PLATE
STEEL PLATE STEEL PLATE

STEEL COLUMN STEEL COLUMN

FLANGES FLANGES
STEEL PLATE STEEL PLATE

BOLTS BOLTS
NUMBER SIZE & SPACING NUMBER SIZE &
ACCORDING TO DESIGN SPACING ACCORDING
CODE TO DESIGN CODE

STEEL COLUMN STEEL COLUMN

GAP IS FOR
ERECTABILITY

STEEL COLUMN
SHIMS SHIMS SHOP SPLICE
TOP STEEL
COLUMN
CAP & BASE SPLICE CAP & BASE SPLICE STEEL COLUMN FLANGES
DIVISION PLATE DIVISION PLATE
FLANGES
SMALL MOMENT LARGE MOMENT
STEEL COLUMN SITE SPLICE SITE SPLICE
WELD TO CAP
FLANGES
OF LOWER SECTION
COLUMN ENDS BOLTED SPLICES DIVISION PLATE DIVISION PLATE
BOLTS BOLTS
FACED FOR STEEL PLATE ACCORDING TO ACCORDING TO
BEARING STEEL PLATE BOLTS BOLTS DESIGN CODE DESIGN CODE
STEEL COLUMN INSIDE BOLTS BOLTS NUMBER SIZE & NUMBER SIZE & STEEL COLUMN
MIN MM SPACING ACCORDING SHOP SPLICE SHOP SPLICE
BOLTS
PLACED CLOSED TO THE COLUMN FLANGES
NUMBER SIZE & BOLTS SPACING ACCORDING
ALLOWING FOR THE
NUMBER SIZE & SPACING
BOLTS WRENCH SOC ET SPACING ACCORDING NUMBER SIZE &
TO DESIGN CODE TO DESIGN CODE STIFFENER
ACCORDING TO DESIGN NUMBER SIZE & SPACING TO DESIGN CODE SPACING ACCORDING
CODE ACCORDING TO DESIGN TO DESIGN CODE
CODE

NOTE: BEARING SPLICES RE UIRE THAT THE
MATING FACES BE PREPARED OR FACED
SO THAT THEY MA E FULL CONTACT OVER
THEIR ENTIRE SURFACE AREA BY DOING
THIS THE LOADS ARE TRANSFERRED IN
DIRECT BEARING FACING IS ACHIEVED BY
SAWCUTTING THE COLUMN TO LENGTH OR
IN RARE E TREME CIRCUMSTANCES BY
MACHINING
NOTE: THIS CONNECTION TYPE GENERALLY INSIDE BOLTS NOTE: SPLICING A COLUMN FOR LARGER MOMENTS USUALLY RE UIRES THE USE OF FLANGE NOTE: WHERE TWO COLUMNS OF A DIFFERENT SERIAL-SIZE OR MASS NEED TO NOTE: IN ALMOST EVERY CASE A WELDED NOTE: SUCH STEPPED SPLICES MAY BE CONFIGURED IN-LINE OR OFFSET
RE UIRES A LARGER SPLICE AND TENDS TO PLACED CLOSED TO THE COLUMN FLANGES AND WEB SPLICE-PLATES FORMING THE MORE CONVENTIONAL AND RECOGNIZABLE BE SPLICED IT WILL BE NECESSARY TO USE A STEPPED-SPLICE A STEPPED SPLICE WILL BE A SHOPSPLICE IT S VITALLY WHERE THE COLUMN FACES MUST BE IN-LINE TO ACCOMMODATE AN OUTSIDE
BE MORE COMPLE TO ANALYZE THE CONFIGURATION IN SUCH CONNECTIONS THE COLUMN ENDS SHOULD BE FACED SO THAT SPLICE RE UIRES THE USE OF A DIVISION-PLATE IN ORDER TO EVENLY IMPORTANT THAT THE COLUMN IS STRAIGHT WALL OF SHEETING OFFSET SPLICES WILL RE UIRE A STIFFENER WELDED INTO
NON-BEARING SPLICE IS USUALLY THE COMPRESSIVE LOAD IS TRANSMITTED BY BEARING THERE IS A MEDIUM AND HEAVY DUTY TRANSFER THE COMPRESSION FORCES BY DIRECT BEARING THE DIVISION AND CONTINUOUS ALONG ITS A IS ANY THE WEB OF THE COLUMN THIS STIFFENER SHOULD BE CONTINUOUS IN THAT A
DISCOUNTED IN FAVOR OF THE BEARING VERSION OF THIS SPLICE THE MEDIUM DUTY RE UIRES TWO FLANGE PLATES BOLTED TO THE PLATE IS USUALLY SHOPWELDED TO THE CAP OF THE LOWER SECTION WHILE MISALIGNMENT WILL AFFECT THE EFFECTIVE SLOT SHOULD BE CUT INTO THE COLUMN WEB WITH THE STIFFENER FITTED INTO
TYPICALLY A COLUMN IS SPLICED AT EVERY OUTSIDE OF THE COLUMN FLANGES AND WEB PLATES BOLTED EACH SIDE OF THE WEB THE BASE ON THE UPPER COLUMN IS SITE-BOLTED TO THE DIVISION PLATE BY LENGTH AND CREATE A WEA -POINT TO THE SLOT
MA IMUM LENGTH OF METERS SLICES STEEL COLUMN STEEL COLUMN THIS CONFIGURATION IS COMMON FOR COLUMN SIZES UP TO MM LARGER COLUMNS MEANS OF ANGLE-CLEATS OR A BASE-PLATE ENCOURAGE BUC LING AS THIS IS VERY
SHOULD IDEALLY BE CONFIGURED SO THAT FLANGES FLANGES WILL USUALLY RE UIRE A DOUBLE SET OF FLANGE PLATE BOLTED INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF DIFFICULT TO ACHIEVE WITH ON-SITE
THE CENTROIDS OF THE COLUMN SECTION S THE FLANGES WELDING IT SHOULD BE AVOIDED
ARE IN-LINE STEEL PLATE STEEL PLATE

BOLTS BOLTS
NUMBER SIZE & SPACING NUMBER SIZE &
ACCORDING TO DESIGN SPACING ACCORDING
CODE TO DESIGN CODE

WEB STIFFENER WEB STIFFENER TYPICAL LARGE TYPICAL STEPPED TYPICAL STEPPED
BEARING NON-BEARING TYPICAL BOLTED TYPICAL
BOLTED COLUMN WEB ANGLES WEB PLATES SHOP-SPLICE CHANGE SHOP-SPLICE CHANGE
SPLICE SPLICE COLUMN SPLICE SHOP-SPLICE
CAP & BASE CAP & BASE SPLICE IN SECTION OFF-SET IN SECTION IN-LINE
STEPPED-SPLICE STEPPED-SPLICE
OFF-CENTER ON-CENTER SPLICING IN COLUMNS OF DIFFERENT
BEARING & NON-BEARING FLANGES & WEB PLATES WELDED SPLICES
SECTIONS OR SERIAL SIZE
OFFSET CAP & END PLATE SPLICES

PLAN & ELEVATION THE FOLLOWING STEEL COLUMN SPLICES

STEEL COLUMN SPLICES