Erection Drawings & What to

look out for when Detailing

Presenters:
Marvin Freeman - from Williams Steel Company
Aaron Wilson - Field Superintendant for Davis
Erection
Presentation Content

• In this presentation, Marvin and Aaron will

cover some of the issues that arise on the site,
due to missing or limited data on the drawings.
• They will provide some possible solutions that
the detailer can provide on the documents,
which will help smooth out these issues.
• Detailers are familiar with detailing for the
shop, but often do not detail for the field.
• Marvin L. Freeman
– Completed courses in Tilt-up Panel Detailing
– Completed courses in Welding Processes and Symbols
– Employed with Williams Steel Company for 29yrs
– Position: Chief Draftsman/Project Manager
Talking points
• E1A – A sample floor plan of a Job we did 2 years ago in
Texas.
– E1pic1 – Showing standard North and erection drawing heading.
– E1pic2 – Showing Piece mark locations on E1 marked on left end.
– E1pic3 – Showing typical revision mark and cloud.
– E1pic4 – Showing how this job had several different buildings on
site. Some had duplicating grid marks, so we added the 421
Preheater Tower number into the grid name.
• E4B – Showing a typical elevation sheet of the Texas job.
– E4pic1 – Showing how just adding a direction Looking East can
help the erector quickly know which way he is viewing a wall
elevation.
– E4pic2 – Showing how we need to put more than just elevation
dimensions. Be more descriptive about elevation dimensions.
– E4pic3 – Showing bracing piece marks and where we want left
end of member to be installed during erection. Show how the
piece mark on lower brace is in the middle and does not show a
arrow or anything to let the erector know which end to match
left end of beam to. In this case this piece had better be
symmetrical ….
E4B continued
– E4pic4 – Showing what area this particular erection sheet
goes to. Also who all put their sds2 legal stamps on their
title block sheets…
• E7C – Showing a handrail placement plan on the Texas job
– E7pic1 – Showing the handrail piece marks and also showing the
erector that he will have field splices in certain places.
– E7pic2 – Showing the erector a section when we have anything
unusual happening with the rails
– E7pic3 – Showing the section cut from E7pic2.
– E7pic4 – Showing where we got a revision after a beam was
erected. Added a note to the erector letting him know it was not
a detailers mistake we knew he was going to be missing bolt
holes :0)
– E7pic5 – Showing a typical section of the handrails and their
attachments.
• E8D – Handrail plan showing where checkered plate
has been added.
– E8pic1 – Showing where the detailer updated the view and
should have updated his view title.
– E8pic2 – Showing the erector a good picture of floor plate
attachment.
• E10E – Showing Stair Plans.
– E10pic1 – Showing where we want to show good visible
marks when working with grating. Also adding the up
arrow helps the erector visualize what’s happening at first
glance.
– E11F – Showing how adding 3D views directly on plan
sheets helps the erector to visualize what he is installing.
– E13G – Showing in the lower left how the 3D view helps the
erector visualize what’s going on when you got beams
flying off in all directions.
• E14H – Showing a typical warehouse project
– E14pic1, E14pic2 & E14pic3 – Showing joist bearing
elevation (pointing out we can easily pit elevations on each
gridline to give the erector checking points).
• E15J – Showing the next sheet on this project
– E15pic1- Showing where this project either had a R
(Response Factor) greater than 3 or a SDC (Seismic Design
Categories) of D or more. If either of these conditions are
present in the design notes then the specified members
identified by the EOR (engineer of record) has to be
identified on our erection drawings and detail drawings.
These members need to be shown as being a part of the
SLRS (Seismic Load Resisting System) or as it’s stated now
in the latest Seismic Design Manual SFRS (Seismic Force
Resisting System). There are special erection notes that
must be communicated with the erector and the shop for
these members.
• E16K – Showing a elevation with seismic conditions.
– E16pic1 – Notice we again identify which members is part
of the SLRS system. All bolts that are a part of this system
have to installed pre-tensioned and shall meet the
requirements for slip critical faying surfaces Class A.
Connections don’t have to be designed for slip critical but
the bolt installations should be installed as such. We also
show a note on erection sheet to direct erector to a special
note sheet for all the requirements he has to adhere to.
This sheet is also given to the shop along with steel details.
• E17L – Showing the notes & requirement sheet.
– E17pic1, E17pic2 & E17pic3 – Showing enlarged areas of
notes & requirement sheet
• E18M – Showing a typical warehouse section sheet
– E18pic1 – Showing a couple of enlarged sections.
• Aaron Wilson
Degrees and Certifications
– CPR & First Aid
– Foreman Training
– Welding Certification
– Qualified Rigger
– Qualified Scaffold Erector
– Safety Trained in OSHA 10hr
– Subpart R OSHA Certification
– Trained as Fall Protection Competent Person
• Aaron Wilson
Experience

– 2005 - Present Field Superintendant / Davis Erection

Company
– 1997 - 2005 General Foreman / Davis Erection Company
– 1993 - 1997 Ironworker JATC Program
Talking Points
• Erection drawings:
– Dimensioning from main structural grid lines.
– Bolt schedule by member and sequence.
• Miscellaneous steel:
– Dimensioning from main Structural grid lines or members.
– Temporary erection bolt or shelf lug consideration when
connection is field weld only
• Stair drawings:
– Stair detailing seems to be one of the most challenging
problems we encounter and the most difficult to correct in
the field.
– Dimensioning from main structural grid lines or members
and not finished walls as they do not exist during erection.
– Erector friendly design (landing integrated stringers are
extremely unstable during erection)
• Safety integrated design:
– Four bolt anchors whenever possible.
– Column hoisting consideration in detailing.
– Offset clips or shelf lugs for 3 ply iron erection.
– Bolted connections in stair design.
– Separate landing and stringer design