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Lecture 3.1.1 : General Fabrication of Steel Structures I

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. FORMS OF CONTRACT AND ORGANISATION

2.1 General

2.2 Contract Procedures

2.3 Planning

2.4 Drawing Office

3. FABRICATION PROCEDURES

3.1 Workshop Layout

3.2 Material Handling and Preparation

3.3 Templates and Marking

3.4 Sawing Line and Rolled Sections

3.5 Drilling and the Beam Line System

3.6 Cropping, Guillotines and Punching

3.7 Flame Burning of Plates

3.8 Pressing and Forming

3.9 Methods of Welding

3.10 Welding Design and Control of Distortion

3.11 The Role of the Welding Engineer

3.12 Automatic Production of Plate Girders

3.13 Machine Operations

3.14 Fabrication Tolerances

3.15 Trial Erection in the Fabrication Shop

3.16 Inspection and Quality Control

4. CONCLUDING SUMMARY

5. ADDITIONAL READING