Attachment 02 051200 StructSteelFraming.pdf

G.V. Montgomery VAMC June 29, 2026

CLC Residential Neighborhood 100% Construction Documents

Jackson, MS 39216 Project No: 586-401

Addendum 01

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SECTION 05 12 00

STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMING

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1 SUMMARY

A. Section Includes:

1. Structural steel shapes, plates, and bars.

2. Structural pipe.

3. Bolts, nuts, and washers.

1.2 RELATED REQUIREMENTS

A. Materials Testing and Inspection During Construction: Section 01 45 29, TESTING LABORATORY SERVICES.

B. Fireproofing: Section 07 81 00, APPLIED FIREPROOFING.

C. Painting: Section 09 91 00, PAINTING.

D. Comply with references to extent specified in this section.

E. American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC):

1. AISC Manual - Steel Construction Manual, 14th Ed.

2. 303-10 - Code of Structural Steel Buildings and Bridges.

3. 360-10: Specification for Structural Steel Buildings.

F. The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME):

1. B18.22.1-09 - Washers: Helical Spring-Lock, Tooth Lock, and Plain

Washers.

G. American Welding Society (AWS):

1. D1.1/D1.1M-15 - Structural Welding Code - Steel.

H. ASTM International (ASTM):

1. A6/A6M-14 - General Requirements for Rolled Structural Steel Bars, Plates, Shapes, and Sheet Piling.

2. A36/A36M-14 - Carbon Structural Steel.

3. A53/A53M-12 - Pipe, Steel, Black and Hot-Dip, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless.

4. A123/A123M-15 - Zinc (Hot-Dip Galvanized) Coatings on Iron and Steel

Products.

5. A242/A242M-13 - High-Strength Low-Alloy Structural Steel.

6. A283/A283M-13 - Low and Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel

Plates.

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7. A307-14 - Carbon Steel Bolts, Studs, and Threaded Rod 60,000 PSI

Tensile Strength.

8. A500/A500M-13 - Cold-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel

Structural Tubing and Rounds and Shapes.

9. A501/A501M-14 - Hot-Formed Welded and Seamless Carbon Steel

Structural Tubing and Rounds and Shapes.

10. A572/A572M-15 - High-Strength Low-Alloy Columbium-Vanadium

Structural Steel.

11. A992/A992M-15 - Structural Shapes.

12. F2329/F2329M-15 - Zinc Coating, Hot-Dip, Requirements for

Application to Carbon and Alloy steel Bolts, Screws, washers, Nuts, and Special Threaded Fasteners.

13. F3125/F3125M-15 - Standard Specification for High Strength

Structural Bolts, Steel and Alloy Steel, Heat Treated, 120 ksi (830

MPa) and 150 ksi (1040 MPa) Minimum Tensile Strength, Inch and

Metric Dimensions

I. Master Painters Institute (MPI):

1. No. 18 - Primer, Zinc Rich, Organic.

J. Military Specifications (Mil. Spec.):

1. MIL-P-21035 - Paint, High Zinc Dust Content, Galvanizing, Repair.

K. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA):

1. 29 CFR 1926.752(e) - Guidelines For Establishing The Components Of A

Site-Specific Erection Plan.

2. 29 CFR 1926-2001 - Safety Standards for Steel Erection.

L. Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC) of The Engineering

Foundation:

1. Specification for Structural Joints Using ASTM F3125 Bolts.

1.3 SUBMITTALS

A. Submittal Procedures: Section 01 33 23, SHOP DRAWINGS, PRODUCT DATA, AND SAMPLES.

B. Submittal Drawings:

1. Show size, configuration, and fabrication and installation details.

C. Sustainable Construction Submittals:

1. Recycled Content: Identify post-consumer and pre-consumer recycled content percentage by weight.

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D. Test Reports: Certify products comply with specifications.

1. Welders' qualifying tests.

E. Certificates: Certify each product complies with specifications.

1. Structural steel.

2. Steel connections.

3. Welding materials.

4. Shop coat primer paint.

F. Qualifications: Substantiate qualifications comply with specifications.

1. Fabricator.

2. Installer.

3. Welders and welding procedures.

G. Delegated Design Drawings and Calculations: Signed and sealed by responsible Architect/Engineer.

1. Connection calculations.

H. Record Surveys: Signed and sealed by responsible surveyor or engineer.

1.4 QUALITY ASSURANCE

A. Fabricator Qualifications: AISC Quality Certification participant designated as AISC Certified Plant, Category STD.

1. Regularly fabricates specified products.

2. Fabricated specified products with satisfactory service on five similar installations for minimum five years.

B. Installer Qualifications: AISC Quality Certification Program participant designated as AISC-Certified Erector, Category ACSE.

1. Regularly installs specified products.

2. Installed specified products with satisfactory service on five similar installations for minimum five years.

C. Before commencement of Work, ensure steel erector provides written notification required by OSHA 29 CFR 1926.752(e). Submit a copy of the notification to Contracting Officer's Representative.

D. Welders and Welding Procedures Qualifications: AWS D1.1/D1.1M.

1.5 WARRANTY

A. Construction Warranty: FAR clause 52.246-21, "Warranty of

Construction."

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PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1 SYSTEM PERFORMANCE

A. Delegated Design: Prepare submittal documents including design calculations and drawings signed and sealed by registered design professional, licensed in state where project is located.

B. Design structural steel framing connections complying with specified performance:

1. Load Capacity: Resist loads indicated on drawings. Account for connection and member loads and eccentricities.

a. Request additional design criteria when necessary to complete connection design.

2. Configuration: Design and detail all connections for each member size, steel grade and connection type to resist the loads and reactions indicated on the drawings or specified herein. Use details consistent with details shown on drawings, supplementing where necessary. The details shown on drawings are conceptual and do not indicate the required weld sizes or number of bolts unless specifically noted. Use rational engineering design and standard practice in detailing, accounting for all loads and eccentricities in both the connection and the members. Promptly notify the

Contracting Officer Representative of any location where the connection design criteria is not clearly indicated. The design of all connections is subject to the review and acceptance of the

Contracting Officer's Representative. Submit structural calculations prepared and sealed by a qualified engineer registered in the state where the project is located. Submit calculations for review before preparation of detail drawings.

C. Design cooling tower supports meeting specified performance:

1. Design Loads: Support operating cooling tower maximum dead load and minimum dead load when combined with lateral loads. Resist wind, snow, seismic loads indicated on drawings and supplied by Cooling

Tower manufacturer.

2. Configuration: Design framing member sizes, dimensions, and locations to suit cooling tower load, size, and configuration.

Submit detailed drawings and design calculations, prepared by a

05 12 00 - 5 registered Professional Engineer, for approval before members are fabricated.

2.2 MATERIALS

A. W-Shapes:

1. ASTM A992/A992M.

2. ASTM A572/A572M; Grade 50.

3. ASTM A529; Grade 50.

B. Channel and Angles:

1. ASTM A36/A36M.

2. ASTM A572/A572M; Grade 50.

3. ASTM A529; Grade 50.

C. Plates and Bars:

1. ASTM A36/A36M.

2. ASTM A572/A572M; Grade 50.

3. ASTM A529; Grade 50.

D. Hollow Structural Sections:

1. ASTM A500/A500M.

2. ASTM A501/A501M.

E. Structural Pipe: ASTM A53/A53M, Grade B.

F. Bolts, Nuts and Washers: Galvanized for galvanized framing and plain finish for other framing.

1. High-strength bolts, including nuts and washers: ASTM F3125.

2. Bolts and nuts, other than high-strength: ASTM A307, Grade A.

3. Plain washers, other than those in contact with high-strength bolt heads and nuts: ASME B18.22.1.

G. Welding Materials: AWS D1.1, type to suit application.

2.3 PRODUCTS - GENERAL

A. Basis of Design: Section 09 06 00, SCHEDULE FOR FINISHES.

B. Sustainable Construction Requirements:

1. Steel Recycled Content: 30 percent total recycled content, minimum.

2. Low Pollutant-Emitting Materials: Comply with VOC limits specified in Section 01 81 13, SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS for the following products:

a. Paints and coatings.

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2.4 FABRICATION

A. Fabricate structural steel according to Chapter M, AISC 360.

B. Shop and Field Connections:

1. Weld connections according to AWS D1.1/D1.1M. Welds shall be made only by welders and welding operators who have been previously qualified by tests as prescribed in AWS D1.1 to perform type of work required.

2. High-Strength Bolts: High-strength bolts tightened to a bolt tension minimum 70 percent of their minimum tensile strength. Tightening done with properly calibrated wrenches, by turn-of-nut method or by use of direct tension indicators (bolts or washers). Tighten bolts in connections identified as slip-critical using Direct Tension

Indicators. Twist-off torque bolts are not an acceptable alternate fastener for slip critical connections.

2.5 FINISHES

A. Shop Priming:

1. Prime paint structural steel according to AISC 303, Section 6.

a. Interstitial Space Structural Steel: Prime paint, unless indicated to receive sprayed on fireproofing.

B. Shop Finish Painting: Apply primer and finish paint as specified in

Section 09 91 00, PAINTING.

C. Do not paint:

1. Surfaces within 50 mm (2 inches) of field welded joints.

2. Surfaces indicated to be encased in concrete.

3. Surfaces receiving sprayed on fireproofing.

4. Beam top flanges receiving shear connector studs applied.

D. Structural Steel Galvanizing: ASTM A123/A123M, hot dipped, after fabrication. Touch-up after erection: Clean and wire brush any abraded and other spots worn through zinc coating, including threaded portions of bolts and welds and touch-up with galvanizing repair paint.

1. Galvanize structural steel framing installed at exterior locations.

E. Bolts, Nuts, and Washers Galvanizing: ASTM F2329, hot-dipped.

2.6 ACCESSORIES

A. General: Shop paint steel according to AISC 303, Section 6.

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B. Finish Paint System: Primer and finish as specified in Section

09 91 00, PAINTING.

C. Galvanizing Repair Paint: MPI No. 18.

PART 3 - EXECUTION

3.1 ERECTION

A. Erect structural steel according to AISC 303 and AISC 360.

B. Set structural steel accurately at locations and elevations indicated on drawings.

C. Maintain erection tolerances of structural steel within AISC 303 requirements.

1. Pour Stop Elevation Tolerance: 6 mm (1/4 inch), maximum, before concrete placement.

D. Weld and bolt connections as specified for shop connections.

3.2 FIELD PAINTING

A. After welding, clean and prime weld areas to match adjacent finish.

B. Touch-up primer damaged by construction operations.

C. Apply galvanizing repair paint to galvanized coatings damaged by construction operations.

D. Finish Painting: As specified in Section 09 91 00, PAINTING.

3.3 FIELD QUALITY CONTROL

A. Record Survey:

1. Engage registered land surveyor or registered civil engineer as specified in Section 01 00 00, GENERAL REQUIREMENTS to perform survey.

2. Measure and record structural steel framing plumbness, level, and alignment after completing bolting and welding and before installation of work supported by structural steel.

3. Identify deviations from allowable tolerances specified in

AISC Manual.

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