Steel Connection Design

Due to architectural constraints, a special hip connection was required.

Moment connection of jack beam to column

The SHSU Observatory dome columns required a special connection between the brace, wall girt and skewed columns.

The EOR on this project specified HSS tube bracing for the MWFRS, which required a unique solution at not only the ends but at the intersections as well.

The mezzanine shear connection (knife plate) was checked in numerous programs to ensure code compliance and finite element stresses.

Due to architectural restraints, this FR moment connection was employed to connect many unique shapes.

This project required a stub that would resist shear, moment and torsion and attach to the web of the supporting column. A coped beam with CJP welds and full depth stiffeners was the most effective solution.

This connection follows AISC DG 4 criteria and is common in bolt-up buildings.

This project had 37-ft wide doors that required a heavy structural header tube. Due to the torsion and shear loads, an endplate configuration was utilized.

Due to clearance requirements in this building, the MWFRS loading was required to be transferred to adjacent bracing systems via a chevron brace.

For this fuel station, HSS columns and W-shape rafters were needed with bolted FR moment connections.

For this connection, both a HSS cap plate and a shear tab were needed at this intersection.