1CopyrightAmericanWeldingSocietyProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithAWSDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=ShellServicesInternationalB.V./5924979112,08/26/200423:33:59MDTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`````,`,,``,`,,```,,,`,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---2NOTE:Althoughcarewastakeninchoosingandpresentingthedatainthisguide,AWScannotguaranteethatitiserrorfree.Further,thisguideisnotintendedtobeanexhaustivetreatmentofthetopicandthereforemaynotincludeallavailableinformation,includingwithrespecttosafetyandhealthissues.Bypublishingthisguide,AWSdoesnotinsureanyoneusingtheinformationitcontainsagainstanyliabilityorinjurytopropertyorpersonsarisingfromthatuse.©2004byAmericanWeldingSociety.Allrightsreserved.PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaCopyrightAmericanWeldingSocietyProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithAWSDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=ShellServicesInternationalB.V./5924979112,08/26/200423:33:59MDTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`````,`,,``,`,,```,,,`,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---3Theinspectionrequirementsforthefabricationandweldingofsteelstructuresareveryextensive.ThisPocketHandbookhasbeendevelopedtoprovideausefultoolforinspectorstocarryintheirpocketsortoolkitssothatselectedpertinentportionsoftheAWSStructuralWeldingCode—Steel,D1.1/D1.1M:2004,canbeeasilyreferencedatthejobsite.Underliningisasshowninthecode.ThispublicationisnottobeconsideredasasubstitutefortheD1.1codebook.Rather,theHandbookisprovidedasasupplementalaidforthe“deckplate”inspector.Onlythecompletecodeshouldbeconsideredastheofficialdocumenttoensurethatallofthequalityattributesrequiredforstructuralfabricationareperformedcorrectlyandcompletely.Toassisttheinspector,orotheruser,inverifyingconformancetoD1.1,theparagraphreferences,thetablenum-bers,andthefigurenumberscontainedinthisbookaredirectlyfromtheD1.1/D1.1M:2004code.Inaddition,pagenumberinginthishandbookiscross-referencedtoreflectboththecurrentpageandthecorrespondingpagefromtheD1.1/D1.1M:2004code,separatedbya“/.”Thiswillprovideaneasycrossreferencefortheusertoensurethatthecompleterequirementsareunderstoodwhenquestionsdevelopduringthecourseofanyinspection.IntroductionCopyrightAmericanWeldingSocietyProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithAWSDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=ShellServicesInternationalB.V./5924979112,08/26/200423:33:59MDTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`````,`,,``,`,,```,,,`,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---4RequirementsforTransitionsBetweenMaterialsofUnequalThickness..............................................................5ThermalCuttingandAccessHoleRequirements..................................................................................................9ToleranceofJointDimensions.............................................................................................................................13DimensionalTolerancesofWeldedStructuralMembers.....................................................................................19BaseMaterialSurfaceRequirements...................................................................................................................25WeldProfileRequirements..................................................................................................................................26AcceptanceCriteriaforVisualInspectionofWelds............................................................................................32Index.....................................................................................................................................................................37TableofContentsCopyrightAmericanWeldingSocietyProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithAWSDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=ShellServicesInternationalB.V./5924979112,08/26/200423:33:59MDTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`````,`,,``,`,,```,,,`,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---5Figure2.21—TransitionofThicknessofButtJointsinPartsofUnequalThickness(Tubular)(see2.25[pg.22])RequirementsforTransitionsBetweenMaterialsofUnequalThickness5/pg.55CopyrightAmericanWeldingSocietyProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithAWSDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=ShellServicesInternationalB.V./5924979112,08/26/200423:33:59MDTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`````,`,,``,`,,```,,,`,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---6Figure2.21(Cont’d)—TransitionofThicknessofButtJointsinPartsofUnequalThickness(Tubular)(see2.25[pg.22])RequirementsforTransitionsBetweenMaterialsofUnequalThickness6/pg.55CopyrightAmericanWeldingSocietyProvidedbyIHSunderlicensewithAWSDocumentprovidedbyIHSLicensee=ShellServicesInternationalB.V./5924979112,08/26/200423:33:59MDTQuestionsorcommentsaboutthismessage:pleasecalltheDocumentPolicyGroupat303-397-2295.--`````,`,,``,`,,```,,,`,``-`-`,,`,,`,`,,`---7Figure2.2—TransitionofButtJointsinPartsofUnequalThickness(Nontubular)(see2.7.1[pg.10]and2.16.1.1[pg.14])RequirementsforTransitionsBetweenMaterialsofUnequalThickness7/pg.42CopyrightAmericanW