12 D1.8 Seismic Supplement Welding Manual
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Structural.Detailers.
Table 2 provides a list of references to specific D1.8 code provisions of particular interest to the
structural detailer:
Fabricators.and.Erectors.
Much of D1.8 is directed to the Contractor performing the welding. The various provisions directed toward
the Contractor can be grouped into these major categories:
Welder QualificationWelding Procedure Specifications (WPSs)Filler MetalsTechniquesWelder Qualification
Clause 5 and Annex D of D1.8 are devoted to welder qualification. In addition to meeting the welder
qualification requirements of D1.1, welders performing work under D1.8 are required to take the
Supplemental Welder Qualification for Restricted Access Welding Test, as prescribed in Annex D, when
the production weld involves all of the following:
TABLE 2: SPECIFIC D1.8 CODE PROVISIONS
Structural.Detail D1.8.Coverage
Access Holes 1.2.1(9), 6.9
Backing—Removal 1.2.1(5), 6.7, 6.8
Backing—Remaining in Place 1.2.1(6), 6.12
Contouring Fillet Welds 1.2.1(8), 6.8
Corner Clips 4.1
Demand Critical Welds 1.2.1(4), 3.2
End Dams 6.11
k-Area Detailing 3.6, 4.1
Protected Zone 1.2.1(3), 3.3, 6.6, 6.15
Reinforcing Fillet Welds See Contouring Fillet Welds
Seismic Force Resisting System (SFRS) 1.2.1(2), 3.1
Tabs 1.2.1(7), 6.10
Tack Welds 6.6, 6.16
Tension Transition Butt Joints 1.2.1(11)