Lincoln Electric D1.8 manual Structural Detailers, Fabricators and Erectors, Welder Qualification

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D1.8 Seismic Supplement Welding Manual

Structural Detailers.

Table 2 provides a list of references to specific D1.8 code provisions of particular interest to the structural detailer:

	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)

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 Qualification

Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs) Filler Metals

Techniques

Welder 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:

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