SteelPE
Structural
- Mar 9, 2006
- 2,759
I have a small project that is currently under construction. After the building was erected something happened and a open-web steel joist was damaged (the bottom chord of the joist was significantly kinked). Standard protocol has us go back to the joist manufacturer for a repair detail. Since the manufacturer isn't waiting around to fix joists on my project getting a suitable repair our of them took a few days. During that time the owner/contractor became inpatient and decided to hire a third party engineer to come up with a repair. A repair was given and carried out without my knowledge or approval.
I was given the sketches and the repair prepared by the third party is very similar to repair prepared by the manufacturer with a few differences the largest of which being #5 reinforcing bars (ASTM A615) being used to reinforce the bottom chord. I know that welding this type of steel is very difficult and should be avoided if necessary. Now they are looking for my approval of the repair which I have refused to give them to this point and I am thinking about having them do the repair specified by the manufacturer. Am I being too harsh on the Owner/GC? I am extremely aggravated at this point.
I was given the sketches and the repair prepared by the third party is very similar to repair prepared by the manufacturer with a few differences the largest of which being #5 reinforcing bars (ASTM A615) being used to reinforce the bottom chord. I know that welding this type of steel is very difficult and should be avoided if necessary. Now they are looking for my approval of the repair which I have refused to give them to this point and I am thinking about having them do the repair specified by the manufacturer. Am I being too harsh on the Owner/GC? I am extremely aggravated at this point.
