Spliced W Beam by Fabricator

[Fish83]

I had called out 30ft long W beams for this job. After a visit to the site, I noticed that the beams had been spliced by the fabricator. Is it common for the fabricator to shop splice a 30ft beam?

One beam is noticeably spliced and was not aligned when welded, with approximately a 1/8" offset from one web to the other. AISC standard code of practice did not seem to address this. Is there a guide or standard that would provide acceptable tolerances?

Thanks in advance.

 

[Stillerz]

Depending on loading and where the splice is, the web may not be the primary concern here.

 

[Fish83]

This splice is near the end. So shear should be the main issue.

 

[cntw1953]

Check the shear capacity on weld line closest to the support, with web thickness reduced to account for the offset, see would it works.