Section 27-614
§ 27-614 General requirements. Materials, design, and construction
methods shall meet the requirements of the following reference
standards:
(a) Structural steel. Reference standard RS 10-5.
(b) Light gauge cold formed steel. Reference standard RS 10-6.
(c) Open web steel joists. Reference standard RS 10-7. The
commissioner shall amend RS 10-7 to establish minimum acceptable
fireproofing methods for open web steel joists and to redefine the
limitations or restrictions on the buildings or occupancies in which the
use of open web steel joists shall be permitted.
Section 27-615
§ 27-615 Identification. Structural steel that is required to have a
minimum yield point greater than thirty-six thousand psi shall at all
times in the fabricator's plant, be marked, segregated, or otherwise
handled so that the separate alloys and tempers are positively
identified, and after completion of fabrication, shall be marked to
identify the alloy and temper. Such markings shall be affixed to
completed members and assemblies or to boxed or bundled shipments of
multiple units prior to shipment from the fabricator's plant. Open web
steel joists shall have identification affixed to each bundle or lift
showing size and type.
Section 27-616
§ 27-616 Quality control. (a) Reference. The provisions of tables 10-1
and 10-2 shall apply.
(b) Welding operations.
(1) Welding work shall be performed only by persons who have obtained
a license from the commissioner.
(2) Where manual welding work is not performed in the city of New
York, welds shall be made by welders qualified under the provisions of
appendix D, parts II and III, of the AWS code for welding in building
construction. Qualification with any of the steels permitted by the AWS
code shall be considered as qualification to weld any of the other
steels permitted by the code.
(3) Tack welds, which are later incorporated into finished welds
carrying calculated stress, shall not be considered as structural welds.
(4) The inspection of welding operations stipulated in table 10-2
shall include a check to ascertain that the welders employed on the work
have the required license or who are qualified in accordance with
paragraph two of this subdivision.
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