BS 5400-6:1999

Committees responsible
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Materials
  3.1 Structural steels
       3.1.1 Structural steels complying with the
              requirements of designated standards
       3.1.2 Structural steels complying with the requirements
              of other specifications
       3.1.3 Notch toughness
       3.1.4 Laminar defects
       3.1.5 Marking
       3.1.6 Manufacturer's inspection document
       3.1.7 Thickness tolerance of plates
       3.1.8 Hot rolled sections
  3.2 Rivet steels
  3.3 Steel for shear connectors
  3.4 Bolts, nuts and washers
       3.4.1 Structural steel bolts and nuts
       3.4.2 Plain washers
       3.4.3 High strength friction grip bolts, nuts and
              washers
  3.5 Welding consumables
  3.6 Rolled steel pins
  3.7 Steel castings and cast steel pins
  3.8 Steel forgings and forged steel pins
  3.9 Stainless steel
  3.10 Cast iron
       3.10.1 Grey cast iron
       3.10.2 Malleable cast iron
       3.10.3 Spheroidal or nodular cast iron
4 Workmanship
  4.1 Interchangeability of parts
  4.2 Fabrication tolerances
       4.2.1 General
       4.2.2 Rolled and built-up sections
       4.2.3 Flatness of machined bearing surface
       4.2.4 Alignment at splices and butt joints
  4.3 Preparation of edges, ends and surfaces
       4.3.1 Edges
       4.3.2 Ends
       4.3.3 Flame cutting and shearing
       4.3.4 Machining at butted joints
       4.3.5 Treatment of outside arises
       4.3.6 Contact surfaces for high strength friction grip
              bolted connections
  4.4 Bolts, nuts and washers
       4.4.1 Structural steel bolts and nuts
       4.4.2 Close tolerance bolts
       4.4.3 Turned barrel bolts
       4.4.4 High strength friction grip bolts, nuts and washers
       4.4.5 Washers
  4.5 Holes for rivets and bolts
       4.5.1 Holes for rivets, countersunk bolts and black bolts
              (excluding close tolerance and turned barrel bolts)
       4.5.2 Holes for close tolerance bolts and turned barrel
              bolts
       4.5.3 Holes for high strength friction grip bolts
  4.6 Rivets and riveting
  4.7 Welding
       4.7.1 Welding of structural steels
       4.7.2 Welding of steel castings
       4.7.3 Welding, flame cutting end shearing procedure
              trials
       4.7.4 Stud shear connectors: welding and procedure trials
       4.7.5 Repair of unacceptable weld discontinuities
  4.8 Bending and pressing
  4.9 Straightening and flattening
  4.10 Forging
  4.11 Tie rods
  4.12 Parallel barrel drifts
  4.13 Pins and pin holes
  4.14 Camber
  4.15 Marking for erection
  4.16 Rectification of surface defects and edge laminations
5 Inspection and testing
  5.1 General
  5.2 Testing of structural steel
       5.2.1 General
       5.2.2 Acceptance levels for laminations
  5.3 Surface defects and edge laminations
  5.4 Procedure trials
       5.4.1 Testing of welding for structural steels
       5.4.2 Testing of welding for cast steel
       5.4.3 Testing of flame cut and sheared edges
       5.4.4 Stud shear connectors
  5.5 Production tests
       5.5.1 Destructive testing of welding for structural
              steel
       5.5.2 Non-destructive testing of welds in and attached
              to principal structural steelwork
       5.5.3 Testing of welding for cast steel
       5.5.4 Stud shear connectors
  5.6 Checking of deviations in rolled and built-up sections
       5.6.1 Checking requirements
       5.6.2 Support during inspection
       5.6.3 Equipment
       5.6.4 Gauge length
       5.6.5 Checking stages
       5.6.6 Non-compliance and rejection
  5.7 Checking of alignment at joints
  5.8 Inspection and testing of rivets
  5.9 Temporary erection at contractor's works
6 Handling, transport and erection
  6.1 Handling and stacking
  6.2 Packing for transport
  6.3 Erection
       6.3.1 General
       6.3.2 Site connections
       6.3.3 Service bolts
       6.3.4 Drifts
7 Supply, measurement and weighing
  7.1 Computed weights
  7.2 Weighbridge weights
  7.3 Numbers of site rivets, bolts and nuts and service
       bolts
Annex A Steel rivets
Annex B Guidance clauses
Figures
Tables
List of references

Details requirements for the materials, workmanship, handling and erection for the construction of steel bridges.