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SECTION B - Derry City Council

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All weights and variations or otherwise will be based on the listed<br />

weights of members and no allowance made for rolling margins. All<br />

steel sections shall be of "full profile" with no appreciable loss of<br />

material through corrosion or deficient rolling. If it is found that any<br />

steel weights less than 2% less than the listed weights, the<br />

Steelwork Sub-Contractor shall replace it with a satisfactory section.<br />

18 CLEANING & SURFACE PREPARATION<br />

All steelwork, except where metal coatings or anti-corrosive paint<br />

treatments are to be applied, shall be thoroughly scraped and wire<br />

brushed free from dirt, loose rust, scale and grease immediately<br />

before despatch to site.<br />

Steel which has weathered to some degree may be used but<br />

heavily pitted steel, as depicted for Grade D surfaces in the<br />

Swedish Standards SIS 05 5900 shall not be used except with the<br />

consent of the Engineer.<br />

Irrespective of the steel protection system specified elsewhere the<br />

interfaces of connections where High Strength Friction Grip Bolts<br />

are to be employed shall be thoroughly cleaned as specified and<br />

the steel surfaces shall be left unpainted.<br />

Steelwork which is to be galvanised shall be flash cleaned by<br />

pickling immediately prior to galvanising. This operation shall be<br />

carried out by immersing the fabrication in a bath of warm diluted<br />

sulphuric acid or hydrochloric acid to remove all residues of<br />

millscale, rust and foreign matter. Care should be taken to ensure<br />

complete drainage of the acid from the steel on completion of the<br />

process.<br />

All steelwork to receive metal spray, or anti-corrosive paint<br />

treatment shall be prepared by grit blasting or shot blasting of the<br />

steel surface to a "Second Quality" surface cleanliness as defined in<br />

BS 7079 Part 0:1990. "Preparation of steel substrates before<br />

application of paints and related products". The surface roughness<br />

of the blast cleaned steel should not be greater than the<br />

recommended maximum amplitude of 75 microns (0.003 inch). The<br />

steel surface profile may be further limited by the paint<br />

manufacturer's requirements and these shall be accepted as<br />

forming part of this specification.<br />

APPENDIX 1 – THE PREPARATION OF STRUCTURAL STEELWORK<br />

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