SECTION B - Derry City Council
SECTION B - Derry City Council
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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