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Structural Steel Frames 315<br />

Column<br />

Base<br />

plate<br />

Dry<br />

concrete<br />

Bolt box<br />

Hole for<br />

grout<br />

Figure 5.40 Column base plate.<br />

Column<br />

Steel<br />

base<br />

plate<br />

Fillet<br />

Welds<br />

Hole for grout<br />

Figure 5.41 Gusseted base plate.<br />

Steel gusset<br />

plate welded to<br />

column and base<br />

The purpose of the levelling concrete or grout that is run between the base plate and the<br />

concrete is to provide uniform contact between the level underside of the plate and the irregular<br />

surface of the concrete foundation. A wet (liquid) mix of self-levelling expanding cement<br />

is poured between the column and foundation, and a temporary bund wall is used to ensure<br />

that the liquid grout is contained. As the grout dries and hardens, it expands slightly.<br />

A gusseted base plate may also be used to spread the load of the column over a sufficient<br />

area of plate. The machined column base is fillet welded to the base plate and four shaped<br />

steel gusset plates are welded to the flanges of the column and the base plate, as illustrated<br />

in Figure 5.41. The gusset plates effectively spread the loads from the column over the area

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