Webinar On Demand: HSS – How to Splice Your Slice or Plate It (April 2024)

Description

Level: Intermediate, Technical, Fabricators

All good things must come to an end, including where any HSS sections used in your structure terminate. At that point, your HSS member often requires a splice to keep the good times going or a plate to close things off. This session will address considerations specific to HSS base plate, end plate, cap plate, and splice connections, such as:

• Welding at HSS corners vs flats
• When to apply weld increases or reductions
• Optimal bolt layout
• HSS factors including closed sections, weld seams, and matched cross-sections

Learning Objectives

• Identify key considerations in HSS spliced and plated connections.
• Assess which HSS limit state checks apply to various spliced and plated connections.
• Evaluate weld applicability at HSS spliced and plated connections.
• Equip engineers with practical design examples of HSS spliced and plated connections.

Speaker
Beth has worked for 25 years as a structural engineer in the fields of consulting engineering, software, and continuing education. During her first few years, her experiences in construction defect litigation cemented her understanding of how and how NOT to design a structure. She spent the following years as a practicing consulting engineer in San Diego, and later as a director of structural software sales and development with Bentley. In her current position with FORSE, she continues to pursue both the design and educational aspects of structural engineering. One topic Beth highlights is structural steel HSS design, as a technical consultant to the Steel Tube Institute. Beth is a licensed PE and SE in California and a licensed PE in Arkansas.

Professional Development Hours
Each participant can earn 1.0 PDH or 1.0 AIA LU|HSW and receive a certificate of completion from the Steel Tube Institute (STI). To receive a certificate from STI, either for an individual or anybody in the group/site, you are required to attend the webinar in its entirety and complete all poll questions. The certificate will be available for download as soon as all requirements are met.

Any participant that holds a PE license in Florida, Maryland, New York and/or North Carolina is required to complete a quiz for your PDH. Architects should submit their AIA #, if any, and take the quiz to receive the LU|HSW. The quiz will be available to the registrant at the conclusion of the webinar and should be completed immediately. If you are a group/site registration, individual participants licensed in any of these four states must take the quiz.

Professional Development Hours
You can earn 1.0 PDH and receive a certificate of completion from the Steel Tube Institute (STI) by purchasing and passing a quiz. Select from one of the quiz options above.

• After watching the video you will need to complete a 10-question multiple choice quiz.
• Upon correctly answering 7 out of the 10 questions, your PDH certificate will be issued within 5 business days.

Webinar on Demand Fees
The recorded webinar video is free to view. The PDH quiz is available for $25 for HSS Professional Members and $35 for non-members. You will receive access to the webinar and/or quiz in your order receipt.  You may also access them through your account in Past Orders after you have completed your purchase.

AIA CES Provider statement
The Steel Tube Institute is a registered provider of AIA-approved continuing education under Provider Number 50111160, expiration 12/31/2024. All registered AIA CES Providers must comply with the AIA Standards for Continuing Education Programs. Any questions or concerns about this provider or this learning program may be sent to AIA CES (cessupport@aia.org or (800) AIA 3837, Option 3).

This learning program is registered with AIA CES for continuing professional education. As such, it does not include content that may be deemed or construed to be an approval or endorsement by the AIA of any material of construction or any method or manner of handling, using, distributing, or dealing in any material or product.

AIA continuing education credit has been reviewed and approved by AIA CES. Learners must complete the entire learning program to receive continuing education credit. AIA continuing education Learning Units earned upon completion of this course will be reported to AIA CES for AIA members. Certificates of Completion for both AIA members and non-AIA members are available upon request.