HSS Insider – October 2025 – HSS Field Splices with One-Sided Bolting
October 2025 | Issue #38
The latest HSS Insider issue highlights new resources on HSS splice design with one-sided bolting, including practical examples and design considerations to simplify field splices. Plus, don’t miss our free October webinar on the STI Tube Tool, and be sure to register for the 2025 HSS Summit in Dallas—1.5 days of expert sessions, collaboration, and networking across the HSS supply chain.
HSS Splice Design – Part 2: Simplifying HSS Field Splices with One-Sided Bolting
One-sided bolting offers an efficient alternative to field welding, helping streamline erection and reduce labor in HSS splices. This article explores practical splice configurations, installation considerations, and key design factors unique to bolted HSS connections.
HSS Splice Design Examples: One-Sided Bolting
Discover practical, real-world solutions for HSS splice connections with detailed drawings and proven one-sided bolted designs. See splice example calculations with limit state checks from Atlas Tube and Blindbolt, and review Lindapter’s one-sided fastener options with connection details and available capacities. Click through to explore practical splice examples prepared by engineers.
Webinar
Free Webinar | STI’s Tube Tool – Inside the Guide
Join us October 8 for a free webinar on using the STI Tube Tool to simplify and streamline your Hollow Structural Sections (HSS) projects. We’ll review the key topics, including size and shape availability, ASTM specifications and their applications, consolidated code requirements, sustainability advantages of tubes, and a complete HSS design example from specification through fabrication. This tri-fold provides you essential information to maximize your HSS efficiency. Participants can earn 1.0 PDH upon completion.
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Related Resources
HSS Blind Structural Fasteners
This article introduces one-sided fasteners for connecting to HSS members, outlining proprietary options available in the marketplace and explaining the governing design limit states. It provides a foundation for understanding how blind fastening solutions can be incorporated into practical HSS connection design.
2025 HSS Summit
Engineers, Fabricators & Service Centers: Your Summit Awaits in Dallas!
The most efficient and profitable HSS projects are built on collaboration—between those who design, produce, supply, and fabricate. The HSS Summit, October 28–29 in Dallas, brings engineers, fabricators, producers, and service centers together to learn, share solutions, strengthen professional skills, and build connections. It’s a unique opportunity for your team to collaborate, grow, and earn up to 10 continuing education credits along the way.
What You’ll Gain from the HSS Summit:
- earn how to align design and fabrication to reduce rework
- Hear how robotics and automation are reshaping HSS fabrication practices
- Get clarity on connections, specs, tolerances, and sustainability expectations
- Build stronger relationships across the HSS supply chain
- Take back practical insights that improve project outcomes and competitiveness
Spots are limited, so we encourage you to register early to secure your place. HSS Professional Members receive a 20% discount.
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