Product Description
Technical Digest 9 provides comprehensive guidance on proper installation procedures to be employed in the field to ensure SJI products are not damaged, perform as specified and – most importantly – are erected safely. The digest includes descriptions of the standard products: K-Series joists, LH/DLH-Series joists, joist girders and CJ-Series joists. It details how joist products are prepared, tagged, loaded and shipped from the joist manufacturer’s plant; how they are to be unloaded and stored at the jobsite; and how the joist products are to be erected including bridging and field inspection. Additional topics include panelized erection and common field issues.This new edition expands and refines guidance with several key updates. Most notably, an entirely new Chapter 11 is dedicated to erection engineering, providing essential information to support safe and effective field practices. Chapter 3 now includes additional information on loading and shipping joists, while Chapter 5 offers substantially more detail on erecting joist products, including special-configuration joists. Chapter 8 has been clarified to better address bridging requirements, and Chapter 9 has been enhanced with information on bolted field spliced joists and end connections, including flush framed connections. Appendices A and B have also been updated to reference the latest SJI Specifications.
