Before concrete is placed on composite metal deck, which deck condition must be verified?
Correct Answer
A) Required deck fastening and side-lap attachment are complete
Metal deck must be fastened and side laps attached as detailed before it is loaded with concrete. Paint, manuals, or glazing do not establish deck diaphragm or placement readiness.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Metal deck must be fastened and side laps attached as detailed before it is loaded with concrete. Paint, manuals, or glazing do not establish deck diaphragm or placement readiness.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: Only final field paint is complete
Choice B (Final field paint only is complete) is rejected because it leaves the work at an informal or incomplete stage, while Steel deck fastening before concrete requires Required deck fastening and side-lap attachment are complete.
Option C: Begin fastening deck after O&M manuals are submitted
In metals work, O&M manuals are submitted is the wrong selection for Steel deck fastening before concrete: the choice would not get the project to Required deck fastening and side-lap attachment are complete, which is the Steel deck fastening before concrete result verified by the source.
Option D: Wait for window glazing before fastening composite deck
The trap in D is Window glazing is installed. That selection is wrong because the option shifts to a different trade task; the tested Steel deck fastening before concrete function or field correction is Required deck fastening and side-lap attachment are complete; Metal deck fastening and side-lap attachment are verified before concrete placement.
Memory Technique
File steel deck fastening before concrete under a switch: condition first, number or duty second, answer Required deck fastening and side-lap attachment are complete.
Reference Hint
Open Steel Construction Manual, 15th Ed.; Steel Deck Institute and Steel Joist Institute standard practice; use the index entry or section for "SDI metal deck installation and concrete placement readiness" to confirm that Metal deck must be fastened and side laps attached as detailed before it is loaded with concrete.
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