A steel joist is set with less bearing than the erection plan requires. What is the proper response?
Correct Answer
A) Stop acceptance until bearing is corrected or engineered direction is obtained
Insufficient joist bearing is a structural installation issue and must be corrected or resolved by engineered direction before acceptance.
Why This Is the Correct Answer
Insufficient joist bearing is a structural installation issue and must be corrected or resolved by engineered direction before acceptance.
Why the Other Options Are Wrong
Option B: Base the steel joist bearing correction response on weld random scrap nearby
The trap in B is Weld random scrap nearby. That selection is wrong because the option does not produce the required Steel joist bearing correction outcome, Stop acceptance until bearing is corrected or engineered direction is obtained.
Option C: Select load the joist immediately for steel joist bearing correction
Choice C gives Load the joist immediately. Its specific error: it describes work from another assembly, while the Steel joist bearing correction item is asking for Stop acceptance until bearing is corrected or engineered direction is obtained.
Option D: The erection crew should hide the seat with ceiling work
Choice D (Hide the seat with ceiling work) is rejected because the action skips the timing, documentation, or field-control step needed for Steel joist bearing correction.
Memory Technique
Remember steel joist bearing correction by its jobsite consequence: the correct move points to Stop acceptance until bearing is corrected or engineered direction is obtained.
Reference Hint
Open Steel Construction Manual, 15th Ed.; Steel Deck Institute and Steel Joist Institute standard practice; use the index entry or section for "Joist bearing requirements" to confirm that Insufficient joist bearing is a structural installation issue and must be corrected or resolved by engineered direction before acceptance.
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