STEEL BUILDINGS GLOSSARY

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Drawings
Manufacturer shall furnish complete erection drawings for the proper identification and assembly of all building components. These drawings will show anchor bolt settings, transverse cross-sections, sidewall, endwall and roof framing, flashing and sheeting, and accessory installation details.

Dead Load
Is the actual weight of the building system supported by a given member.

Design Codes
Regulations developed by recognized agencies establishing design loads, procedures, and construction details for structures. Examples are: MBMA, AISC, AISI, AWS, etc.

Design loads
Are specified and set forth in the contract, and shall be in accordance with the manufacturer's standard design practices. Design loads may include dead load, roof live loads, wind loads, seismic loads, collateral loads, auxiliary equipment loads, and/or other applied or specified loads.

Eave Strut
A structural member located at the eave of a building which supports roof and wall paneling.

End Bay
The bays adjacent to the endwalls of a building. Usually the distance from the endwall to the first interior main frame measured normal to the endwall.

End Frame
A frame located at the endwall of a building which supports the loads from a portion of the end bay.

End Plate
The end plate of a structural member usually used to rest against a like plate of another member in forming a connection. Sometimes called a splice plate or bolted end plate.

Endwall Post/Column
A vertical member located at the endwall, which supports the girts and endwall rafter.

Endwall Rafter
Normally a cold-formed "C" section supported by end posts of post-and-beam endwalls. Endwall rafters can also be built-up or hot rolled sections if required by design loads

Erection Drawings
Roof and wall erection (framing) drawings that identify individual components and accessories furnished by the manufacturer in sufficient detail to permit proper erection of the Metal Building System.

Fabrication
The manufacturing process usually performed in a plant to convert raw material into finished metal building components. The main operations are cold- forming, cutting, punching, welding, cleaning and painting.

Floor Live Loads
Are loads induced on a floor system by occupants of a building and their furniture, equipment, etc.

Foundation
The substructure, which supports a building or other structure. Usually constructed in concrete

Footing
A pad or mat, usually of concrete, located under a column, wall or other structural member, that is used to distribute the loads from that member into the supporting soil.

Framing
Primary and secondary members (columns, rafters, girts, purlins, brace cables, etc.) which when connected together make up the skeleton of a structure to which the covering can be fastened.

Framed Opening
Framing (headers, sills, and jambs) and flashing which surround an opening in a building. Usually provided to accommodate field installed accessories such as sliding doors, roll-up doors, etc.

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