A vertical steel column connects to framing wide flange beams through a horizontal base plate measuring 1/2 inch by 12 inches by 1 foot 4 inches. The assembly is secured with five-sixteenths-inch fillet welds around the member intersections, with a one-half-inch minimum clearance maintained typically. A center line aligns the column, base plate, and wide flange beam components.
5 1/2" MIN. TYP. 1/2" MIN. 5/16 5/16 5/16 5/16 5/16 CL COLUMN AND BASE PL AND WF BEAM BASE PL 1/2x12x1'-4" 5/16 5/16 COLUMN TO BASE PL
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