Steel beams frame into opposite sides of a structural column using bolted web connections and a continuous top cap plate. The column cap plate thickness is sized using the larger of top flange thicknesses TF1 or TF2 per typical details. Web connection plates are welded to the column with fillet welds and bolted to the beam webs using rows of fasteners. Clearances and edge distances are explicitly dimensioned relative to the column centerline and top of steel.
CAP PLATE, USE LARGER OF TF1 OR TF2 SEE TYPICAL DETAIL TOP OF STEEL SEE SCHED +1/16 TYP M TYP TF/2+1/8" TF2 TF1 SHOWN ON PLAN THUS: NUMBER AND SIZE OF BOLTS IN 1ST ROW SEE NOTE 2 NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL BOLTS IN 2ND ROW SEE PLAN BEAM TO COLUMN TOP FLANGE CONN AT TOP OF COLUMN D
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