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D1.8 Seismic Supplement Welding Manual
Structural.Detailers.
Table 2 provides a list of references to specific D1.8 code provisions of particular interest to the
structural detailer:
Structural.Detail
Access Holes
Backing—Removal
Backing—Remaining in Place
Contouring Fillet Welds
Corner Clips
Demand Critical Welds
End Dams
k-Area Detailing
Protected Zone
Reinforcing Fillet Welds
Seismic Force Resisting System (SFRS)
Tabs
Tack Welds
Tension Transition Butt Joints
Fabricators.and.Erectors.
Much of D1.8 is directed to the Contractor performing the welding. The various provisions directed toward
the Contractor can be grouped into these major categories:
Welder Qualification
Welding Procedure Specifications (WPSs)
Filler Metals
Techniques
Welder Qualification
Clause 5 and Annex D of D1.8 are devoted to welder qualification. In addition to meeting the welder
qualification requirements of D1.1, welders performing work under D1.8 are required to take the
Supplemental Welder Qualification for Restricted Access Welding Test, as prescribed in Annex D, when
the production weld involves all of the following:
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TABLE 2: SPECIFIC D1.8 CODE PROVISIONS
D1.8.Coverage
1.2.1(9), 6.9
1.2.1(5), 6.7, 6.8
1.2.1(6), 6.12
1.2.1(8), 6.8
4.1
1.2.1(4), 3.2
6.11
3.6, 4.1
1.2.1(3), 3.3, 6.6, 6.15
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1.2.1(2), 3.1
1.2.1(7), 6.10
6.6, 6.16
1.2.1(11)