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QUOTE STUDIO

Field Guide

The erection manual, in your pocket.

Safety, anchors, H/500, turn-of-nut, screws, and every AGS sheet from the construction manual. Job-specific drawings still govern.

Drawings govern. Safety is the contractor’s.

When this guide and the field-use drawings disagree, the drawings win. The manufacturer is not the engineer of record, does not design foundations, and does not supply anchor bolts.

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On the phone, in the mud

Field calculators

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H/500 · plumb & straight

Columns plumb to height/500. Beams, girts, and purlins straight to span/500.

± L / 500

5⁄8″

Allowable departure from plumb or straight. 300″ of member · 0.600″ decimal.

Guide example: 25 ft → ±⅝″.

Turn-of-nut

From snug-tight, flat surfaces only.

Required rotation

½ turn

L = 5.3d. Tolerance ±30°. Match-mark nut, bolt, and steel.

Minimum pretension · ¾″ · A325 / F1852 28 kips · A490 35 kips. Calibrate three assemblies of each diameter, length, and grade on a Skidmore.

Screw gun RPM

Variable speed 0–2000. Depth nosepiece. No impact. ≥ 6 amp.

Maximum RPM

2,000 RPM

Total thickness 0.018″ – 0.095″. Steady pressure. Three threads past the substrate. Swarf off the panel.

Jobsite

Safety, trucks, storage, tools.

Before the first liftSafety firstJobsite safety is the contractor’s. This chapter is the roof-fall language from the erection guide — not a substitute for OSHA, provincial, or owner rules.When the trucks rollBuilding deliveryInventory on the day, mark the bill, photograph damage, and notify the project manager. Miss the windows and the claim is yours.Off the trailer, onto blockingUnloading and handlingForks wide, slings padded, trusses vertical, panels on edge. The erector furnishes the equipment — and owns the damage from fork blades.Keep it dryJobsite storageMoisture trapped in a panel bundle rusts Galvalume and painted finish. Primer is a shop coat, not a finish coat. Nested secondary that arrives wet gets unstacked and sloped.What to bringTools and equipmentA recommended list, not a limit. Safety equipment must meet the site rules. The builder sizes the crane and the crew to the building.Field rulesDo’s and don’tsJob drawings on site. Temporary bracing before the first column. Correct bolts. No torch-drilled holes. No omitted flange braces.

Frame

Anchors, primary, secondary, bolts, weld.

By othersFoundations and anchor rodsAnchor rods and embedments are designed and furnished by others. Square the slab with a tape or a transit. Elevation of the base plate ±⅛″.Raise a braced bay firstPrimary framingBolt clips on the ground. Guy the first frame. Do not leapfrog braces. Plumb columns to H/500. Beams stay on the hook until they cannot roll.Zees, Cees, girts, purlinsSecondary framingOrientation is on the drawings. Lap bolts in the outermost holes. Block girts to L/500 before you sheet. Do not land panel bundles on unsupported purlins.Snug, equal, in placeRod bracingHillside washer against the web. Matching rods in a bay get the same tension. Sag not more than L/500. Never relocate a rod to miss a door.Snug-tight or pretensionField boltingMost secondary is snug-tight. A490, crane frames, vibration, seismic, and slip-critical joints pretension. Turn-of-nut, calibrated wrench, twist-off, or DTI — and every method is calibrated.AWS D1.1 / CSA W59Field weldingCertified welders, WPS or WPDS on site, thin primer may stay, hot-dip galvanizing comes off. Touch up after. Visual inspection is not optional.

Covering

Screws, panels, trim, AGS details.

Seat the washer, don’t spin the tip offScrew installationElectric screw gun, 0–2000 RPM, depth nosepiece. No impact drivers. Three threads past the substrate. Swarf off the panel or it rusts.AHR, ALR, mastic, closuresCovering and trim26-gauge Galvalume, 36″ coverage. Nippers, not grinders. Closures at the eave. Job drawings still govern the lap and the fastener pattern.AGS-001.1 through AGS-038.1Construction detailsMarch 2026 construction manual. Tap a sheet to enlarge the drawing. These sheets are typical. The job set can differ — and when it does, the job set wins.

Reference

Product specs and field calculators.

What ships in the systemProduct notesRCG, RMG, RCM, RMM frames. G90 secondary at 55 ksi. 26 ga covering. Anchor bolts and foundations by others. The manufacturer is not the engineer of record.H/500, turn-of-nut, RPM, sagField calculatorsNumbers from the erection guide, on the phone, in the mud. Confirm against the job drawings if they specify something tighter.

Construction details

AGS-001.1 through AGS-038.1

Corner, eave, ridge, rake, girts, jambs, base angle, rafter seats, rod bracing. Typical sheets — confirm every fastener on the job set.

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