scope:

This Standard covers welding requirements for any type of welded steel construction with the exception of those types listed in Clause 1.2.

Requirements that are essentially common to all such structures are covereidn Clauses 1 to 10, while provisions applying specificallyt o statically loaded structures atnod dynamically loaded structures are includeind C lauses 11 and 12, respectively.

This Standard is not intended to apply to pressure vessels or to structures governed by special codes such as those of Lloyds.t,h e American Petroleum Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineeorrsth, e American Water Works Association

This Standard includes provisions for shielded metal arc (SMAW), submerged arc (SAW), gas metal arc (GMAW),fluxcored arc( FCAW), electroslag(E SW), electrogas (EGW), and stud (SW) welding processes. 

The provisions of this Standard are not intended for use with steels having aspecified minimum yield strength over 100 O00 psi.

Where reference is made to other publications, such references shall be considerteod r efer to the latest edition approved by the organization issuing that publication