Field problem

Stop and ask

Stop. Get direction before you touch it.

A trapeze is clamped to a diagonal joist web member

Do not hang a duct trapeze from a diagonal joist web member unless the structural detail specifically allows it. Move the load to an approved support point.

Seismic Bracing & Structural Coordination 4th Year RED

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Say this to your foreman

The trapeze at [location] is clamped to a diagonal open-web joist member and it is bowing. Do you want us to shift to an approved chord/panel point or engineered bridge?

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