AISC and UT

Date 11-03-2005 20:00

I get asked this question over 100 times a year and I keep giving the same answer but for some odd reason I still get asked the question.Maybe some of you all can answer it for me.

What percent of full penetration welds does AISC require an AISC certified fabricator to perform UT on?

By jwright650 (*****)

Date 11-03-2005 23:16

What does your quality manual say?
Whatever it is...that is what you inspect.
Write what you do...do what you write.
John Wright

By swnorris (****)

Date 11-04-2005 11:50

I think it's more of an issue of what the requirements of the job specifications are, rather than what AISC requires. As far as I know, the AISC doesn't require a specific percentage of full pen welds to be UT'd, unless as John said, it's written in your quality manual. Then, whatever percentage is written is what they require.