Are your high-strength structural steel bolts up to spec and correctly installed?
- Valid from
- 1/09/2006
- Information provider
- Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment,
- Information type
- Guidelines,
- Format
- Website,
Description
It is important that high-strength structural steel bolt specifiers and construction reviewers follow these quality assurance procedures.
Scope
This guidance includes:
- International concern
- New Zealand experience
- Why these bolts are special
- The Building Code
- Identifying Property Class 8.8 bolts, nuts and washers
- Correct installation and on-site checking
- Quality assurance
- Bolt source
- Performance of high-strength structural bolts in practice
- Other types of structural bolts
- Defenctive and counterfeit bolts in New Zealand concern