Case Studies
Recent Projects
- Mission College Main Building
- Camp Pendleton Replacement Hospital
- Workers Compensation Main Bldg
How Architects Work With SidePlate
SidePlate helps architects achieve maximum design versatility without sacrificing structural integrity.
Technical Information
Architects Design Guidelines
Use these gudielines to assist in your design process to accommodate SidePlate structures.
Prequalifications
SidePlate™ connection technologies offer the only steel moment connection system to achieve:
Unlimited prequalification without additional testing (ESR-1275) in accordance with the latest AISC Seismic Provisions for SMF/IMF Prequalification.
Unlimited prequalification without additional testing (COLA 25393) in accordance with the latest AISC Seismic Provisions for SMF/IMF Prequalification.
"Acceptance for Plan Review" for Hospital Designs in California, for any practicable combination of member sizes through a maximum beam size of W40x297, dated July 24, 2008.
Blast and progressive collapse testing, as part of a first-ever joint civilian agency/Department of Defense Steel Frame Blast and Progressive Collapse Test Program, to investigate the behavior of conventional steel frame construction and its beam-to-column connections when subjected to high-level bomb blast and subsequent progressive collapse conditions.
SidePlate's unprecedented prequalification includes both uniaxial and biaxial dual-strong axis applications, and any combinations of wide flange, tube steel and built-up box shapes.
SidePlate™ has also been selected for use on projects in multiple states from many city, county, state and federal jurisdictions, including, but not limited to:
