Case Studies
- Wentworth-Douglass Hospital Inpatient Bed Tower
- Palomar Recycled Water Booster Station
- Behavioral & Social Sciences Building
Recent Projects
- Command & Control Facility
- US Coast Guard Base Rebuild UPH/Admin/Services
- Illumina Bldg 4
How Owners Work With SidePlate
We help building owners protect their property by using the strongest, safest steel frame construction available.
Technical Information
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:
