{"id":15208,"date":"2026-02-22T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T00:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/?p=15208"},"modified":"2026-02-22T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T00:20:00","slug":"structural-steel-bolted-connections-quality-control-and-assurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/?p=15208","title":{"rendered":"Structural Steel Bolted Connections \u2013 Quality Control and Assurance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Structural steel bolted connections are fundamental to the strength, stability, and serviceability of steel-framed structures, and their performance is highly dependent on proper bolt installation and verified tightness. In modern construction, high-strength bolts used in bearing, pretensioned, and slip-critical joints must be installed and inspected in accordance with the Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC) Specification and the applicable provisions of AISC 360 and the International Building&#013;<br \/>\nSource: NDT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Structural steel bolted connections are fundamental to the strength, stability, and serviceability of steel-framed structures, and their performance is highly dependent on proper bolt installation and verified tightness. In modern construction, high-strength bolts used in bearing, pretensioned, and slip-critical joints must be installed and inspected in accordance with the Research Council on Structural Connections (RCSC) Specification [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[45],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15208"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15208"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15208\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iesinspection.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}