Heavy Structural Steel Framing

Course code DRFT 1393

Credit 4.5

Length 90.0 hours

Course outline View

This course introduces the students to structural steel subject to high axial loading and bending moments, to connections that are specifically designed to resist bending, and to the special fabrication, bolting and welding considerations for highly stressed structural elements and those subject to load reversal.

Prerequisites

Course type

This course is offered as part of a VCC program and cannot be taken individually.
International students: Eligibility is determined at the program level. Visit the program page for international student requirements and application information.

  • Engineering drawing comprehension
  • Moment connections, movement joints and girt connections
  • Complex bracing connections
  • Composite columns
  • Overhead crane supports
  • Rigid Frame components
  • Wind Posts
  • Full-strength welding
  • Girts and Purlins
  • Welded frames

Course schedules

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How to take this course

This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.

Contact us

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† This information is intended as a guideline only. Program and course details are subject to change with the approval of VCC's Board of Governors.

Indigenous Territory Acknowledgment

VCC is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial.