Steel Erection Crew Sizes
There are basically 8 different crews a Steel Erector uses. Each will serve a different process in the Steel Erection activity. Having a crew of professional ironworkers that have the skill to perform the tasks involved in each crew is very helpful to a Steel Erector as they can slot a guy into any crew type.
Note: Project size will drive how these crews are organized. On a small project one crew will play the roll of many crew types, where on larger projects men will be designated to a particular crew.
- Shakeout Crew– this is typically a crew size of 2 to 4 men depending on job size. This crew will be in charge of unloading and shaking out steel to the correct locations.
- Raising Gang– this is typically a crew size of 4 to 8 men depending on job size. The raising gang is in charge of erecting the all the beams, columns, joist, joist girders and loading up all the miscellaneous steel and landing the deck.
- Plumb-Up Crew– this is typically a crew size of 2 to 4 men depending on job size. The plumb-up crew job is to make sure the building is plumb. Depending on job size and man power, the plumb-up crew will be made up out of the detail crew or the raising gang.
- Bolt-up Crew– this is typically a crew size of 2 to 6 men depending on job size. The bolt-up crew is responsible for putting in all the bolts and tightening the bolts to the specifications of the plans.
- Welding Crew– this is typically a crew size of 2 to 6 men depending on job size. The welding crew will do all the requried welding on project. IE… brace frames, moment welds, column splices, truss splices.
- Detail Crew– this is typically a crew size of 2 to 6 men depending on job size. The detail crew will install all the miscellaneous steel. They will also install safety cable system when a project requires it.
- Decking Crew– this is typically a crew size of 3 to 6 men depending on job size. The decking crew is responsible for laying all the deck and attaching per the plans.
- Stair Crew– this is typically a crew size of 3 to 6 men. The stair crew installs the stairs, landings and rails. Depending on job and man power this crew could be the raising gang or the detail crew.
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