List of Quoted Standards / Relevant Standards 1 "Code for Design of Building Foundation" GB 50007

2 "Load Code for the Design of Buildings" GB 50009 3 "Code for Design of Concrete Structures" GB
50010 4 "Code for Seismic Design of Buildings" GB 5001 1 5 "Code for Design of Steel Structures"
GB 50017 6 "Code for Engineering Surveying" GB 50026 7 "Specifications for Bolt-shotcrete Support"
GB 50086 8 "Technical Code for Waterproofing of Underground Works" GB 50108 9 "Technical Code
of Slipform Engineering" GB 50113 10 "Code for Utility Technical of Concrete Admixture" GB 50119
11 "Technique of Powdered Coal Ash Concrete Spplication" GB 50146 12 "Standard for Quality
Control of Concrete "GB 50164 13 "Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Building
Foundation" GB 50202 14 "Code for Acceptance of Constructional Quality of Concrete Structures" GB
50204 15 "Code for Acceptance of Construction Quality of Steel Structures" GB 50205 16 "Technical
Code of Composite Steel-form" GB 50214 17 " Standard for Classification of Seismic Protection of
Building Constructions" GB 50223 18 "Code for Construction of Massive Concrete" GB 50496 19
"Technical Code for Monitoring of Building Excavation Engineering" GB 50497 20 "Safety Code for
Tower Cranes" GB 5144 21 "Safety Rules for Lifting Appliances" GB 6067 22 "Safety Code for
Builders Hoist" GB I 0055 23 "Tower Crane" GB/T 5031 24 "Builders Hoist" GB/T 10054 25 "Concrete
Pump" GB/T 13333 26 "Anchorage, Grip and Coupler for Prestressing Tendons" GB/T 14370 27
"Ready-mixed Concrete" GB/T 14902 28 "Standard for Evaluation of Concrete Compressive Strength"
GB/T 50107 29 "Technical Code for Tall Building Box Foundations and Raft Foundations" JGJ 6 30
"Specifications for Building Deformation Measurements" JGJ 8 31 " Specification for Welding and
Acceptance of Reinforcing Steel Bars" JGJ 18 32 " Standard for Test Methods of Welded Joint of Steel
Bars" JGJ 27 33 "Technical Specification for Safety Operation of Construction Machinery" JGJ 33 34
"Technical Code for Safety of Temporary Electrification on Construction Site" JGJ 46 35 " Standard of
Construction Safety Inspection" JGJ 59 36 "Technical Specification for Safety Construction of
Hydraulic Removable Formworks" JGJ 65 37 "Code for Safety of High Altitude Operation of Building
Construction" JGJ 80 38 "Concrete Structures Prestressed with Unbonded Tendons" JGJ 92 39
"Technical Code for Building Pile Foundations" JGJ 94 40 "Technical Specification for Concrete
Structures with Cold-rolled Ribbed Steel Wires" JGJ 95 41 "Technical Specification for Plywood Form
with Steel Frame" JGJ 96 42 "Technical Specification for Steel Structure of Tall Buildings" JGJ 99 43
"Technical Code for Glass Curtain Wall Engineering" JGJ 102 44 "Specification for Winter
Construction of Building Engineering" JGJ 104 45 "Technical Specification for Mechanical Splicing of
Steel Reinforcing Bars" JGJ 107 46 "Technical Specification for Concrete Structures Reinforced with
Welded Steel Fabric" JGJ 114 47 "Technical Specification for Retaining and Protection of Building
Foundation Excavations" JGJ 120 48 "Technical Code for Safety of Frame Scaffoldings with Steel
Tubules in Construction" JGJ 128 49 "Technical Code for Safety of Steel Tubular Scaffold with
Couplers in Construction" JGJ 130 50 "Technical Code for Metal and Stone Curtain Walls
Engineering" JGJ 133 51 "Technical Specification for Steel Reinforced Concrete Mixed Structures"
JGJ 138 52 "Technical Specification for Inspection of Machinery and Equipment on Construction Site"
JGJ 160 53 "Technical Code for Safety of Forms in Construction" JGJ 162 54 "Technical Code for
Safety of Cuplok Steel Tubular Scaffolding in Construction" JGJ 166 55 "Technical Specification for
Fair-faced Concrete Construction" JGJ 169 56 "Technical Code for Safety in Earthwork of Building
Construction" JGJ 180 57 "Construction Technical Specification for Concrete Pumping" JGJ/T 10 58
"Steel Strand and Steel Wire Unbonded Tendons" JG 3006 NATIONAL STANDARD OF THE
PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA .:P~A~~~lE lE**1$1tE Code for Design of Steel Structures GB
50017 - 2003 (~ x Jl&) Chief Editorial Department: Ministry of Construction of the People• s Republic
of China Approval Department: Ministry of Construction of the People's Republic of China Executive
Da~: December 1,2003 Beijing 2003 Preface According to the. requirement of the document Jian Biao
[ 1997] No. 108 of the Ministry of Construction, the Beijing Central Engineering and Research
Incorporation of Iron and Steel Industry, together with relevant design, education and research
institutions, formed a revising-drafting group and proceeded a comprehensive revision of the "Code for
Design of Steel Structures" GBJ 17-88. In the process of the work, an overall revision program was
mapped out' and quite a few design codes of foreign countries have been consulted. Solicitation of
opinions from all sides was carried out upon completion of the first draft. After many amendments, by
putting forward successively the first draft, the draft for seeking opinions and that for reviewing, and
upon the performance of tentative design projects by ten-odd participating units for comparison
between the new and old codes, the final draft for approval of the "Code for Design of Steel
Structures" GB 50017-2003 was completed in December 2001. The major amendments of this
revision are as follows: 1. The provisions regarding "quality level of weld" , originally Clause 1. 0. 5 in
the Commentary of the former code, has been moved to the text as Clause 7. 1. 1 of Chapter 7 of the
Code. Moreover, the classification principle and specific rule have been added. 2. According to the
requirement of the document Jian Biao [ 1996] No. 626 "Prescription for writing standard of
construction work", clauses of "Terms" have been added and compiled together with "Symbols" into
Chapter 2. The contents of "Materials", Chapter 2 of the former version, are put into Chapter 3, as
Section 3. 3 "Material Selection" . 3. According to the new National Standards of structural steel, steel
grades Q235 , Q345, Q390 are recommended and Q420 is added. Requirements for m~terial quality
guarantee that various steel structures shall meet are more . complete than before. The condition of
applicability of 0°C notch toughness guarantee· for Q235 steel has been added and the principle of
using Z-direction steel and weathering steel prescribed as well. Meanwhile, the design indices of
steels have been somewhat adjusted. 4. In Chapter 3 , a section on "Load and calculation of load
effects" has been added, emphasizing the appropriateness of using the elastic second-order analysis
approach for unbraced pure frames, which considers the effect of deformation on internal forces.
Amplification factor for crane transverse horizontal load in the former code has been deleted and
calculation formula of transverse horizontal force caused by sway of crane has been given instead. 5.
The amendments to the Section " Provisions for deformation of structures and structural members"
are: 1) In the text of the Code, design principle solely is mentioned, whereas a table on limiting values
of deformation is given in the Appendix. 2) The limiting values of deformation may be suitably modified
according to requirement and experience. The calculation of crane girder deflection under unfactored
wheel loads of only one crane is prescribed. 6. Formulas for calculating local stability of girder webs
have been significantly altered from the former code, considering no more the webs as fully elastic and
perfect, but taking account of the effect of inelastic deformation and geometric imperfection.
Furthermore, calculation method for taking account of web post-buckling strength is given, and the
restraining factors to webs have been adjusted as well. The formulas for determining stiffener spacing
according to fully elastic plate in the former code have been deleted. 7. The classification of sections
of axial compression members has been enlarged to include I-and box section with component plates
of thickness· t ~40mm and the relevant ({J factor of class d has been added. 8. The approach to
calculating flexural-torsional buckling about the axis of symmetry of strut~ with mono-symmetric
section has been added. 9. The method for calculating forces in lateral bracings used to reduce the
unsupported length of compression members or compression flanges has been amended. Also
amended is the approach to determining the out-of-plane effective length of cross-diagonals. 10.
Frames are distinguished into three categories, namely unbraced pure frames, strongly braced frames
and weakly braced frames, and the approach to calculating the effective lengths of these various
frames has been given. 11. An approach to determining column effective length of unbraced pure
frames and weakly braced frames containing leaning columns have been added. 12. The number of
stress cycle, n , has been amended as follows: fatigue calculation shall be carried out when n is equal
to or larger than 5X104 (in the former code, fatigue calculation is required only when n is equal to or
larger than 105 ) . Besides, minor amendments to the classification of members and connections for
fatigue calculation have been adopted. 13. The limiting value of web depth-thickness ratio in T-section
struts and that of -beam-columns with web free edge under tension, has been amended. 14. Two
sections on "beam-to-column rigid connection" and "calculation of plate elements in joints" have been
added, the main contents of which are: 1) Provisions regarding column web or flange thicknees
requirements in case no transverse stiffeners are provided to the column in a beam-to-column rigid
joint. 2) Strength calculation of plate elements under combined tension and shear, that of truss gusset
plates and relevant stability calculation method and prescription. 15. Provisions regarding plate
bearing, spherical bearing and composite rubber and steel support have_ been replenished. Table of
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