Bolts missing from a steel post
A connection is only as good as its bolt group.
In short: Bolts absent at steel posts and beams on Leppington frames.
Where the load goes
In a mixed timber and steel frame, the steel carries the concentrated loads and the connections carry the steel.
What we recorded
Bolts missing at steel posts on Leppington frames, and separately a connection built differently to the engineering.
Why it survives
Steel reads as finished from a few metres away whether or not the bolts are in, and nobody counts them once the linings go on.
What we need
Your engineering. Without it a report can describe the steel present but not confirm it against the design.
The fix
Straightforward at frame stage, while the connection is exposed and the fabricator is still involved.
Written by the Owner Inspections team from inspections carried out in Leppington. Licensed building practitioners, NSW Fair Trading licence 366177C.
