AWS D1.1 Endorsement case studies
AWS D1.1 Endorsement · Put your knowledge to work in context.
This page is an independent study guide for the AWS D1.1 Structural Steel endorsement, one of the endorsements AWS lists under CWI and SCWI Endorsements. It is intended for inspectors and welding professionals who hold or are pursuing a Certified Welding Inspector (CWI) or Senior Certified Welding Inspector (SCWI) credential and want to build code-specific competence in structural steel fabrication. The AWS D1.1 Endorsement case studies are 5 cases and about 3,404 words.
1The Copied Fillet Callout at a 45° Skewed T-Joint
A fabricator is detailing a pedestrian canopy at a transit station. The engineer's drawings show W10x49 beams framing into W14x90 columns at a 45° dihedral angle, with a 5/16 in fillet weld all around.
531 words, about 3 min2Oversized Root Opening on a Cold January Morning
It is mid-January and the shop bay door stays open. A 1/2 in A36 plate girder web-to-flange joint is detailed as a complete-joint-penetration groove weld with steel backing, root opening 1/4 in ±1/16 in.
742 words, about 4 min3A 3G Coupon Assigned to a 1 in Overhead Groove
A welder's qualification record on file shows a 3/8 in A36 plate groove test, 3G, vertical up, SMAW with E7018 (F4), bend tested and passed, dated 14 months ago. Production now requires a complete-joint-penetration groove weld in 1 in A572 Gr.
716 words, about 4 min4Film-Clean but Not Fusion-Clean
A fabricator is completing 1 in thick flange-to-web CJP groove welds in a transfer girder, welded by FCAW under a qualified WPS. The contract documents and the EOR's notes require 100% ultrasonic examination of the CJP welds.
660 words, about 3 min5Thickness Range, Borrowed PQR, and a Missing Continuity Entry
During a final records audit on a completed two-span girder package, the inspector finds three things. First, the WPS used for the web CJP groove welds states a qualified base-metal thickness range up to 3/4 in, but the webs are 1 in.
755 words, about 4 min