AS/NZS 1554.

1:2014
(Incorporating Amendment Nos 1 and 2)
AS/NZS 1554.1:2014

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Structural steel welding

Part 1: Welding of steel structures

 AS/NZS 1554.1:2014
This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical
Committee WD-003, Welding of Structures. It was approved on behalf of the
Council of Standards Australia on 24 September 2014 and on behalf of the Council
of Standards New Zealand on 12 September 2014.
This Standard was published on 25 November 2014.

The following are represented on Committee WD-003:

Australasian Corrosion Association

Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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Australian Industry Group

Australian Steel Institute
Austroads
Bureau of Steel Manufacturers of Australia
Energy Networks Association
Engineers Australia
New Zealand Heavy Engineering Research Association
New Zealand Non-Destructive Testing Association
Steel Reinforcement Institute of Australia
University of Sydney
Welding Technology Institute of Australia

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 AS/NZS 1554.1:2014
(Incorporating Amendment Nos 1 and 2)

Australian/New Zealand Standard™

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Structural steel welding

Part 1: Welding of steel structures

Originated in Australia as AS CA8—1933.

Originated in New Zealand, in part, as NZS 4701:1981.
Previous edition AS/NZS 1554.1:2011.
Ninth edition 2014.
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (September 2015).
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 2 (September 2017).

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PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Committee WD-003, Welding of Structures, to supersede AS/NZS 1554.1:2011.
This Standard incorporates Amendment No. 1 (September 2015) and Amendment No. 2
(September 2017). The changes required by the Amendment are indicated in the text by a
marginal bar and amendment number against the clause, note, table, figure or part thereof
affected.
The objective of this Standard is to provide rules for the welding of a wide range of steel
constructions, and while it is expected that its main use will be for statically loaded welds,
it applies also to some welds subject to fatigue. Although this Standard has been
specifically prepared for steel structures, it may be usefully applied to machine frames and
other types of steel constructions.
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This edition incorporates the following major changes to the 2011 edition:
(a) Revision of the following Clauses:
1.1 (new Note), 2.3.1, 2.3.3, 3.1.2.2 (new), 4.1.1 (Note 2 revised), 4.1.4, 4.2(b) and
Note 1, 4.2 (d) (correction), 4.3, 4.5.5.1, 4.5.5.3, 4.6.1.1(e)(iii), 4.6.1.2 (new Note),
4.7.1, 4.7.7, 4.8, 4.12.1, 4.12.2.3, 5.2.4, 5.3.4, 5.3.5 (title), 6.2.2, 6.3.3 (Note added),
6.4.3 (Note added), 6.7 (Note 2 revised), 6.8 (new Note), 7.2(e) (new), F2.2, F4,
Appendix H (new).
(b) Revision of the following Tables:
4.1.3, 4.6.1(A), 4.6.1(B), 4.6.1(C), 4.6.2, 4.7.1 (Notes 1, 3 and 4 revised), 4.11(A)
(item deleted and Item (i) revised), 4.12.2(B) (Note 1), 5.2.4 (new), 5.3.4, 6.2.2, E4
(items renumbered, root gap revised), G1.
(c) Revision of the following Figures:
4.5.5.1 (Note 2 and the title revised), 4.5.5.3 (Note 2 revised), 4.5.5.4 (title revised).
This Standard requires that weld preparations, welding consumables and welding
procedures be qualified before commencement of welding. Prequalified joint preparations,
welding consumables and welding procedures are also given in the Standard.
This Standard, in catering for structures subject to fatigue conditions as well as statically
loaded structures, provides two categories of welds with two differing levels of weld quality
assurance associated with the different types of service to which the welds are subjected.
The intention is that the designer select the category suited to the severity of the service and
nominate this on the drawings. Where a structure contains both categories, this nomination
of appropriate categories will ensure that appropriate levels of supervision and inspection
will be applied to the relevant parts of the structure.
Statements expressed in mandatory terms in notes to tables and figures are deemed to be
requirements of this Standard.
The terms ‘normative’ and ‘informative’ have been used in this Standard to define the
application of the appendix to which they apply. A ‘normative’ appendix is an integral part
of a Standard, whereas an ‘informative’ appendix is only for information and guidance.
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CONTENTS

Page

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE ......................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 EXCLUSIONS............................................................................................................. 6
1.3 INNOVATION ............................................................................................................ 6
1.4 NORMATIVE REFERENCES .................................................................................... 6
1.5 DEFINITIONS AND SYMBOLS ................................................................................ 6
1.6 WELD CATEGORIES ................................................................................................ 7
1.7 MANAGEMENT OF QUALITY ................................................................................. 7
1.8 SAFETY ...................................................................................................................... 8
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SECTION 2 MATERIALS OF CONSTRUCTION

2.1 PARENT MATERIAL ................................................................................................. 9
2.2 BACKING MATERIAL .............................................................................................. 9
2.3 WELDING CONSUMABLES ..................................................................................... 9

SECTION 3 DETAILS OF WELDED CONNECTIONS

3.1 GENERAL ................................................................................................................. 11
3.2 BUTT WELDS .......................................................................................................... 11
3.3 FILLET WELDS ....................................................................................................... 12
3.4 COMPOUND WELDS .............................................................................................. 17
3.5 SEAL WELDS ........................................................................................................... 18
3.6 PLUG WELDS .......................................................................................................... 19
3.7 SLOT WELDS ........................................................................................................... 19
3.8 COMBINING STEEL SECTIONS ............................................................................ 19

SECTION 4 QUALIFICATION OF PROCEDURES AND PERSONNEL

4.1 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING PROCEDURE.................................................... 21
4.2 METHODS FOR QUALIFYING A WELDING PROCEDURE ................................ 23
4.3 PREQUALIFIED WELDING PROCEDURES .......................................................... 24
4.4 PORTABILITY OF QUALIFIED WELDING PROCEDURES ................................ 24
4.5 PREQUALIFIED JOINT PREPARATIONS ............................................................. 24
4.6 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING CONSUMABLES .............................................. 32
4.7 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING PROCEDURE BY TESTING ............................ 40
4.8 EXTENSION OF QUALIFICATION ........................................................................ 45
4.9 COMBINATION OF PROCESSES ........................................................................... 45
4.10 RECORDS OF TESTS .............................................................................................. 45
4.11 REQUALIFICATION OF WELDING PROCEDURES ............................................ 45
4.12 QUALIFICATION OF WELDING PERSONNEL .................................................... 49
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