The steel fabricator for the third-floor tapered, built-up plate girders at the troubled Salesforce Transit Center in San Francisco is calling for a girder-hanger connection design review as part of ...

The cuts were made where welds come together, near where the hanger plate slots through the flange and the two 40-ft-long flange plates, each 4 in. thick, were joined using a full-penetration weld.

The best part is it was a fairly low-risk trial since the entire "Deluxe Plate Hanger Set" can be had for $2.84. I got the item home and went to work .

The facility was closed in late September. At the midspan, each 8-ft-deep girder web is thickened by a vertical hanger plate to support the second-floor bus deck below.