Assembly Techniques for Large Construction Components

This paper discusses some of the problems associated with positioning large components and shows how different joint designs may alleviate these problems. It will be necessary to define assembly methods and strategies for ensuring that the components can be joined successfully once they have been presented to each other by the erection system. The tolerances which are common on the site mean that the joints must be able to accommodate errors in placement of parts by the lifting system and also errors in the placement of the receiving assembly.