This Standard specifies the requirements for the production and supply of hot-rolled structural steel bars and sections.
For general structural and engineering applications, all grades specified in this Standard are suitable for—
(a) welding in accordance with AS/NZS 1554.1; or
(b) riveting and bolting as specified in AS/NZS 4600, AS 3990, AS 4100 and NZS 3404.
This Standard does not cover the following:
(i) Structural steel—Hot-rolled plates, floorplates and slabs, and welded I sections.
(ii) Steel plates for pressure equipment.
(iii) Structural steel hollow sections.
(iv) Carbon steels and carbon-manganese steels—Hot-rolled bars and semifinished products.
(v) Steel reinforcing bars for concrete.
(vi) Structural and pressure vessel steel—Quenched and tempered plate.
