Column Socket - Connect-EZ

Connect-EZ Column Socket

Building owners are demanding column sockets! The industry’s only OSHA-compliant column socket, this quality Connect-EZ® product eliminates the traditional “diamond box-out” cut in the concrete slab for steel columns. The Connect-EZ® Column Socket can accommodate any steel column size – tube or wide flange – and is set 3/8” below grade for uninterrupted screeding and finishing operations. Steel caps are available.

The Column Socket not only saves time and money, it removes a safety hazard from slab-on-grade concrete floor construction. Installing the Column Socket saves structural steel layout and erection time because the column base plates are already located and anchored to the foundation.

Column Socket Features

Eliminates the traditional column “diamond box-out” form work
Provides uninterrupted screeding and finishing operations
Eliminates concrete placement and finishing by hand of every column location
Provides a more uniform, blemish-free concrete floor surface
Removes a safety hazard for workers, equipment and vehicles
Allows panels to be cast over column locations with no “diamond” imprints
Speeds steel erection

Safety Assured

Exclusively compliant with OSHA code #1926.755 (A) (2)
Eliminates trip and fall hazard
Removes damage exposure to equipment and vehicles

Secure Connection

Eliminates the “diamond box” cut in the concrete slab for steel columns.
Saves structural steel layout and erection time
Ends unsightly gaps that create trip hazards and add labor to the finishing process.
The industry’s only OSHA-compliant column socket
Custom made for any size column

Superior to Brand X

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_{All four corners of the Connect-EZ socket sleeve are rounded to}_{prevent inducing re-entrant cracks}_{in the concrete floor slab.}
_{The base of the Connect-EZ socket is fabricated with a}_{weep hole}_{to prevent the collection (and freezing) of water.}
_{The Connect-EZ base plate can}_{rotated 45 degrees}_{to assure accurate layout.}
_{Every Connect-EZ column socket is}_{custom fabricated}_{using the EOR’s base plate specification.}
_{Connect-EZ Column Sockets are exclusively OSHA Compliant in accordance with regulation 1926.755(a)(2).}
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ENGINEER ADVISORY

Maintain a minimum of 12” elevation difference between top of column foundation and finished floor elevation. Be advised to notify the steel fabricator not to include the base plate or the welding of the base plate in the proposal. Connect-EZ provides the engineer’s specified base plate with the column socket.

CONTRACTOR ADVISORY

Columns must not be left free-standing during erection. Connect-EZ® Column Sockets are not designed to stabilize free-standing columns during steel erection. When columns are set, they should be secured to and supported by primary and secondary framing members. Or, temporary bracing should be provided, as directed by OSHA, in code #1926.755 (A) (2).