Structural Steel Materials Standards

Are you Properly Specifying Materials?, Modern Steel Construction, January 2004, provides guidance on application of ASTM standards to specifying structural steel and related components. According to this article, preferred standards include:

Standard	Application
ASTM A992	Structural W-Shapes
ASTM A572, A913	Structural W-Shapes with higher yield and tensile strength than A 992
ASTM A588	W-Shapes of "weathering steel"
ASTM A36	Structural M-, S-, HP-Shapes, Channles, Angles, Plates, Bars, Threaded Rods
ASTM A53 Grade B	Steel Pipe
ASTM A500 Grade B	Round and Rectangular Tubes (Hollow Structural Sections)
ASTM A325, A490	High-Strength Bolts
ASTM A307	Common Bolts
ASTM A563	Nuts
ASTM A436	Washers
ASTM A1554	Anchor Rods

Information regarding steel grades and yield stresses is also provided.

For those who write or read structural steel specifications, this is a useful article. Companion articles in the same issue address availability of various shapes and grades, designing with high-strength grades, and related topics.

More Information:
Followup article Deciphering ASTM Standards for Structural Steel W-Shapes will provide some basic guidance on making sense out of ASTM structural steel standards.
Steel alloys, shapes, and fasteners are discussed on pages 374 - 382 of the textbook.
ASTM Standards and their summary scopes can be viewed online at ASTM Standards Search.