> While this is an industry practice, I'm not sure of all the reasons.
> Any ironworkers out there to shed more
> light on this?
>
Bolts are installed with the nuts up/out as a safety precaution to aid
in visual inspection.
You can easily tell if the errector missed a nut, bolt or lock washer.
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