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3 Tips to Improving the Strength of Concrete With Mesh

Construction Marketing

Unlike rebar, steel mesh is formed easily, making it very popular. It may not offer the same kind of strength as rebar, but it is very close. The good thing about using steel mesh is that it does not require any special skills as rebar does. It is very flexible, making it easy to work with.

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Pros And Cons Of Using Concrete In Commercial Stairs

Construction Marketing

Due to this characteristic, builders are able to design structures of various sizes and styles. Depending on the size and type of damage the stairs sustained, there could be ways of repairing minor cracks. For this reason, contractors would need reinforcement, like rebar inserted into the concrete during the molding process.

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Your Favorite Construction Junkie Articles in 2020

Construction Junkie

2020 Best Construction Podcast Competition The sixth annual Best Construction Blog contest was a huge success, with more nominations and more overall votes than ever before. While there, I was able to catch up with the team from Advanced Construction Robotics, the makers of TyBot, the autonomous rebar tying robot.

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Emergency Shelter Design

Natural Building

This design is flexible in size so it could accommodate large families or just individuals. With additional barbed wire, steel rebar, cement, doors, windows, and a wood stove, this design could become permanent housing. This original blog from which this comes is [link] For more details go to [link].

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Quake-Damaged Building Implosion One for the Books | ENR.

ENR Construction

Text size: A A. “The structure did exactly what CDI said it would, in spite of the extraordinarily heavy rebar in the 1986 [structure] that was built to what was already a rigorous seismic code,” says J. View all Videos » Blogs: ENR Staff. Blogs: Other Voices. Obituaries. Multimedia. Special Reports.

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Patented Precast Shaves Costs on Korean Highway | ENR.

ENR Construction

Text size: A A. Freyssinets local chief executive officer, Ji-Yeong Kim, claims the precast system on this project costs 20% less than a more conventional rectangular cast-in-place system and uses 16% less rebar. View all Videos » Blogs: ENR Staff. Blogs: Other Voices. Obituaries. Multimedia. Special Reports.

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BIM for Reinforced Concrete – Rebar clash prevention

BIM & Beam

This article is the continuation of a conversation that I started with the blog post depicting the value of BIM for Concrete and continued with from 2D to 3D with rebar detailing. Allows users to design and detail with rebar clash prevention in mind to reduce clashes both in the preconstruction and site execution project phases.

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