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January 31, 2013
Steel fiber concrete cuts need for rebar
By LUCY BODILLY
Special to the Journal
Special to the Journal
Photos courtesy of Cary Kopczynski & Co.
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The city required two peer reviews before it would accept the new technology.
Pouring concrete into congested rebar is difficult: Concrete is hard to place and vibrating around the tangle of rebar to remove the voids makes it even harder.
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