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Tavino Jr., PE  \nCourse 256  \nPDH (4 Hours)  \nPO Box 449  \nPewaukee, WI 53072  \n(888) 564-9098 [support@pdhacademy.com](support@pdhacademy.com)  \nBuilding Rebar Inspection  \nby  \nPeter J. Tavino Jr., PE  \nSlab on Grade-Inspected and Ready for Concrete  \nBuilding Rebar Inspection  \nIntroduction  \nThe author has been fortunate to have been called back to part time work in semiretirement to inspect rebar as it progresses through a new science and health center school being constructed by the state. With the drop in oil prices impacting my geothermal energy jobs, I am pleased to work with the fine ironworkers, plus the design and contracting professionals bringing this and other buildings from paper to occupancy. It is cool that they cannot pour concrete until I have approved the rebar in writing. Tips I relearned and progress photos I took during my inspection process are shared here with SUNCAM subscribers.  \nYears ago in New York City I spent time designing reinforced concrete foundations, and later inspected rebar on cast in place buildings surging more than fifty stories high. Rebar work and inspection has not changed much over those three dozen years.  \nEast West Tower on 52nd Street in Manhattan -1984  \nA college classmate reminded me recently about attending my fifth year civil engineering reunion, where I impressed my Department Chairman with my career success; and then my tenth  \nBuilding Rebar Inspection  \nyear reunion, where the professor said \"So Pete, what are you doing now?\" \"Inspecting rebar\" I replied. \"Ha Ha Ha. -No what are you really doing?\" \"I am really inspecting rebar!\" I loved being in the field and later used that experience to become a successful real estate developer and consulting engineer. Excellent reinforced concrete professional engineer designers spend plenty of time in the field with inspectors making sure that their work is implemented properly by theironworkers.  \nIn the 1970’s and 1980’s, concrete design was by two methods, Working Stress and Ultimate Strength. Today there is more software available for design, but physical inthe-field inspection remains as it has been 40 years ago and earlier. The Daily Field Report remains the document of record before the forms can be filled with concrete.  \nMany times photos or video are used to record the reinforcing assemblies to show to the office designer and ultimately the owner and representatives. But without interpretation that the photos meet the design requirements, they are insufficient. And taking pictures at all angles to show every possible view is almost impossible. It would be easy to have important overlap or clearance features hidden. So a summary of the work for the day (or for the proposed next concrete pour) verifies that the rebar is approved.  \nHandwritten reports (scanned or turned to pictures) are routinely texted or emailed to the Inspection Company office for typing. If not they may be typed on site in the contractor’s trailer office by the Inspector.  \nExpect the General contractor and the Design Engineer to review these reports, and be ready to answer questions where uncertainty or ambiguity exists. Having photos like the ones in this course may help remind an Inspector about what was approved a few weeks earlier.  \nOldfield handbook. Still mostly relevant. Modern books also available.  \nBuilding Rebar Inspection  \nBuilding rebar differs from highway bridge structure rebar because it is not exposed to weather or winter deicing salt products that could corrode it. Building rebar is not green epoxy coated like its outdoor counterpart, used especially on bridges. It is commonly 60,000 psi tensile strength in sizes from number (\\#) 3 bars for ties 3/8\" diameter to \\# 9 bars for columns 9/8 = 1 1/8 \" diameter, and each manufactured bar is labeled for strength and size.  \nThe Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute describes American Society of Testing Materials (ASTM) identification markings suc","cbCaim4Ed2v2k9q9","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaim4Ed2v2k9q9","pdf",6402394,42,"English","# Introduction\n## Field inspection process and documentation\n## Rebar identification and acceptance\n## Pile caps inspection considerations","[{\"question\":\"Why are inspection photos or video not sufficient by themselves?\",\"answer\":\"They must be interpreted to confirm that the reinforcing assemblies meet design requirements. 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