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I’m about to build a large detached garage. The plans call for a 10-inch-thick by 20-inch-wide poured concrete footing with two ½-inch steel bars that run continuously in the concrete.
A 16-in. wide footing gives adequate space for forming the wall (ACI 332 requires two-in. min. footing width per side + wall thickness), so 16 in. / 12 in./ft. x 2,000 psf = 2,666.7 plf, more than ...
Guide to Residential Concrete (ACI 332R-06) published by the American Concrete Institute, 38800 Country Club Drive, Farmington Hills, MI 48331 | Phone: 248-848-3700 | www.concrete.org Ed. Note: ...
EVERETT — The final layer of concrete will be poured Monday for Snohomish County’s new 1,200-stall underground parking garage. Crews will pour 800 yards of concrete to top off the new garage ...
In their in-house testing, Airvine reports pushing just under 4Gbps through 12 inches of garage concrete, and it can bend around corners, even 90 degrees. Your particular cement and aggregate ...