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Congested reinforcement:
effects on placing and
compacting concrete
Dick Roberts BSc CEng MICE FCS
General
Concrete can be placed and fully compacted in areas of heavily congested reinforcement, but this requires both good
detailing on the part of the designer and
good planning and control on the part of
the contractor to ensure that there are no
problems. Advice for designers and contractors is given in the following Sections.
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Advice to designers
Advice to
contractors
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