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Horizontal Construction Joints in Concrete Walls

Horizontal Construction Joints in Concrete Walls

Horizontal Construction Joints in Concrete Walls

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What types of restrictions do you usually put on the placement of horizontal construction joint in basement walls or interior shear walls? It seems that requiring a Class 'B' tension splice of your reinforcing bars and requiring the concrete surface to be roughened to a 1/4" amplitude would accomodate your flexural and shear requirements, respectively.  But what if the contractor is locating two construction joints within the development length of the flexural reinforcement, say a joint within ld from the bottom of the wall?  Thoughts?

RE: Horizontal Construction Joints in Concrete Walls

Within ld from the bottom of the wall?  How tall is that, 2 or 3 feet?  Sounds like the contractor needs taller forms.

RE: Horizontal Construction Joints in Concrete Walls

(OP)
A very unique situtation on this job I am working on, mat foundation with several feet of granular fill on top, with a slab-on-grade on top.  Contractor is proposing to place a construction joint at the same elevation as the slab-on-grade, approx 4.5' above the mat foundation.

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