I meant Class B Splices... certainly a Class A splice would be considered insufficient.
Reading 12.15.2 with 12.14.1 suggests that while the splice locations are not good practice, they are not prohibited and a Class B splice does meet the code requirement. Do you guys agree?
If the code is...
It was missed in the shop drawing review and the inspector missed it in the field. One floor went in this way, caught it on the next floor.
A typical slab detail similar to Fig 13.3.8 was included in the design drawings, but we're not going to just throw it back at the contractor.
The...
Maybe I'm reading to much into it, but it seems like you can interpret the region as all of the reinforcing between the two dashed lines, top and bottom. No?
As a follow up, if the diagram permits splicing of the bottom reinforcing only at the support, is splicing of the top steel therefore...
Hello,
I've run into a debate on permitted splice locations per ACI 318 figure 13.3.8. For a slab without drop panels the figures show that splices are permitted in the column strips between an interior support out to the 0.30ln span location. Does this region apply to both top reinforcing...
