I have a warehouse with a 6" concrete slab on 12" compacted gravel. Control joints were made within 12 hours at approximately 15'-0" x 20'-0" panels. (No vapor barrier was necessary.)
The slab is reinforced with Fiber mesh and it was poured with the building fully enclosed using chutes (no...
A commonly seen “standard detail” for a concrete column or pilaster supporting a steel column with embedded anchor bolts shows column ties closely spaced in the top 8” – 12” of the column – presumably to enclose the anchor bolts. I can’t find the code reference (ACI, IBC?)requiring this. Can...
