JAE, Thanks for the reassurances. I work in a large engineering firm and have had structural assistance with the beam design. The dock pillars are connected with upside down cast in place "T" and "L" section beams using both tension and compression steel and alternating square stirrups...
Does anyone have preferences regarding admixtures for corrosion inhibition or coatings for reabar that would be suitable for a salt water exposed concrete dock?
(We have a mixture of epoxy and non epoxy rebar in place and are using a silica fume mix)
Graham
The Situation:
As part of a island home dock project (designed more with sweat than brains), we poured seven 24" dock pillars from 6' to 18' high, anchored into rock. Twenty foot lengths of 5/8" epoxy rebar run up through the pillars from rebar sockets set in fractured rock. As the stability...
