Do other structural engineers out there typically check the rebar shop drawings for a 3rd party contractor (different from in-house construction crew at a Design-Build or IPC firm) prior to construction? IMO, that is edging over the line of responsibilities. I have been doing this for an employer who, I believe, takes on too much. I think it should remain the responsibility of the contractor, or their rebar fabricator, to read the plans correctly.
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Engineer's responsibility to check rebar shop drawings? 9
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retired13 said:
Yep, that's it!
Plus, we don't have any shops to check for it. We have enough shops to check...
Also, we adjust some of our laps for ASrequired / ASprovided, etc., so we'd have to provide considerably more design information for the rebar fabricators to calculate the laps...or many of the laps would be longer than required.
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