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#rebar
2 topics across all disciplines.
Concrete and reinforcement — why the mix is the easy part
What concrete grade actually means, why the water-cement ratio decides almost everything, what cover is protecting, and why curing is the most neglected step on site.
Reinforcement detailing and formwork — cover, laps and the things that move
Why cover is a durability dimension rather than a tolerance, what a lap length is actually doing, why site-made spacers cause the defect they were meant to prevent, which bars may be welded and which must never be, and why formwork rigidity decides whether any of it stays where it was put.