Researchers tie U-bolt connectors to rebar cage safety, integrity

Sources: Charles Pankow Foundation, Haymarket, Va.; CP staff An investigation geared to identifying fabrication and assembly practices curtailing rebar cage collapse or failure incidents confirms the potential of U-bolt hardware to replace tie wires commonly used in lateral and transverse bar connections and increase cages’ lateral strength. The Pankow Foundation teamed with the American Society of Civil Engineers Construction Institute,…

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