The average concrete slab in a New York City building is 8 inches thick and weighs thousands of pounds. Adding new floors to an older building then means potentially stacking multiple tons of new ...
Most slabs-on-ground are unreinforced or nominally reinforced for crack-width control. When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of ...
When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of random cracks that may occur because of concrete shrinkage and temperature restraints, ...