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SCHAUMBURG, IL -- The Concrete Reinforcing Steel Institute has released a new, updated version of Placing Reinforcing Bars. This popular book presents the best accepted current practices in placing ...

A survey on state policies and practices regarding CRRBs was distributed to 52 voting members of the AASHTO Committee on Bridges and Structures (representing each state, Puerto Rico, and the District ...

The book is written for apprentices, ironworkers and inspectors working with steel reinforced concrete. Placing Reinforcing Bars is typically cited in project specifications, special provisions, and ...

On June 4, 2025, the Rebar Trade Action Coalition and its individual members (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on U.S. imports of Steel Concrete Reinforcing ...

The identification marks vary for each specification. However, a combination of letters and numbers is typically required these days. This method substitutes the conventional method of identification ...

The Rebar Trade Action Coalition (“RTAC” or “Petitioner”) filed new petitions against imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar (“rebar”) from Algeria, Bulgaria, Egypt, and the Socialist Republic of ...

Those gray bumpy rods are ½-inch steel reinforcing bars that will strengthen a garage footing. The contractor now needs to put supports under them so about 3 or 4 inches of concrete separates the rods ...