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To: mewzilla

I was working construction not long after the dam was built, it was buildings, but every concrete pour had steel in it - and I mean every one including sidewalks.


1,771 posted on 02/23/2017 4:10:00 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("It's a war against humanity!" Donald J. Trump)
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To: mad_as_he$$

FWIW, I was checking CA codes and found plain concrete was okay for some usages many moons ago.


1,772 posted on 02/23/2017 4:29:51 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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To: mad_as_he$$

Just ran across something called the California Bearing Ratio. That’s for roads, I guess. Wonder if it would apply to spillways and, if so, if that has any bearing (ha ha) here...


1,773 posted on 02/23/2017 4:38:03 AM PST by mewzilla (I'll vote for the first guy who promises to mail in his SOTU addresses.)
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