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Old 12-25-2024, 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by ltcdfancher View Post
It seems to me that we’re all making the same claim. Before grabbing the wall saw, we must know the location, orientation, and sizes of all reinforcing members inside the tilt-up or cast-in-place wall. The structural engineer would need to agree that the structure would not fail. Forgive my ignorance for claiming that a 8’-10’ high, 8” thick, long slab of concrete and steel could be monolithic. I am a product of the Florida Education System; somewhere the system failed me.
Don't worry. Unless you're building large buildings, it's not a major structural failure 😂😂