[mulligan]

Except for a few rods at the perimeter, there is no steel in the house slabs here. They use fibercrete, which has fiber mixed in with the concrete. That being said, i take exception to the notion that all slabs crack. If the control joints are placed properly, and the concrete is allowed to cure properly, and the soil underneath is compacted properly, they will not crack. I have never seen anyone do a compaction test here. I was involved with quite a few homes in Collier county, and we did a wet cure, that is, we ran the sprinklers on the slab for 3 days after pouring. Result: NO CRACKS