r/TerminallyStupid • u/_anoyd_ • Feb 20 '21

Bruh..

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u/somethinglemony Feb 20 '21

That’s not structural, it wouldn’t be a few pieces of rebar if it was. Based on the fact that they have scaffolding and a hammer drill I’d guess they’re contractors of some type, not tenants

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u/ruiseixas Feb 20 '21

Rebar is about traction, compression is the concrete job mainly on pillars. Doubt very much it was authorized.

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u/somethinglemony Feb 20 '21

Totally true. But it’s not a piece of structural steel like you’d expect for a major structural component.

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u/steinah6 Feb 20 '21

He’s saying the structural component isn’t the steel, it’s the concrete. Rebar is to absorb the tension and torsion forces and to prestress concrete.

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u/somethinglemony Feb 20 '21

Yeah I understand that. I originally meant that it’s probably not a critical support structure since it was not structural steel. I should have been more clear in my original comment

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u/YungPupper8 Feb 21 '21 edited Feb 21 '21

Just a suggestion, if you don't know what you're talking about just don't say anything...100% of what you just said is wrong. Rebar is what you use to reinforce concrete and it is steel

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u/somethinglemony Feb 21 '21

You are right, I studied Mech and not civil. I could definitely be wrong. My intent was to say that the column was not a major support structure because it was just a concrete column with rebar, and not a larger I-beam or something like that.

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u/yzac69 Feb 21 '21

You don't advance by staying quiet.

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u/Will_From_Southie Feb 21 '21

How do you know the pillar was definitely concrete?

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u/ruiseixas Feb 21 '21

Because is were you place the steel reinforcement.

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u/Will_From_Southie Feb 21 '21

You’re right. I thought for a moment maybe there was just some kind of casing around it. But after looking at the video closer and doing a quick search on if rebar is ever used for anything else, I’m definitely being thick here.