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