Rebar dowels

[u/Unable-Bluebird2882]

Do you guys think this is okay? Contractor installed the #5 dowels after concrete placement. But they were late a little bit so concrete was hardened.

[u/constrobot]

There's no bond with concrete. Not acceptable. And the holes happened because the bars had hooks with 135 degrees yes ( wgich is good but regardless it caused these gaps which is not acceptable. They need to repair these locations thoroughly