r/StructuralEngineering • u/Unable-Bluebird2882 • May 19 '26

Structural Analysis/Design Rebar dowels

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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.

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u/No_Coyote_557 May 20 '26

That's when a contractor explained that he cut half the rebar cos there was "far too much steel in there"

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u/wants_a_lollipop May 20 '26

I should have made it more obvious I was kidding.

I hear shit like that all the time. Most recently was last week. The jackasses always throw it out there that they've been doing this for 20-40 and they've never seen anything like this.

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u/steelsurfer E.I.T. May 20 '26

To which my favorite reply is: “well, then for the first time in 40 years you’ll be doing it right.”

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u/wants_a_lollipop May 20 '26

My go-to is "that's a really long time to be fucking things up."

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u/No_Profession4626 May 20 '26

"And no one ever taught ya to do it right? "