Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Re: welded wire fabric for columns

            David,

                        I have used WWR for column ties, though only in very lightly loaded ones, nor were they CIP, only precast. I think as long as the mesh meets ACI 318 for ties, there are no issues. In seismic regions, this means the ends need to be anchored within the confined concrete, which means cutting a lot of wires.

            HTH,

            Jim Getaz

            Precast Concrete Engineer

            Winchester, Virginia