Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary

CHAPTER 6—FORMWORK, EMBEDMENTS, AND CONSTRUCTION JOINTS ................................ 81
6.1—Design of formwork ....................................................................................................................................................... 81
6.2—Removal of forms, shores, and reshoring ..................................................................................................................... 81
6.3—Embedments in concrete .............................................................................................................................................. 83
6.4—Construction joints......................................................................................................................................................... 84
CHAPTER 7—DETAILS OF REINFORCEMENT .................................................................................. 87
7.1—Standard hooks ............................................................................................................................................................. 87
7.2—Minimum bend diameters .............................................................................................................................................. 87
7.3—Bending ......................................................................................................................................................................... 88
7.4—Surface conditions of reinforcement.............................................................................................................................. 88
7.5—Placing reinforcement ................................................................................................................................................... 89

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7.6—Spacing limits for reinforcement ....................................................................................................................................90
7.7—Concrete protection for reinforcement ...........................................................................................................................91
7.8—Reinforcement details for columns ................................................................................................................................94
7.9—Connections...................................................................................................................................................................95
7.10—Lateral reinforcement for compression members ........................................................................................................96
7.11—Lateral reinforcement for flexural members .................................................................................................................98
7.12—Shrinkage and temperature reinforcement ..................................................................................................................98
7.13—Requirements for structural integrity..........................................................................................................................100