What are the skill sets required to do Rebar Detailing?

Rebar detailing is a careful and involved job that will significantly affect on the construction. To do Rebar detailing the accompanying skills are required.

1. To read the structural drawings and see how a designer purpose to develop the structure with different structural components like Footings, Slabs, walls, Beams, staircases etc. For doing Infrastructure projects an information on Pile caps, sections, piers, Abutment walls, phylon’s etc. are required.

2. To read and understand the notes, Schedules and other data that are applicable for Rebar detailing of the different components.

3. To read the construction drawings from different trades like MEP and Architectural to check the consistency, clash and whatever other ambiguities that will influence Rebar detailing.

4. To raise a Request for Information (RFI) to the Relevant partner and get answers for the missing data, ambiguous situations, clashes and so on.

5. To have a key comprehension of how different structural components are reinforced. For instance, we will take a BEAM

• What are the elements of the Beams and the supports?
• What will be the General cover to be pursued on Top, Bottom and side faces of the Beam?
• Are there any inconveniences in the component like Steps, Size varieties between constant pillars, Depth varieties etc? The detailer needs to check for the presence of such complications and give proper detailing.
• What is the different Rebar in a Typical continuous Beam?
• Where you can Lap Top and Bottom Bars? Where you can’t Lap?
• What might be the Lap length to be pursued? Is it from the code or is it given by the structural designer in the structural drawing?
• What are the Bar supports and different accessories to be given? /How to figure their amounts?
• For the most part, where will the congestion of Rebar happen? How to determine these congestion issues?
• Will the Element be poured independently or with some other element? All things considered is there any Dowels required to be given?
• Is any Rebar should be given special treatments like Epoxy covering, End Threads for couplers and so on?

6. To have a solid Rebar detailing knowledge.

• What is the detailing code to be utilized?
• What are the different standard Bend Shapes explained in the code?
• What is the Pin Diameter suggested by the Code?
• What are the standard Hook lengths for various points?
• What are the lap lengths to be utilized?
• How to figure development lengths?
• What is the Cut length estimation to be followed?
• How to Calculate Bar sizes and amount from the Areas of Steel given by the structural engineers. This range of abilities is required when you work for U.K projects and in many countries, this learning is required to pick alternate Bar sizes, based on site requirement. It would be ideal if you note that the structural engineers should approve the other Bar sizes.

7. To have an appropriate understanding of the Rebar Fabrication process

• What are the Different Bar sizes accessible?
• What might be the customary stock lengths that are promptly accessible to fabricate?
• Is Rebar Bent in Shop or Site?
• Do they use CNC machines or not?
• What might be the favored arrangement for Bar bending schedule?
• If CNC Bar list is required, what is the format required?
• What are the length confinements in delivery L Bars and Arc Bars and so on?
• What might the most extreme delivery length?
• What will be maximum Truckload permitted to Transport Rebar?

8. To have an appropriate understanding of the Rebar Placing drawing presentation style to suit the Contractors Placing team.

• The Placing drawings are set up in various ways.
• The detailer should know the expectations for the customer and get ready Rebar Placing drawings in that format.
• It’s additionally better to realize the approval procedure for the Rebar Detailing and Rebar placing drawings.

9. To do Rebar Detailing using a 2D Rebar detailing software

• The Rebar detailer should initially know How to detail Rebar using Paper and pencil. The basics must be comprehended. This should be done before adapting any software.
• Doing Rebar detailing in an Excel sheet or a bit of paper is undoubtedly a wrong approach.
• Rebar detailing with plain CAD will be laborious, mistake inclined and generally end up in a major Mess.

Originally published at https://rightserve.kinja.com on August 26, 2019.