He purchased 10-foot lengths of 5 / 8-inch rebar ( steel reinforcing rods ) and drove them about 2 1 / 2 feet into the ground, leaving 7 1 / 2 feet exposed.
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In the race against time to construct new stores, new houses and new office space, every now and then a crucial beam, a reinforcing rod or a ton of cement gets left out.
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All that remains of the Biblioteca Popular are two orange trees that stood in the courtyard, the red and white charred tiles of the reading room and a tangle of twisted steel reinforcing rods.
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Yasid Abu Abed, a veteran fighter in Yasser Arafat's wing of the Palestine Liberation Organization, stepped over the chunks of concrete, broken beams, twisted iron reinforcing rods and mangled furniture strewn about his headquarters.
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The problem, as Silman and others who have looked at the structure say, isn't age but Wright's failure to put enough steel reinforcing rods into the concrete _ despite strong admonitions to do so.
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The U . S . dlrs 4 billion project also was stopped for nearly two months in 1987 when officials found that 316 steel reinforcing rods were left out when the foundations were poured.
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With timbers and holes lined up, drive 3 / 4-inch steel reinforcing rods into the holes; the rods must be long enough to go 2 feet into the ground and level with the top timber.
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To keep the little ramp in position, drill holes through the timber and into the asphalt driveway and drive long reinforcing rods or even long bolts so they go at least 12 inches into the driveway.
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Tests show steel reinforcing rods were placed too close together within the structure of the Leonard P . Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge, and didn't allow poured concrete to entirely fill slabs in the span, project managers said Friday.
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The timbers on the bottom layer should have holes drilled through them so you can " nail " them to the ground with short lengths of concrete reinforcing rod ( called rebar ) to keep the timbers from slipping.
