I'm not familiar with the ACI, but I believe that shrinkage reinforcement in the top part of the first pour serves no purpose. Any cracks on the top surface will be sealed by the second pour. The second pour, however, will get cracking due to restraint from the first pour, analogous to shinkage...
I am working on a detail where a concrete wall is subjected to concentrated loads perpendicular to the wall. In my case, we don’t have reinforcement to handle the bursting tie forces. The wall is not subjected to significant tensile stresses in the bursting region from other loads. There is...
