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    Development length

    You need to be careful with this situation. The ACI provision allows for bars to offset transverse to the plane of a layer of bars, such as a wall or slab. In this situation described by the OP, the offset between anchors and foundation bars is not transverse, but out-of-plane. The...
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    Horizontal ties at Change in retaining wall thickness

    Long time reader, first time poster. This retaining wall detail with an "offset splice" between the flexural reinforcing bars is problematic. My company has had a bad experience (partial collapse) in a very similar situation with a cast-in-place concrete retaining wall with stepped changes...

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