NO since the location is located in a closet area in a Kitchen pantry. The Tendon has a plastic coating and is completely encased in concrete completely except the cored area whihc has been partially severed.
Yes they are single strand tendon..1/2" - 7 wire and the plans have them going 18"OC..I thought it was a lot and the loss of one tendon due to the amount should not be significant but will that cause the stress now to go to that area since it is a weaker point.
Usually this is part of the Laws and Rules of the State requirements. I believe in the State of Florida it is 7 years to maintain the record but as the engineer of record you are responsible for the life of that design or until the design gets modified.
Ok The the tendon is partially cut due to a coring sample in the slab. The tendon is a 1/2" -7 wire tendon. about 3/16" is cut based on field measurements. The location of the cut is about 15 ft from the anchorage point on an existing slab over 30 years old. It is on the 11th story of a 12...
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I have a simple question, that has been posed to me by a contractor. If a exisitng PT tendon has been partially cut do you have to provide a coupler to make sure the tendon is not compromised and the tension adauately transferred? Since it is only a single tendon and is still...
