Ah, pardon my generalization. Good point about the microcracking around tooled joints that occurs as the concrete cures.
Did you elect to use any steel reinforcement in this concrete?
Thanks for the quick and thorough reply, Ron. Following up on a couple things below:
This 2017 FHWA Tech Brief on Bases and Subbases for Concrete Pavements states quite clearly otherwise (or maybe I'm interpreting it incorrectly?):
"The key characteristic of a good quality rigid pavement...
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TL;DR: A few questions about contemporary public sidewalk specs
1) If modern practice stresses the importance of free draining bases for most new roadway construction, why do so many design standards still allow/spec dense graded / crusher run for base material? It seems that this...
