I agree..and no I also have not seen any documentaion on using the structural fibers in grout, main reason also for me asking, throwing it out there waiting for a bite to see if someone knows or has used it in that way. And yes we use the traditional way as well for our walls.
Also we have used polyfoam on the exterior of some walls to releave pressure on tall concrete walls, but it was not a cheap process, but it does insulate as well if it is in a basement condition.
True basic fibermesh is used for micro cracks, but true structural fibers made by Euclid, Grace, or equivilant where they are used in foundation walls and slabs to replace rebar would they possibly work?
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That is how we are trying to approach Revit, give our contractors some close numbers to do their numbers with. I believe with Reviit you could be just as close as their estimators. But would you be able to charge for this...or probably just include it in your fees at the start...
The thing is, the schedule (hours to set up) is done already. When we do projects from now on, the schedule will populate it self when we put the rebar in the model, so really there is not much extra time other than putting the schedule on the sheets. That is why we are having a hard time of how...
We have done alot of work on our end with formulas and parameters to set this up. It is not an out of the box schedule. We have many hours and fail and gains out of this, but we have got something that works very accuately.
We are currently setting up schedules within Revit Structure 2010 that will do take offs for us giving us each wall what rebar they will need with lengths, bends etc. We also have the rebar tonnage take off and yardage of concrete. Have other firms done this? If so, do you charge extra for this...