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Concrete cracks caused by...

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AValdes

Structural
Feb 19, 2020
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Good day, everyone.
I have a theory about what happened here, but I don’t want to bias anyone. What is your guess about what caused that crack? (The roof “X” braces have not been tensioned).

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