Most slabs-on-ground are unreinforced or nominally reinforced for crack-width control. When positioned in the upper or top portion of the slab thickness, steel reinforcement limits the widths of ...

“It’s tough to keep all of that bent and twisted material in the middle of the finished slab. Any reinforcing that ends up at the bottom of the slab, laying against the ground, doesn’t do ...

Many farmers do their own concrete work. Here are tips from pros to improve the quality of the finished slab: Fiber-strand reinforcing, which means fiberglass or other fibers are mixed with the ...

Contraction joints (sometimes called control joints) are used in unreinforced and lightly reinforced slabs-on-ground to minimize random cracking. By creating straight-line weakened-planes in ...