Welded Bar Mats – Not Your Grandmother’s WWF
October 6, 2020 from 9:30am to 10:30am Central Standard Time
Courtois Auditorium
Welded wire or bar reinforcing has been around for a long time, but in many design professionals’ minds, it has limited roles in construction. This course will provide a short synopsis of the history of the product, and then educate on the ways and locations where it can be used effectively in modern construction. The significant labor and cost savings that are available will be outlined, along with strategies to capture them on projects. Example projects with utilization in tilt-up, foundations, slab on grade, and slab on deck will be shown. Parameters will be provided outlining what manufacturing limitations exist, and how to work around them. The program will also address how WWR fits into modern construction, particularly as it relates to BIM and virtual construction. Through this discussion, benefits to quality control, placement accuracy, and inspection will be covered, outlining why use of WWR makes it easier and more consistent to get what the designer and owner expect in their project.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Identify what situations are or are not appropriate or cost effective for welded mats to be used in lieu of loose bar reinforcing.
- Summarize how welded mar mats can benefit the overall virtual construction effort and how they fit into the BIM.
- Contrast the approach to site logistics and labor utilization between welded mats and loose rebar.
- Explain the correct way to specify the use of welded bar mats in contract documents.
TRACK SPONSOR - White Cap
Construction Materials employs over 300 people and operates 16 branches in 6 states. We provide products for concrete, masonry and waterproofing projects from well known manufacturers such as BASF, WR Grace, Dayton Superior and Owens Corning. We currently work with more than 600 manufacturing partners allowing us to provide the products needed by the industry. In addition to finished products we also provide pre-fabricated rebar packages in almost all of our facilities.
Booth number: C20 | Learn more about White Cap >
TRACK SPONSOR - Needham DBS
Needham DBS is a structural engineering firm providing services for all types of building construction. Clients include Architects, Contractors, Developers, Building Owners and Manufacturing Companies. With such a wide range of clients, Needham DBS has designed many types of projects all over North America and the Caribbean. Needham DBS is a leader in the design-build delivery of building structural products through Needham's DBS division. Needham DBS uses BIM technology, combined with twenty-five years of steel fabrication experience, to provide a single source proposal for division five products. This approach is now being expanded into division three concrete products.
Booth number: A31 | Learn more about Needham DBS >
TRACK SPONSOR - Insteel Wire Products
Insteel is the nation's largest manufacturer of steel wire reinforcing products for concrete construction applications. We manufacture and market prestressed concrete strand and welded wire reinforcement, including engineered structural mesh, concrete pipe reinforcement and standard welded wire reinforcement.
Booth number: B42 | Learn more about Insteel Wire Products >
TRACK SPONSOR - Seretta Construction, Inc.
We have always looked at tilt-wall as an evolving artform. There are many things that we considered pushing the envelope a decade or two ago that are now commonplace or outdated. At Seretta, we take our role as an industry leader seriously and are constantly looking for and trying out potentially new and better ways to perform our work. We know that if you become complacent, you will become outdated. At Seretta, we use only the latest and most advanced chemicals, equipment, software, methodologies and technologies so that we continue to produce the highest quality work in the shortest amount of time.
TRACK SPONSOR - Dayton Superior Corporation
From our 17,000 hard-working products to our 1200+ dedicated people, Dayton Superior is all about performance. As the leading single-source provider of concrete accessories, chemicals, forming and paving products for the non-residential construction industry, we deliver proven products…integrity and responsiveness…and unwavering support. We're tested and challenged every day to perform at the highest level on over one million projects worldwide. At our Innovation Center, we’re perfecting today’s products and inventing tomorrow's breakthroughs. For us, good enough is never enough.
Booth number: B32 | Learn more about Dayton Superior Corporation >
Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA)
PO Box 204
402 1st Avenue SE
Mount Vernon, IA 52314
United States
Connect with Us!
About the Tilt-Up Concrete Association
Founded in 1986, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) strives to improve the quality and acceptance of site-cast Tilt-Up construction - one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, combining the advantages of reasonable cost with low maintenance, durability, speed of construction and minimal capital investment. Over 10,000 buildings, enclosing more than 650 million square feet, are constructed each year using this construction method.
All content copyright 2021 - Tilt-Up Concrete Association, unless noted otherwise.
Homepage slider image credits: (1) Ryan Goubty | Gensler, (2) Simon Menges | David Chipperfield Architects, (3) Bill Timmerman | richärd+bauer, (4) David Lauer | Semple Brown, (5) Matthew McFarland | Forum Studio.