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Considerations
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Concrete Projects
BY EMILY B. LORENZ AND AMY REINEKE TRYGESTAD
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References
1. Concrete Reinforcement Steel Institute, Formwork Digest,
Engineering Data Report No. 47, Schaumburg, IL, 2000, 6 pp.
2. Hurd, M.K., Formwork for Concrete, SP-4, American Concrete
Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 1995, 500 pp.
3. ACI Committee 421, Shear Reinforcement for Slabs (ACI 421.1R-99),
American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 1999, 15 pp.
4. ACI Committee 318, Building Code Requirements for
Structural Concrete (ACI 318-05) and Commentary (318R-05),
American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, MI, 2002, 443 pp.
5. CECO Concrete Construction, Designing Concrete Buildings,
22 pp. (available at http://www.cecoconcrete.com/technical.html).
6. Portland Cement Association, Concrete Floor Systems: Guide
Fig. 5: The extra steps it takes to form out the column with a
narrower beam5
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