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Press Releases:

 

11.13.2002

Technology Puts Welded Wire Reinforcement On A More Equal Footing with Rebar

7.9.2001
Welded Wire Reinforcement: Celebrating a 100 Year Anniversary

 

6.12.2001
Scoring A Touchdown with Welded Wire Reinforcement

 

4.20.2001
Using Welded Wire Reinforcement in Residential Construction


3.12.2001
Welded Wire Reinforcement: The Hidden Cost Advantage

 

 

Industry Issues & News:

 

"Detecting the Cover and Spacing of Welded Wire Reinforcement" by Luke M. Snell and Naweed A. Khan.

Presented April 2006

 

Did You Know That...
A collection of useful information related to welded wire reinforcement, including conversions from inch-pounds to metrics, WWR support spacing advice, and info on WWR ductility.

 

Fatigue Research Comments and Dr. Maher Tadros's Responses
A Q&A discussion of fatigue research and issues surrounding study questions.

 

Fibers and WWR
There's a big difference between the two. Fibers are not concrete reinforcement. Welded wire reinforcement is concrete reinforcement.

 

"Why Steel Reinforcement is Needed in Concrete Slabs", by Roy H. Reiterman, WRI, published in Concrete International, December, 1996

 

"Concrete Cracking", by Roy H. Reiterman, WRI, published in the WRI UPDATE newsletter, January, 2000

 

 

 

 

 

   
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