Does Bending Rebar Weaken It? Rebending, Heat and Field Bends
Whether bending rebar weakens it: proper cold bends, why rebending and straightening crack bars, heating, field bending rules, coated and GFRP bar.
Drilling and Notching Steel Beams Safely
Drilling holes and cutting notches in steel beams: why the engineer must approve them, where holes do least harm, bolt hole sizes, tools, and copes done in the shop.
Footing Rebar Details and Layout Drawings
How to read a rebar footing detail: footing plans, schedules, typical sections, spacing callouts like 15M @ 300 BEW, and what a good footing layout shows.
Foundation Rebar Shop Drawings: Footings and Walls
What foundation rebar shop drawings show for footings and walls: placing plans, wall elevations, dowels, corners, openings, pour breaks, and what to check.
Heat Cambering vs Cold Cambering Steel Beams
How steel beams are cambered with heat and with a cambering machine, the limits of each method, which beams shouldn't be cambered and how to specify camber.
Hiring Steel Erectors in Ontario: What to Ask Before You Sign
What to ask a structural steel erector in Ontario: CWB certification for field welds, crew training, cranes, erection bracing, scope gaps and site readiness.
How a Steel Beam Is Fabricated: Cut, Drill, Weld, Prime
Step by step, how a structural steel beam is fabricated: shop drawings, cutting, copes, holes, end plates and bottom plates, welding, camber, primer and marking.
How Column Base Plates Are Fabricated and Welded
How a steel column base plate is made: cutting the plate, drilling anchor holes, squaring the column, fitting, welding to CSA W59, inspection and coating.
How Much Does Custom Steel Fabrication Cost? What Drives the Price
What drives custom steel fabrication cost: material, drawings, cutting, welding, finish and quantity, how shop rates work, and why online calculators miss.
How Steel Beams Are Made: Mill to Fabrication Shop
How steel I-beams are made: melting scrap, casting beam blanks, rolling the W shape, testing and marking at the mill, then fabrication into a beam for your job.
How to Calculate Beam Camber: Formula and Worked Example
How beam camber is calculated: the deflection formulas behind it, units that trip people up, a worked metric example, camber along the span and rounding.
How to Calculate Stirrup Cut Length
Stirrup cut length formulas for closed, U, two-piece, crosstie and circular stirrups in metric bar, with hook allowances, stirrup counts and weight examples.
How to Check a Company's CWB Certification
How to verify a fabricator's CWB certification: search the CWB Group directory, read the standard and division, match it to your job, and check welder tickets.
How to Choose a Structural Steel Fabricator in Ontario
What to check before hiring a structural steel fabricator in Ontario: CWB certification, shop drawings, engineering, capacity, delivery, installation and quotes.
How to Cut Steel Angle and Channel: DIY Tools vs Shop Cutting
How to cut steel angle and C-channel: which saw or grinder to use, cutting 45 degree mitres, safety, finishing cut ends, and when shop cutting makes more sense.
How to Do a Structural Steel Takeoff
What a structural steel takeoff is and how to do one: drawings you need, listing members, weights from section tables, plates, connections and a worked example.
How to Make a Rebar Cutting List (With Template Fields)
How to make a rebar cutting list from structural drawings: the template fields Canadian shops use, step-by-step lengths and counts, a sample list and Excel tips.
How to Order Cut and Bend Rebar: Bar Lists, Tags and Delivery
What to send a rebar shop, how a bar list and bend types work, what the bundle tags tell your crew, and how to plan delivery and check the load on arrival.