[TowerTalk] Rebar Centering, Rebar Rusting, Foundation Failure, ETC.

[Allan W Schlaugat]

On Thu, 12 Oct 2006 08:36:45 -0700, "Michael Baker" <k7ddmjb at qwest.net>
wrote:

>Hey Guys,
>	Perhaps I should ask the most obvious question especially of those
>of you who put up towers for a living.  
>	When have you EVER seen a tower foundation FAIL? I mean deteriorate
>to the point it wouldn't work as a tower base anymore.  

Here is one commercial installation that failed this summer:

http://whem.com/prayer.php (link to the tower base rebuild)

A religious station had a foundation crack in two and the concrete began to
disintegrate.

Al

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