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Contributors: The principal authors of this publication are David Fanella, SE, PE, Senior Director
of Engineering at CRSI and Eamonn Connolly, SE, PE, Director of Engineering at James McHugh Concrete
Construction Company. This Technical Note was reviewed by the Manual of Standard Practice Reinforcing
Committee of CRSI. Steel
Keywords: reinforcing bars, reinforced concrete, reinforced concrete construction, reinforced Institute
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crete Shear Walls in Building Structures”, CRSI Technical Note ETN-D-8-21, Schaumburg, Illinois, 4 pp.
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