Odd place for an odd argument.
Isn't it?
That is most definitely rebar in that photo and to my trained eye it looks like rebar in a footing yet to be poured rather than rebar exposed by a storm surge that somehow dissolved all the concrete poured around it. My point is, if the rebar and foundations in that photo get built upon, it will digest itself in a very few years. If rebar is needed at all up there when you build on top of rock it's for seismic purposes.
There's no way that's a rebar cage. The shit off to the left is epoxy U-bars (perhaps) for a stem wall.
admixtures can be added to concrete to resist salt attack.
Well, since someone wants to bring an argument to this thread, let me say right here that I've known Bo for a number of years, and, while we fight occasionally, the man knows what he's talking about when it comes to construction. In any event, take a look at that photo again, 'cause what's
finally getting done down at ground zero is, unfortunately, some hurry-up stuff.
I didn't want to know it was that bad, but maybe it's a blessing in disguise.
Jerky will cry havoc over this, I'm certain, but that's what he do.
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