Rebar Specifications

Materials
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Quick Question: I have a large project in SoCal that includes the following rebar spec language:

“Average recycled steel content such that the post-consumer recycled content plus one-half of the pre-consumer recycled content is not less than 95%. The intent is that 85% of tonnage meets this requirement.”

Is it reasonable to ask for a still higher % of tonnage meet this requirement without attracting cost of is this typical and basically best practice?

Thanks!

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Not an expert in this area but I think that level of recycled concrete may be close to standard practice in the western US. I suggest reaching out to Andrea Chiu at Nucor Steel; (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrea-chiu-se/ and/or andrea.chiu@nucor.com) this is exactly her area of expertise.

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Thank you, Nathan! We will connect with Andrea. Regards, Aaron

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