They found Lena’s hard hat two miles downstream, embedded in a haystack. But they never found Hollis. They only found his desk, rotated forty-five degrees, pressed against a cracked full joint in the floor of what used to be the control room.
The repair methodology must be selected based on the width of the crack and the structural requirement (whether the joint needs to be monolithic or allow movement).
The severity of the defect depends on the function of the joint:
Cracked full construction joints represent a significant deviation from standard concrete performance. To prevent future occurrences, it is recommended that: