A reporter has been concerned for some time about the design of grouted joints between load-bearing prefabricated concrete units. There appears to be much less effort applied to the design and installation of grouted joints compared with connections between steel elements. They note that there have been several failures, particularly in high-rise buildings in Australia over recent years, and that the cost of remediation generally far outweighs any extra cost and time in grouting the joints correctly in the first place.
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