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During the subcontractor quantity check at the maintenance-shop wash bay, the #4 slab dowels takeoff has 27 bars at 34 ft each. Using 0.668 lb per ft for dowel stock, what reinforcing weight is estimated?

Correct Answer

A) 613 lb

Reinforcing weight equals bar count times length times pounds per foot.

Answer Options
A
613 lb
B
918 lb
C
18 lb
D
687 lb

Why This Is the Correct Answer

Reinforcing weight equals bar count times length times pounds per foot.

Why the Other Options Are Wrong

Option B: 918 lb

918 lb is above the supported result for #4 slab dowels; it likely double-counts allowance, uses the wrong unit, or rounds too early.

Option C: 18 lb

18 lb is below the supported result for #4 slab dowels; it likely omits allowance, conversion, coverage, or final round-up.

Option D: 687 lb

687 lb is above the supported result for #4 slab dowels; it likely double-counts allowance, uses the wrong unit, or rounds too early.

Memory Technique

# Slab Dowels cart for Concrete Estimator: reinforcing first, weight second, whole units last.

Reference Hint

Open-book path: tab Principles and Practices of Commercial Construction, 10th Edition to Reinforcing steel; bar weight estimating; verify the construction method, material quantity, equipment use, unit conversion, or field-control calculation.

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