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While preparing the look-ahead planning meeting for the medical-office imaging room, the #4 slab dowels takeoff has 93 bars at 40 ft each. Using 0.668 lb per ft for dowel stock, what reinforcing weight is estimated?

Correct Answer

C) 2,485 lb

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

Answer Options
A
3,720 lb
B
62 lb
C
2,485 lb
D
2,783 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 A: 3,720 lb

3,720 lb is above the supported result for #4 slab dowels; it likely double-counts allowance, uses the wrong unit, or rounds too early.

Option B: 62 lb

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

Option D: 2,783 lb

2,783 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

Concrete Estimator takeoff: count the condition before counting the package.

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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