Abstract

Civil engineers are now-a-days being offered a variety of reinforcing steels to resist corrosion of steel in concrete. Two in particular, “CRS” and “MMFX”, will be discussed in this write-up However, the author stresses that reinforced concrete construction professionals need to refocus their attention on concrete, the material they know best, rather than on the metallurgical mysteries expounded by specialists from another discipline. After all, as every civil engineer worth his salt knows, concrete is the first line of defence in the fight against corrosion and good concreting practices need no justification other than themselves.