The WWR Detailer’s Role

Date: July 2021

When the design professional elects to specify WWR as a Pre-Approved Equal to reinforcing bars (see "Effectively Specifying Welded Wire Reinforcement"), the manufacturer’s WWR detailer plays a more substantial role in the process of defining and detailing the final WWR configurations to suit the engineer’s prescriptive requirements.

A descriptive example of the basic mechanics of the Pre-Approved Equal process is presented below.