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Reinforced concrete has achieved regulatory capture via the building codes. If you try to build with anything non-standard, prepare to deal with a mountain of red tape.

>>opwieu+(OP)
I don't believe you would encounter any red tape if you used hot-dipped galvanized rebar - I believe it is code-compliant everywhere in North America.

It is, however, more expensive ...

>>rsync+D1
Yep and even that zinc coating has a lifespan.

>>opwieu+(OP)
Given past "innovations" in the space of building materials, I think this is just about the last place people should be complaining about needing to comply with regulations...

>>Jweb_G+ab
And in fact it seems that one attempted fix to the corrosion problem, epoxy-coated rebar, has already proven much worse than uncoated rebar at dealing with rust in production: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVDy84rR5Z8

(That, BTW, is from a channel devoted to concrete made by a civil-engineering academic who specialises in the stuff https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrvfiHNDS_QI-FgKQSmTITQ )