Many contractors are looking for ways to streamline their critical path, and prefabricated reinforcing steel has tremendous appeal—welded, steel reinforcement mats in lieu of hand-tying loose rebar.
![“[We have] been realizing the benefits of welded reinforcing steel for over 20 years,” says Rich Futterer, vice president of Forcine Concrete & Construction Co.](https://cdnassets.hw.net/dims4/GG/5e1995a/2147483647/strip/true/crop/600x400+0+0/resize/416x277!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcdnassets.hw.net%2Fdc%2F3f%2F02e3025a4ee28c0a9875cfb92f8c%2F1879364812-bars-welded-hero-tcm45-2217634.jpg)
