Rebar (short for reinforcing bar) is also known as reinforcing steel, high tensile steel bar or deformed bar, and is commonly used to provide reinforcement or additional strength to concrete and masonry structures. Cured Concrete is dense and performs well under compressive loads but is relatively weak in tension. To counter this imbalance, Rebar components are cast into the concrete to carry the tensile loads. Rebar is usually produced from carbon steel and formed with ribs for better mechanical anchoring into concrete.
BRC West Indies Ltd. carries in stock a wide range of British Standard Rebar (BS4449) Grade 460 high yield deformed, usually denoted with Y, and Grade 250 smooth / mild steel, usually denoted with R.
BRC West Indies Ltd. also supplies high yield deformed Rebar to the American Standard ASTM A615 Grade 60 in limited sizes. ASTM is the American Society for Testing and Materials
| Diameter | No. Bars/MT | Nominal | Weight | |||
| BS:4449 | 6m | 12m | kg/m | lb/ft | ||
| 6mm* | 750 | 375 | 0.222 | 0.149 | ||
| 8mm** | 421 | 210 | 0.395 | 0.265 | ||
| 10mm | 270 | 135 | 0.616 | 0.414 | ||
| 12mm | 187 | 93 | 0.888 | 0.597 | ||
| 16mm | 105 | 52 | 1.579 | 1.061 | ||
| 20mm | 67 | 33 | 2.466 | 1.657 | ||
| 25mm | 43 | 22 | 3.854 | 2.59 | ||
| 32mm | 26 | 13 | 6.313 | 4.242 | ||
| ASTM A615 | ||||||
| 9.5mm | 298 | 149 | 0.56 | 0.376 | ||
| 12mm | 187 | 93 | 0.994 | 0.668 | ||
| 16mm | 107 | 53 | 1.552 | 1.043 | ||
* Stocked in Mild Steel only for this size
** A cold drawn deformed bar to BS4461:1978 is offered as a substitute to high yield BS4449:1997
Typical uses include the reinforcement of: foundations, columns, beams, slabs, walls, cantilevers, bridges, parking garages, sea walls, etc.