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This is a catastrophic structural safety emergency. Step away from the area immediately and notify the structural engineer, your foreman, and the General Contractor superintendent instantly.
This is a catastrophic structural safety emergency. Step away from the area immediately and notify the structural engineer, your foreman, and the General Contractor superintendent instantly.
Post-tension steel cables are kept under tens of thousands of pounds of tension; cutting one can cause the steel cable to snap out violently through the concrete surface, causing severe structural failure or fatal injuries. Never hammer-drill or core a concrete floor slab without an active GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) scan report verifying the structural cable paths are clear.
Use this as training guidance. The foreman, approved drawings, project specs, manufacturer installation instructions, employer safety policy, and AHJ/code requirements always control the final answer.