What Is Rebar? A Down-to-Earth Guide to Construction Rebar and Its Types

Ever driven past a building site and noticed those thin steel rods sticking out of half-poured concrete? That’s rebar. Short for reinforcing bar, and it’s doing more work than you’d think. So, what is rebar, really? Put simply, it’s steel buried inside concrete to give it backbone. Concrete on its own is tough. It can…