RC de Acero

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Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Construction / Civil Engineering
Spanish term or phrase: RC de Acero
list of construction materials in a health and safety manual related to one way slabs:

Acero corrugado en barras, malla electro soldada, alambre de atado, separadores (plásticos / cerámicos / hormigón), omegas y RC de acero
Elizabeth Novesky
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3RC of steel
Nikki Graham
2Reinforce Concrete
Sergio Kot


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Reinforce Concrete


Explanation:
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    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RC
Sergio Kot
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RC of steel


Explanation:
Not totally sure about this, especially as you haven't given a lot of context. However, I have discovered that "RC" stands for "real consumption" as opposed to "AC" = "apparent consumption", and that the Spanish may use the English acronym.

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Revisión de la matriz producto/sector de consumo real de productos ...
www.minetur.gob.es/.../CONFEMETAL_Co... - Translate this pageShareFile Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
2 El consumo real (RC) de acero no se observa. Por tanto, no disponemos de mediciones directas del RC para poder calcular los errores de predicción de ...

The Steel Market in 1997 and the Outlook for 1998 and 1999: 1998 ... - Page 10 - Google Books Result
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=9264161902
OECD Steel Committee, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff - 1998 - Business & Economics
OECD Growth in apparent consumption of steel (AC) and estimated growth in real consumption of steel (RC) and total steel stocks held by steel producers ...

Apparent consumption The mathematical sum of production plus imports minus exports. The difference between 'apparent' consumption and 'real' consumption is that the latter definition also recognises changes in stock levels. The phrase 'apparent consumption' is often used interchangeably with 'apparent domestic consumption' (abbreviated ADC)
http://www.steelonthenet.com/glossary.html


    Reference: http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q-3D3IN41QAC&pg=PA10&lpg=...
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