Are there dowel baskets for replacing existing skewed joints if dowels are to be used?
There are a few dowel manufacturers who can make skewed dowel baskets. Skewed baskets are used infrequently. If a significant quantity is not being ordered, it would be assumed that this would be an expensive option. However, this should not prevent the Design Engineer from specifying dowels at skewed transverse joints if they are warranted. If the Engineer includes a schematic of the skewed dowel basket in his Construction Detail plan sheets, then this would be covered. The Designer needs to put information into the Resident Engineer’s file to ensure that the location of these dowels is documented for future use. Future retrofitting will be a problem if there is no information on locating dowels during slab replacement or lane replacement.
