Topping slab installation methodology

A method of laying one or more concrete topping slabs over an existing concrete structure, the method comprising:

• providing a concrete form defining an area on a surface of the concrete structure adjacent to an already-cured concrete topping slab having a slip-dowel receiving sheath, the slip-dowel receiving sheath extending parallel to the surface of the concrete structure along an axis;
• drilling at least two holes into the surface of the concrete structure within the area;
• securing a first end portion of at least two bent metal bars in respective ones of the at least two holes with a second end portion of each bent metal bar extending in a common direction parallel to the axis;
• inserting a slip-dowel into the slip-dowel receiving sheath of the already-cured concrete topping slab so as to protrude therefrom;
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• pouring a concrete mixture over the surface of the concrete structure and about the second end portions of the at least two bent metal bars and the slip-dowel protruding from the already-cured concrete topping slab.

A method of laying one or more concrete topping slabs over an existing concrete structure, the method comprising:

• drilling a plurality of holes into a surface of the concrete structure within an area on the surface of the concrete structure defined at least in part by one or more adjacent already-cured concrete topping slabs, at least one of the one or more adjacent already already-cured concrete topping slabs having a slip-dowel receiving sheath, the slip-dowel receiving sheath extending parallel to the surface of the concrete structure along an axis;
• securing a first end portion of at least two bent metal bars in respective ones of the at least two holes with a second end portion of each bent metal bar extending in a common direction parallel to the axis;
• inserting a slip-dowel into the slip-dowel receiving sheath so as to protrude therefrom;
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• pouring a concrete mixture over the surface of the concrete structure to form the one or more concrete topping slabs, the concrete mixture being poured about the second end portions of the at least two bent metal bars and the slip-dowel protruding from the at least one of the one or more adjacent already-cured concrete topping slabs.