Dowel bar sleeve system and method

A system for creating one or more voids in a cast-in-place slab for insertion of a dowel bar, the cast-in-place slab having a substantially planar upper surface, the system comprising:

• a. a rigid longitudinal form panel having an outer surface, a substantially planar inner surface spaced from the outer surface and disposed perpendicular to the intended upper surface of the slab, and one or more holes extending between the inner and outer surfaces;
• b. one or more removable blockout bars each closely sized and shaped to the size and shape of the exterior of a dowel bar, and having substantially planar, substantially parallel top and bottom faces and a substantially planar inner end face that is substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom faces;
• c. an attachment system engageable with the one or more blockout bars by which a corresponding one of the one or more inner end faces of the one or more blockout bars is attached to the inner surface of the form panel such that the top and bottom faces of the one or more blockout bars are substantially parallel to the intended upper surface of the slab;
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• d. wherein with the exception of the one or more inner end faces, the one or more blockout bars is of substantially solid composition.

A system for creating one or more voids in a cast-in-place slab for insertion of a dowel bar, the cast-in-place slab having a substantially planar upper surface, the system comprising:

• a. a rigid longitudinal form panel having an outer surface, a substantially planar inner surface spaced from the outer surface and disposed perpendicular to the intended upper surface of the slab, and one or more holes extending between the inner and outer surfaces;
• b. one or more removable blockout bars each closely sized and shaped to the size and shape of the exterior of a dowel bar, and having substantially planar, substantially parallel top and bottom faces and a substantially planar inner end face that is substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom faces;
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• c. an attachment system engageable with one or more blockout bars by which a corresponding one of the one or more inner end faces of the one or more blockout bars is attached to the inner surface of the form panel such that the top and bottom faces of the one or more blockout bars are substantially parallel to the intended upper surface of the slab, wherein the system for attaching a corresponding one of the one or more inner end faces of the one or more blockout bars to the form panel comprises an alignment ridge protruding from the inner surface of the form panel and constructionally independent of the one or more blockout bars, the alignment ridge having a substantially planar lower surface substantially parallel to the intended upper surface of the slab, for engaging the top surface of the one or more blockout bars and positioning the top and bottom surfaces of the one or more block out bars substantially parallel to the intended upper surface of the slab.