Stainless Steel Rebar

It's nice to have options. New construction can incorporate a number of structural support elements, the basic three being steel, wood or concrete. 

Every pound counts in architectural design. The more materials used, the more expensive the building. However, too little material results in a weak edifice.

What concrete offers in compressive strength, it lacks in ductility. Unsupported, it can bear fairly heavy loads without cracking, but if poured when using rebar construction, concrete can take considerably more load, even when suspended. 

Now that the burst housing bubble and long recession seem to be in the rear view mirror, a new building boom along Colorado's Front Range has set the construction job market ablaze. 

At first blush, it may seem that stainless steel would be far too expensive for any large concrete structure. Why go to such expensive when ordinary rebar has worked so well for so long?