Perfectly fine. Fugetaboudit.

It would help to show the beams from the side not just the cracks.

Beams?

Take a picture after the forms removed, what the sides and bottom look like?

"Beams?" Nope. Footings.

It's at the roof level and the photos show it's a story above grade. Looks like it might be a parapet wall. Probably not in Kansas.

Sure I am back :) Thanks for all your answers. Well when it comes to names - I am not english speaker that's why I had to rely on translators. Basically this concrete element is on the top of the wall and wall plate goes on it:

When it comes to the sides of the element - I suppose if these cracks are not visible on the side - it should be fine, right?

Those cracks are topical and cosmetic in nature. They have no affect whatsoever on the structural performance of the beam.

Rule of thumb, concrete will crack in the location when the stress exceeds the modulus of rapture. In other words, the cracking moment is the moment at which the tensile stress = to the modulus of failure. To put this in a more basic term is when concrete not able to resist tension anymore.

That said nobody here can tell you if that beam is OK or NOT without knowing all the details, i.e load, span, etc.

If you really want to be certain, get an engineer to look at because the internet is not the best place to get answers for structural concerns, you will only get opinions based on what you show.

Good luck

Modulus of rapture? lol

@Stax "concrete rapture" Look it up

I did.

Your post is plagiarized from a www guyon article... or at least quoted without attribution.

The quote contains a typo... it is the Modulus of Rupture - not Rapture - being exceeded that results in a failure.

I was sick and couldn't make it to my English class. Thanks for the correction!

@GN Builders L.L.C yeah I absolutely agree with you - I consulted engineer that oversees building and he said it's completely fine. Probably it's just me being paranoic. Just in case today form has been removed so I took few photos - looks fine I think since those cracks did not extend to the side.

Actually it's a poured-in-place concrete "bond beam" located at the top of a structural unit masonry wall to tie the structure together horizontally or as a lintel over an opening. This one is a perimeter bond beam at the top of one story walls.

Because the wall is hollow structural clay tile and the beam is formed with wood I suspect it's not being built in North America.

This is what a perimeter bond beam in a unit masonry wall would look like in the US:

The construction shown in the photos is called "confined masonry construction" and is common in earthquake zones in Central and South America. The clay tile walls are unreinforced and confined with reinforced concrete tie-columns and tie-beams that are poured after the masonry is installed.

There's something you can look up.

Is this being built in South America?

"Modulus of Rapture" sounds like an album title from an 80s hair metal band.

The Modulus of Rupture is essentially bending strength and would not be a factor in the cracking of concrete that was not carrying a load nor would it have cracked on top if it had been loaded.

The builder apparently didn't cover the concrete and/or wet it in a hot, dry climate but no worries.

However, the Modulus of Rapture may be similarly irrelevant but much funnier.

@Stax "concrete rapture" Look it up

"Concrete rapture" could very well be a real thing. If we could only find Jimmy Hoffa we could ask him.

Best comment of the year.

@res2architect You should frame it! :-)