Partial post-tensioning of this slab reduced the post-tensioning quantities and correspondingly increased the rebar quantities. This benefited the building’s performance and reduced its cost. To ...

The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), Phoenix, AZ – a non-profit organization for the advancement of post-tensioned, pre-stressed concrete design and construction – now offers the 2008 supplement to ...

Geologists surveyed the soil under the Laguna Beach High School tennis courts and concluded that crack-resistant slabs are not required for five of the six courts. One court has such a slab, called ...

Can you provide recommendations as to pre-construction foundation preparation. I have read where various techniques or procedures such as post tension and piers and beams are available. Thanks for all ...

Oldcastle Precast Idaho Falls teamed with Bonneville Power Administration, HK Contractors, and Bryant Greene Concrete to replace the bridge at the entrance to Pine Basin Camp in Swan Valley, Idaho.

A post-tension slab system utilizes the laying of 1/2” steel tendons before a home’s foundation is poured. Once the foundation is poured, then the tendons stay suspended in the concrete using plastic ...

Concrete can offer real benefits to the developer of high-rise residential towers and also to the high-rise homeowner. High-rise residential towers are an increasingly common feature of many UK cities ...

A new method of designing residential towers' structural systems is resulting in longer floor spans and more usable living space. Used in two downtown Seattle condominium projects under construction — ...