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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Trimble today announced a partnership with ADAPT, a provider of post-tensioned and reinforced concrete software. Through a direct integration between Tekla Structural Designer (TSD) and ADAPT-Floor ...

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 ...

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 ...

The post-tensioned slabs of One Hundred, a 36-story building under construction in St. Louis, were a handful for contractor Clayco, thanks to setbacks and irregular jagged slab edges that create a ...