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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) a nonprofit organization for the advancement of post-tensioned, prestressed concrete design and construction, has announced the recipients of the 2013 PTI Project ...

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-Tensioning Institute (PTI) is pleased to announce the publication of its new document translated into Spanish, “Manual de Construcción y Mantenimiento para Losas de Cimentaciones Postensadas ...

A cracked concrete slab that might have to come out has delayed construction for half a year on a highly anticipated workforce housing project downtown. Scott Dedman, executive director of Mountain ...

The Village Shores Senior Community in Richfield, Minn., is getting a major infrastructure upgrade and expansion—one that includes carving an elevator core through every floor slab of a 10-story, ...