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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

From the looks of the average driveway or sidewalk, it may seem as though concrete is just destined to crack. But if concrete is so prone to cracking, how are we able to use it in so many high-stress ...