American Concrete Institute says its first-ever initiative to develop a precast standard is not related to an article in Concrete International that sounds the alarm about the potential for ...

A new type of staircase has made its appearance on the home improvement scene lately -- precast concrete steps. These factory-molded stairs have a lot to offer in terms of ease of installation ...

The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, concerned about an ominous pattern of spandrel-ledge-punching sheer failures in lab tests of double-tee spandrel-beam assemblies commonly found in ...

“For this tower, we met code for separation travel distance, but intertwining the stairs took some time to get approved.” The core and stair design met International Building Code, but since ...

Above and top: photograph by Brandon Clifford. The Helix staircase by Matter Design was built at a reduced size to make it easier for the designers to experiment with heavy concrete modules.. The ...

PRECAST TERRAZZO stairs are installed as part of an expansion and update of the 100-year-old John Eaton Elementary School in Washington, DC. GUIDE SPECIFICATIONS for Precast Terrazzo Stairs will ...

To solve the labourshortage problem many of them are built with factory-made, precast concrete components. The cellular and repetitive nature of apartment block design is ideally suited to precast ...