Technical Information
- The technical resource pages offer a wide variety of information about the precast/prestressed concrete industry.
- Numerous White Papers, Design Manuals, and Case Studies highlight the benefits of precast/prestressed concrete.
- Specifications and references will assist designers in gaining a further understanding of precast’s technical requirements.
Brochures
- Tilt-up Brochure
- Enclosure Brochure
- Award Winners Brochure 2013
- Company Brochure – EnCon
- Company Brochure – Stresscon
- Safe Rooms Brochure
- Company Brochure – Washington
- Company Brochure – ASC
- Data Center Brochure
- Design Brochure
- Parking Brochure – Atlanta
- Parking Brochure – Stresscon
- Renew Brochure
- Stadium Brochure – Atlanta
- Stadium Brochure – Stresscon
Double Tee Origin
Fact Sheets
- Structural Plus Panel Options
- Wall Panel Fact Sheet
- Parking Fact Sheet
- Parking Applications
- Precast Benefits
- R-Values
- Structural Plus
- Tilt-up Fact Sheet
- Multi-Family Podium Fact Sheet
- Single Family Podium Fact Sheet
- ARCIS Fact Sheet
- CMU Comparison Fact Sheet
- Data Center Fact Sheet
- EnCon Colorado Fact Sheet
- Grade Beams Fact Sheet
Hollow Core
Precast/prestressed hollow-core is a drycast, extruded concrete product. Used in floor, roof and wall construction, hollow-core’s shallow depth makes it an ideal choice for construction with limited floor to floor heights, such as hotels, dormitories, office buildings, and correction facilities.
PCI Design References
- Precast Concrete Color and Texture Guide: Color, form, and texture are critical to the aesthetic appearance of architectural precast concrete. The choice of appropriate aggregates and textures in combination with well-conceived production and erection details can achieve a wide variety of design objectives.
- PCI Designers Notebooks :A series of articles focused on precast/prestressed concrete topics, and printed in Ascent, one of the industries publications.
- Structural Quality Control Manual 4th Edition: Provides standards for quality control for the manufacture of precast/prestressed concrete products and is a complete guide for the development of an internal manufacturing quality control program. The principles are applicable to precast/prestressed concrete or site-cast concrete.
- Architectural Precast Concrete Design Manual 3rd Edition: Information is arranged sequentially to correspond with the steps that an architectural/engineering firm might employ when evaluating, selecting, and incorporating materials into a construction project.
Other publications of interest to a design team include:- PCI Design Handbook Precast and Prestressed Concrete (MNL-120)
- PCI Manual for Quality Control for Plants and Production of Architectural Precast Concrete Products
(MNL-117) - PCI Erector’s Manual Standards and Guidelines for the Erection of Precast Concrete Products (MNL-127)
- PCI Erection Safety for Precast and Prestressed Concrete (MNL-132)
- PCI 6th Edition Design Handbook: The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, a non-profit corporation, was founded in 1954 for the purpose of advancing the design, manufacture, and use of structural precast/prestressed concrete and architectural precast concrete in the United States and Canada. The Design Handbook provides a single source of information for the design of both architectural precast concrete and structural precast/prestressed concrete.
- Architectural Quality Control Manual: A guideline for quality assurance of architectural precast concrete. Products are custom-designed, and the many combinations of shape, size, color, and texture require a high degree of craftsmanship. It is important to implement and maintain quality control standards to achieve specific performance and aesthetic requirements of a project.
Project Profiles