Sources: Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff
The American Concrete Institute and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute have released ACI/PCI CODE-319-25: Structural Precast Concrete – Code Requirements and Commentary. The document provides essential guidance for the materials, design and detailing of structural precast concrete buildings or nonbuilding structures, while completing a key tenet of a strategic plan that PCI directors adopted in 2018.
“ACI/PCI CODE 319-25 has been a decades-long vision and endeavor for staff and many members, going back to before the actual beginning of PCI in 1954,” says PCI President and CEO Bob Risser. “It was a long road, well worth the long hours of hard work. This document gives construction professionals a roadmap in how to specify and use structural precast concrete in their projects. ACI has been a valuable team member on this important project.”
A collaborative joint committee was tasked with developing and maintaining ACI/PCI CODE 319-25. The charter version covers design and construction for strength, serviceability, and durability; load combinations, load factors, and strength reduction factors; structural analysis methods; deflection limits; mechanical and adhesive anchoring to concrete: development and splicing of reinforcement; construction document information; field inspection and testing; and, methods to evaluate the strength of existing structures.