Sources: Freedonia Group, Cleveland; CP staff Structural building components lead annual precast shipments and are on pace to exhibit nearly 6 percent annual growth over the next five years, according to “Precast Concrete Products,” a new analysis from market researcher Freedonia Group. When specified for slabs, columns, foundations, or full building systems, precast concrete reduces costs in certain construction conditions…
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ACI, PCI team to develop a structural precast companion to 318
Sources: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.; Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute, Chicago; CP staff
An expanded American Concrete Institute and Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute partnership has spawned the joint ACI-PCI Committee 319, Precast Structural Concrete Code, tasked with developing and maintaining code requirements unique to plant-fabricated elements or members common among PCI members.
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Source: American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Mich.
ACI Committee 319, Precast Structural Concrete Code will host its inaugural meeting October 19 during the American Concrete Institute Fall Convention in Cincinnati. As committee chair, University of Minnesota, Duluth Professor of Civil Engineering Andrea Schokker will steer development of building code requirements that address the unique aspects of precast and prestressed concrete.
Read MoreGate Precast sites structural product companion to Texas architectural plant
Source: Gate Precast Co., Jacksonville, Fla.
Gate Precast broke ground earlier this month on a new, fully enclosed structural concrete plant near its existing Hillsboro, Texas, architectural precast operations. The company expects the new facility to satisfy growing U.S. demand for prefabricated precast structures.
Read MoreHANSON STRUCTURAL SCORES VIKINGS STADIUM CONTRACT
Hanson Structural Precast of Maple Grove, Minn., has added to its 2014-15 schedule more than 102,000 linear feet of precast concrete members to support seating sections for the new Minneapolis home of the National Football League’s Minnesota Vikings.
Read MorePRODUCERS February 2014
West-Sacramento-based Clark Pacific, one of the West Coast’s leading architectural and structural precast concrete producers, received the Associated General Contractors of America Construction Safety and Excellence Award. AGC grants the awards each year to recognize construction companies committed to safety, risk control, and occupational health management. Judges consider a broad range of criteria, including evidence of commitment to safe practices in management, active employee participation, work site hazard identification, safety program innovation, and more.
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