This project investigates the seismic response of rigid connections between precast columns and footing. Five half-scale column models will be tested by reversed cyclic loading. The baseline model ...

Precast concrete products include pre-stressed concrete columns, I-beams, single tees, double tees, and wall panels. Precast concrete retaining walls are used in both commercial and residential ...

This article was originally published by Autodesk's Redshift publication as "Realizing Architectural Dreams Through Design-Assist and Precast Concrete." Ancient Romans mixed lime and volcanic rock ...

Novotechniks (displacement transducers) were installed in the expected plastic hinge zones and at the beam-column joints in order to record curvature and shear deformations, which will be used to ...

Several factors contributed to his decision to become a precast wall contractor in addition to being a poured concrete wall contractor. When it comes to precast walls, they are made in a factory.

“What we are seeing in the concrete industry today is incredible. The things we thought would be horribly expensive just five years ago, we're doing every day now,” says Mark Sinicrope ...

One of the first things a visitor to the new building might notice is actual sunlight entering the shop. Two levels of ...

The upper facade is formed of slender bronze-clad structural columns framing the glazing. These columns rest on a deep black precast concrete trabeated frame with two monumental piers framing the ...

Los Angeles–based architecture firm Morphosis designed a satellite location of The Crow Museum of Asian Art, an institution based in Downtown Dallas. Clad in textured-precast-concrete panels, the Crow ...

He is also a member of several national and international technical committees and research networks, including fib Task Group 6.6 on “Retrofitting of Precast Structures in Seismic Areas”, fib Task ...

Indoors and out, concrete lasts longer and performs better with some protection—which is what today’s concrete sealers are designed to do. These products provide a vital layer of defense ...

"The structural interventions and statement precast concrete columns are daring and were guided by a commitment to ...