Post-tension slabs use treated, encapsulated steel cables that are pulled to a specified tension to keep concrete from cracking, Brian Hoggard, a resurfacing specialist with Orange-based Zaino ...

The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), Phoenix, AZ – a non-profit organization for the advancement of post-tensioned, pre-stressed concrete design and construction – now offers the 2008 supplement to ...

Additionally, PTI the "Design of Buildings with Post Tensioning" seminar and "Design of Post-Tensioned Slab-on-Ground with the New PTI Standard DC10.5-12" seminar following the convention on ...

"Post-tensioned slab construction is used in: residential slabs-on- grade (slabs poured on the ground), parking structures, condominiums and apartments, office buildings, industrial floors and ...

Classic Turf Company was given the Award of Excellence in the ‘Slab-On-Ground’ category for the 2015 Post-Tensioning Institute Project Awards. This prestigious award is given every two years ...

Post-tensioned decks on The Olympus apartment project in downtown Seattle allow the building to have thinner slabs and longer spans. Thinner slabs reduce the building weight, which reduces column ...

The technique used, called "post-tension" concrete, is a kind of concrete slab with "hundreds of cables inside plastic tubes that concrete is poured over." ...

After the concrete is cast, the tendons are pulled taut by the anchorages just as they are in pre-tensioning. There are two ways to do post-tensioning — bonded and un-bonded.

Post-tensioning is a method of reinforcing concrete. During construction, internal forces are induced in the slab through stressing to counteract anticipated external loads, according to the Post ...