Title:
Post-Tensioning Alternative Reduces Construction Time
Author(s):
Allan R. Kenney and Jae Woong Song
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
10
Issue:
2
Appears on pages(s):
48-52
Keywords:
beams (supports); concrete construction; concrete slabs; consolidation; economics; exposed aggregate concrete; finishes; grouting; formwork (construction); post-tensioning; precast concrete; safety; reinforcing steels; shoring; structural analysis; Constr
DOI:
Date:
2/1/1988
Abstract:
When post-tensioned precast beams were substituted for conventional cast-in-place reinforced concrete channel beams in the physical education facility at the King Abdulaziz Military Academy in Saudi Arabia, both construction time and costs were reduced.