PCI NORTHEAST SEMINARS/LECTURES/EVENTS
Building Survivability: Designing for Seismic & Blast ResistanceThursday, May 30, 2013 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM EDT This presentation will discuss the multi-hazard protection of precast concrete focusing on earthquake and blast design specifically. It will provide an overview of seismic and blast design with precast concrete, and will also address Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP), code changes, and how precast concrete can be used to meet them. |
Driving Profitability through High Performance Parking StructuresPresenter:Jason Lien, P.E., Vice President of Design, EnCon Design, LLC June 25 and 27 This presentation will discuss the multi-hazard protection of precast concrete focusing on earthquake and blast design specifically. It will provide an overview of seismic and blast design with precast concrete, and will also address Anti-Terrorism Force Protection (ATFP), code changes, and how precast concrete can be used to meet them. |
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Sustainable Design using Precast Prestressed Concrete |
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High Performance Architectural Precast Wall Systems |
PCI WEBINARS
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Building Survivability: Designing for Seismic & Blast Resistance Thursday, May 30, 2013 |
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Hanover Pier 4, Boston, MA |
Developers of a new property planned for a data-processing tenant needed to construct a facility that met all of the tenant’s specialized needs while also meeting tight schedule and budget requirements. To achieve these goals, designers created a two-story, 167,691-square-foot building using a total-precast concrete structural system and insulated architectural precast concrete walls. The design provided not only all of the functional needs but helped create dramatic aesthetics as well.
All the precast components were were manufactured and erected by Blakeslee Prestress, Inc. of Branford, CT.
The NEXT Beams used for the bus platform are bridge double-tees with 13-inch-wide tee legs that are beefier but stouter than those used in parking structures. This shape produces greater strength and shallower depths. The designers included the NEXT Beam as a design alternative, following recent approval of the shape by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.
The 600-foot-long bridge features four NEXT Beams per line. The girder spans vary in length from 60 to 85 feet and are 3 feet deep. To ensure the bridge aligned with the structure’s floor, the ends of the last span of beams were dapped to even the height.
All the precast components were were manufactured and erected by Blakeslee Prestress, Inc. of Branford, CT.
The Fenway Residence Inn by Marriott, located in Boston, Massachusetts, is an 8-story structure which incorporates 118,000 sq. ft. of 8-in x 8-ft precast hollowcore plank covering the 175 guest room floor and ceiling space. Precast hollowcore plank was chosen to work within the girder-slab system providing added durability and speed of construction savings. J.P. Carrara & Sons, Inc. of Middlebury, VT.
In the Spring of 2012, phase one of the Norwich Intermodal Transporation Center in Norwich, CT, was completed on time and within budget. The precast concrete facility brings together several modes of transportation including cars, buses, taxies and limousines (rail and ferry service in phase two).
All the precast components were were manufactured and erected by Blakeslee Prestress, Inc. of Branford, CT.
Hurricane Irene hit the East Coast of the United States late last August it hit the upper North East and traveled inland before it said goodbye. The storm dropped 11 inches of rain in Vermont and 13 inches in New York and the real damage for those states occurred after the storm when the over loaded rivers and streams raged. The Governor of Vermont called it the worst flooding in a century.
As a result of Hurricane Irene’s flooding damage and destruction of numerous bridges, precast concrete was used in the construction of several replacement bridges. The Titus Road Bridge in Moriah, NY., was one of the precast concrete replacement bridges produced using the new Northeast Extreme Tee Beam (NEXT).
Forest House Apartments Bronx, NY
A Sustainable, Eight-Story Green Housing Project with High Performance Precast. Forest House apartments in New York, takes affordable urban living to new sustainable green heights. The eight-story, 124-unit, affordable multi-family residential building is located in the low-income area of South Bronx and will include a rooftop “urban farm.”
