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The ease, efficiency and resilience of precast concrete makes it the ideal construction material for projects that endure for generations.
Lower Life-Cycle Costs
Life-cycle costs encompass initial production, installation, maintenance and repair, and overall service life of a structure. Precast concrete is a high-performance material that provides the strength, resilience, long-term durability, and the efficient installation required for a low life cycle cost.
Accelerated Schedules
Precast products arrive reinforced and finished – ready for easy and efficient installation. They can be delivered “just in time” so units can be lifted directly into place. This eliminates the need for onsite storage space and unnecessary handling while other materials are dependent upon job site access and favorable weather conditions.
Exceptional Performance
Precast concrete is strong, durable, and resilient. It can be designed and tested to meet load requirements and structural specifications across a wide range of applications. Precast products are built to last and exceed the long-term demands of high-performance structures with the ability to resist impact, weather, water, fire, corrosion, temperature extremes, and more.
Design Flexibility and Innovation
Precast concrete is made from a range of materials, which can be combined to produce specific properties based on the application. It also provides an incredible array of aesthetics options. It’s available in essentially any color, form, finish, and texture. Additionally, sensors and other components can be cast within a precast structure to support the efficient integration of technology and utilities.
Precision Manufacturing
Precast products are engineered and manufactured to the highest standards. Because precast concrete is mixed, poured, and cured in a factory environment, ideal conditions and quality control can be maintained throughout the production process. Performance testing and inspection ensure that products meet customer specifications before being delivered to the job site. Additionally, the NPCA offers a Plant Certification program that verifies quality standards are maintained and a high degree of excellence exists in precast concrete facilities, production, processes and quality control operations.
Sustainable
Materials that comprise precast concrete products come from natural and recycled sources, making it a very sustainable construction material, perfect for green building under LEED guidelines. Precast concrete building products correlate with at least four categories of LEED certification and can also help a building qualify for additional “Innovation” points.
Reliable Supply Chain
In today’s environment of supply chain constraints and raw material price fluctuations, the impact to precast concrete manufacturing has been relatively minimal. Precast concrete is made from materials that are widely available and often sourced locally, providing a high level of dependability while saving on delivery time and cost.
THE SOLID CHOICE
The ease, efficiency and resilience of precast concrete makes it the ideal construction material for projects that endure for generations.
Lower Life-Cycle Costs
Life-cycle costs encompass initial production, installation, maintenance and repair, and overall service life of a structure. Precast concrete is a high-performance material that provides the strength, resilience, long-term durability, and the efficient installation required for a low life cycle cost.
Accelerated Schedules
Precast products arrive reinforced and finished – ready for easy and efficient installation. They can be delivered “just in time” so units can be lifted directly into place. This eliminates the need for onsite storage space and unnecessary handling while other materials are dependent upon job site access and favorable weather conditions.
Exceptional Performance
Precast concrete is strong, durable, and resilient. It can be designed and tested to meet load requirements and structural specifications across a wide range of applications. Precast products are built to last and exceed the long-term demands of high-performance structures with the ability to resist impact, weather, water, fire, corrosion, temperature extremes, and more.
Design Flexibility and Innovation
Precast concrete is made from a range of materials, which can be combined to produce specific properties based on the application. It also provides an incredible array of aesthetics options. It’s available in essentially any color, form, finish, and texture. Additionally, sensors and other components can be cast within a precast structure to support the efficient integration of technology and utilities.
Precision Manufacturing
Precast products are engineered and manufactured to the highest standards. Because precast concrete is mixed, poured, and cured in a factory environment, ideal conditions and quality control can be maintained throughout the production process. Performance testing and inspection ensure that products meet customer specifications before being delivered to the job site. Additionally, the NPCA offers a Plant Certification program that verifies quality standards are maintained and a high degree of excellence exists in precast concrete facilities, production, processes and quality control operations.
Sustainable
Materials that comprise precast concrete products come from natural and recycled sources, making it a very sustainable construction material, perfect for green building under LEED guidelines. Precast concrete building products correlate with at least four categories of LEED certification and can also help a building qualify for additional “Innovation” points.
Reliable Supply Chain
In today’s environment of supply chain constraints and raw material price fluctuations, the impact to precast concrete manufacturing has been relatively minimal. Precast concrete is made from materials that are widely available and often sourced locally, providing a high level of dependability while saving on delivery time and cost.
SPECIFIER RESOURCES
| FREE WEBINARS
Earn PDHs during our webinar series.
Explore what is new in concrete and how it is influencing precast concrete manufacturing and use with Dr. Tyler Ley of Oklahoma State University. Ley was named one of the Most Influential People in the Concrete Industry by Concrete Construction Magazine and is a popular YouTuber on everything concrete. Great opportunity to listen to an award-winning educator whose passion for concrete has led him and his students to find new ways to make this durable material even better.
Discover the many uses for precast concrete structures in onsite decentralized wastewater treatment applications and to which standards they should conform. Find out how producers are designing and manufacturing these structures to meet and exceed quality, durability and strength requirements. A great webinar for onsite wastewater system regulators, inspectors, designers and installers.
Find out how to ensure precast concrete septic tanks are watertight. Examine what methods and materials work best to keep everything in in and everything out out. Essential knowledge for onsite wastewater system regulators, inspectors, designers and installers.
Learn more about stormwater and sanitary sewer structures such as manholes, inlets, catch basins and vaults and how adherence to industry standards such as ASTM and ACI helps ensure the highest quality product. See how precast concrete producers design and manufacture their products to meet or exceed these stringent standards. This session will provide essential information to assist regulators, specifiers, designers, inspectors, and contractors to minimize risk and maximize value.
This free webinar package was assembled by NPCA specifically for Department of Transportation personnel.
| SPECIFY WITH CONFIDENCE
Specifiers rely on NPCA to provide qualified evaluations of precast operations to ensure manufacturers maintain the highest industry standards. Today, over 75% of DOTs recognize the NPCA Plant Certification and there are over 375 NPCA-certified plans in North America.
SIMPLIFY YOUR CALCULATIONS
NPCA developed the Stormwater Detention/Retention Calculator to simplify calculations that engineers typically use in designing stormwater systems for underground detention/retention. It’s free to use.
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PRECAST PRODUCTS
Precast concrete products are the backbone of our infrastructure. Learn more about their role in these aspects of our communities:
FEATURED PROJECT
Gainey’s Concrete provided a custom precast concrete solution for the Willow Glen chemical plant to aid the plant in transporting chemicals under a busy Louisiana highway to ships on the Mississippi River. Two days after construction began, the road was back in service, saving valuable time and money.
INNOVATION IN PRECAST
Precast concrete producers are on the cutting edge of technology and sustainability.
Engineers, Architects Get Even More Creative with 3-D Modeling
Precast concrete design is limited only by that which you can envision.
Limestone is Lowering Carbon Emissions in Concrete
As the world tackles carbon emissions, precast concrete is moving toward materials that anticipate new laws.
Living on the Edge
Precast concrete saves a project with significant site constraints, bridge weight limits and a lack of stable soil.
Making Art with Precast
Insulated precast concrete panels provide a long-lasting, aesthetically pleasing residence hall for a Midwestern college.
Precast Solutions
Precast Solutions features construction projects that showcase the flexibility, durability, installation speed and advantages of precast concrete.
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