Monthly Archives: July 2010
Historical Timeline of Anti-Dumping with Prestressed Concrete Strand
Historical Timeline of Anti-Dumping (AD) and Countervailing Duties (CVD) associated with Prestressed Concrete (PC) Steel Wire Strand. December 8, 1978: U.S. Treasury issued antidumping findings on PC strand imports from Japan. February 3, 1999: After its first review, U.S. Department … Continue reading
History of the Post-Tensioning Manual
Currently, the Post-Tensioning Manual is in its 6th Edition (2006, first printing) and is published by the Post-Tensioning Institute (Technical Advisory Board committee). The Prestressed Concrete Institute (Post-Tension committee) published the 1st edition of the Post-Tensioning Manual in 1972. Thereafter, the Post-Tensioning Institute published … Continue reading
Field-Seating Fixed End Anchor
Occasionally, an ironworker will need to “field-seat” a fixed-end anchor to an unbonded post-tensioning tendon. This may be required for the following reasons: Lack of stressing access on one side of a double-end stressed tendon. Incorrect tendon configuration at elevation … Continue reading