Category Archives: Post Tension

Field Seating Intermediate Anchor

Posted on February 16, 2014 by Neel Khosa

A commercial concrete contractor and an unbonded post-tensioning installer called me looking for ideas to speed up the construction schedule of a multi-story apartment building.  The schedule had lost (too many) days due to the unseasonable winter weather in the … Continue reading →

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One Museum Park West (Case Study)

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Neel Khosa

One Museum Park West (Post-Tensioning case study) from Amsysco, Inc. ____________________________________________ Copyright © 2013 by AMSYSCO, Inc. All rights reserved.

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Stressing Tendons with Short Tendon Tails

Posted on June 13, 2013 by Neel Khosa

In certain situations, the tendon tail of an unbonded post-tensioning tendon may be too short to stress with the hydraulic jack.  With the standard nose piece, the PT stressing operator would need around 13 inches of tendon tail (outside the … Continue reading →

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