Tag Archives: Post Tension
Sweeping beam tendons into the slab
Occassionally, the field will encounter a condition where the post-tensioned beam’s CGS (center of gravity of steel) requires several PT beams be installed in the slab. In other words, some PT anchors will not be installed within the web of … Continue reading
Target Field article in ‘Structural Engineering & Design’ magazine
Neel Khosa and Rattan Khosa of AMSYSCO, Inc. recently contributed to an article about the use of Post-Tensioning in the Minnesota Twins Target Field. Joe Ales, Jr. from Walter P. Moore and Troy Blizzard from Mortenson Construction also contributed quotations … Continue reading
Kink in a Tendon
On rare occasions, the installer will unroll a tendon that looks like this… WHAT WILL HAPPEN? During the stressing operation, this tendon will probably break due to the eccentric force at the anchorage. Chances are that this tendon would break … Continue reading