1. Building Construction
Post-Tensioning in
Building Construction

2. Examples of Post-Tensioned Building Construction

3. Constructed with Unbonded Post-Tensioning
Daniel Burnham Court, San Francisco

4. CONSTRUCTED WITH UNBONDED POST- TENSIONING
Red Lion Inn

5. EXAMPLES OF POST-TENSIONING
Xerox Center,
Santa Ana, California
Lakeshore Tower, Irvine,
California
La Palma Center, La Palma, California
EXAMPLES OF POST-TENSIONING
PARKING STRUCTURES

6. Constructed with Unbonded Post-Tensioning
University of California Medical Center, Irvine

7. UNBONDED POST TENSIONING
CONSTRUCTED
WITH
UNBONDED POST TENSIONING
San Jose International Airport

8. POST-TENSIONED CONSTRUCTION
WITH UNBONDED TENDON
Cal-State Northridge C.I.P. Parking Structure

9. POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE FLOOR SUPPORTING STEEL FRAME OFFICE BUILDING
Hybrid Construction

10. BASE PLATES FOR COLUMNS TERMINATING ON PT SLAB

11. POST-TENSIONED HYPRID CONSTRUCTION
Irwin Plaza, San Rafael, California

12. VIEW OF THE PARKING LEVEL OF A HYPRID CONSTRTUCTION
Irwin Plaza, San Rafael, California

13. POST-TENSIONED MAT FOUNDATION
Fortaleza, Brazil

14. POST-TENSIONED MAT FOUNDATION
Kodak Building, San Jose

15. POST-TENSIONED GROUND SUPPORTED SLAB READY FOR CONCRETE POUR

16. POST-TENSIONING STEEL TONNAGE
UNITED STATES
POST-TENSIONING STEEL TONNAGE
1999 STATISTICS
Buildings %
Bridges %
Ground supported slabs 43 %
Earthwork %
Miscellaneous %
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Total %

17. ADVANTAGES OF POST-TENSIONING
Longer clear spans
Thinner slabs
Lesser floor-to-floor heights
Shorter building height
Lesser weight
Improved seismic performance
Faster construction cycle

18. Post-Tensioning
System
Unbonded
Grouted (Bonded)

19. ARRANGEMENT OF UNBONDED POST-TENSIONING SYSTEM

20. COMPONENTS OF A GENERIC 12 mm (1/2 in.) STRAND TENDON

21. HARDWARE FOR CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT

22. ASSEMBLED ANCHOR DEVICE FOR CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT

23. LIVE (STRESSING) ENDS AT SLAB EDGE

24. UNBONDED POST-TENSIONING CONSTRUCTION
High Rise Building
3rd Street
San Francisco

25. UNBONDED POST-TENSIONING CONSTRUCTION
Red Lion Inn Hotel
Modesto, California