It's thanks to the work of Idaho State University researchers. The new interchange has a precast concrete pier supporting the 222-foot long and 88-foot wide bridge over the Interstate.

"A precast pier system incorporates structural elements such as columns and girders in a Lego-like construction,” said Mustafa Mashal, associate professor of civil engineering at ISU and ...

Superior Concrete engineers consulted with the utility to design a 175-ft (53-m) long by 10-ft (3-m) high precast concrete wall with a footing/pier system that would require little space — allowing ...

This allowed them to remove sections of both the overlay and precast slabs at the same time. Once the existing pier has been razed, construction will begin in earnest on the new pier. Designed by ...

The project's use of precast pier caps resulted in an estimated savings of 1,890 man-hours and required 15 fewer nights of lane closures during construction than would have been required with the ...

The 22 precast post-tensioned piers consist of 360 segments, 90 tons each. Seventy barges carrying precast segments from Bayshore Concrete Products Corp., Cape Charles, Va., arrived continuously ...

For this project, these new technologies and advancements included more durable materials such as full-depth precast concrete deck panels, ultra high-performance concrete, and precast pier cap ...

Construction in 1989 of the Florida Suncoast Dome – now Tropicana Field – in St. Petersburg relied upon precast concrete units formed at a plant at Port Manatee.

Q: Tim, can you explain why I need concrete deck piers under the wood support posts that hold up my deck? I saw an older deck where the posts just rested on precast concrete steppingstones. The ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District, and its contractor, Kovilic Construction Company Inc., began repairs of the Vermilion Harbor east pier, located in Vermilion, Ohio, on 11 June 2021.