Precast facades have the potential to be made very cheaply using highvolume, standardised components, or made bespoke and shaped by unique profiles at very high cost. So it is not surprising to find ...

Homeowners thinking outside the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

The flexibility of 3D printed precast panels helps architects achieve an exterior facade that looks like sugar crystals as a nod to the building's former owner, Domino Sugar Refinery. Precast concrete ...

Precast concrete is a construction product made by curing concrete in a reusable mold or form. Produced in a controlled factory environment, precast concrete can be closely monitored during cure, ...

Homeowners thinking outside of the traditional wood-framed residential box are pouring on the creativity when building houses with precast concrete walls. Not only used in below-grade applications, ...

On the lookout for ever more energy-efficient building envelope solutions, a growing number of Building Teams are turning to insulating concrete forms as an alternative to light-gauge steel frame, ...

Builders who want to put up a structure fast as well as cut on costs can consider this technology, writes JAMES WANZALA Precast concrete technology (PCT), commonly known as waffles, is gaining ...

Four manufacturers of precast concrete structures are using an RFID system to track the structures as they are made, inspected, stored and shipped to a construction site. The system’s developer, ...

The Century Project, a 42-story luxury condominium tower in Los Angeles, Calif., designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects (New York, N.Y.) and under construction since June 2007, required top-notch ...