Post-Tensioning

in
Building Construction
Examples of Post-
Tensioned Building
Construction
Constructed with Unbonded Post-Tensioning

Daniel Burnham Court, San Francisco

CONSTRUCTED
WITH
UNBONDED
POST-
TENSIONING
Red Lion Inn
 Xerox Center, Lakeshore Tower, Irvine,
Santa Ana, California California

La Palma Center, La Palma, California

EXAMPLES OF POST-TENSIONING
PARKING STRUCTURES
Constructed with Unbonded Post-Tensioning

University of California Medical Center, Irvine

 CONSTRUCTED
WITH
UNBONDED POST TENSIONING

San Jose International Airport

POST-TENSIONED CONSTRUCTION
WITH UNBONDED TENDON

Cal-State Northridge C.I.P. Parking Structure

 POST-TENSIONED CONCRETE FLOOR
SUPPORTING STEEL FRAME OFFICE BUILDING

Hybrid Construction
BASE PLATES FOR COLUMNS TERMINATING
ON PT SLAB
POST-TENSIONED HYPRID CONSTRUCTION

Irwin Plaza, San Rafael, California

VIEW OF THE PARKING LEVEL OF A HYPRID CONSTRTUCTION

Irwin Plaza, San Rafael, California

POST-TENSIONED MAT FOUNDATION

Fortaleza, Brazil
POST-TENSIONED MAT FOUNDATION

Kodak Building, San Jose

POST-TENSIONED GROUND SUPPORTED SLAB
READY FOR CONCRETE POUR
 UNITED STATES
POST-TENSIONING STEEL TONNAGE
1999 STATISTICS

Buildings 33 %
Bridges 17 %
Ground supported slabs 43 %

Earthwork 6%
Miscellaneous 1%
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Total 100%
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
Post-Tensioning
• System
• Unbonded
• Grouted (Bonded)
ARRANGEMENT OF UNBONDED POST-TENSIONING SYSTEM
COMPONENTS OF A GENERIC 12 mm (1/2 in.) STRAND TENDON
HARDWARE FOR CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT
ASSEMBLED ANCHOR DEVICE FOR CORROSIVE ENVIRONMENT
LIVE (STRESSING) ENDS AT SLAB EDGE
UNBONDED POST-TENSIONING CONSTRUCTION

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

Red Lion Inn Hotel

Modesto, California