A "total precast" building system is a structure designed and constructed entirely of precast, prestressed concrete members including some combination of Spancrete® precast columns and beams with Spancrete precast walls or cladding, and double-tees and/or Spancrete hollowcore plank flooring and roof systems. In addition, Spancrete precast concrete architectural panels offer a wide range of exterior styles and finishes that give your building a truly unique character.
If you're considering a total precast building, give us call to discuss your design options. Our expert salespeople, architects, and engineers will help you plan and coordinate every aspect of the job.
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The Total Precast Advantage
Scheduling
Single Source Supply: Design assistance, shop drawings, fabrication, and erection by Spancrete saves you money by reducing time and money spent on scheduling and coordinating subcontractors, and by reducing the paperwork associated with purchase orders, pay requests, and progress payments.
Design Assistance: Using the Spancrete Engineering Department to assist in the layout and design of your building system also saves you money by ensuring that budget estimates are sound. This prevents costly and time-consuming redesign. We incorporate value engineering into your design, which allows your team to advance quickly to other portions of the project.
Speed to Market
Prefabrication: Spancrete precast, prestressed components are manufactured inside a controlled environment, allowing fabrication to begin even before permits and site/foundation work are complete. This minimizes construction time and costs, and promotes faster positive cash flow.
Fast Building Envelope: Spancrete precast components are rapidly erected to enclose the building, regardless of the weather. Rapid enclosure allows other trades faster access to the structure and ultimately a shorter time of construction, lowering initial costs and leading to faster positive cash flow.
Quality
Strict Manufacturing Controls: Spancrete, Inc. is PCI certified to ensure consistent quality regardless of site conditions, the weather, raw materials, and the skill level of tradesmen. Our tightly controlled manufacturing process allows for low water-to-cement (W/C) ratios, for long-term durability in harsh northern climates. High-quality Spancrete products will increase the building’s resale value, minimize maintenance/life cycle costs, and increase the owner’s return on investment.
Low Maintenance: Spancrete precast products are weather and impact resistant, making them inherently more durable than field-constructed products or other materials. This durability saves money by reducing costly and time-consuming repairs, and by reducing life cycle costs.
Cost Controls
Comfort: Spancrete wall panels have high insulating R-values and provide energy-efficient, non-interrupted insulation for a faster return on investment through lowering operating costs.
Security: A total precast concrete structure is secure and inherently fire resistant, lowering life cycle costs by reducing insurance rates and eliminating costly, time-consuming installation and repair of fireproofing for combustible components.
Flexibility: Precast components offer long spans, heavy capacities, and load-bearing walls, which increase the return on investment by providing more useable space for the dollar.
Durability: Precast components are corrosion- and weather-resistant, reducing maintenance costs and lowering life cycle costs.
Safety
Off-site Fabrication: Materials manufactured in a controlled off-site environment increase safety by keeping the construction site cleaner.
Jobsite Safety: Fast erection minimizes the number of on-site personnel required, reducing the number of trades in the construction zone, which not only enhances safety but improves logistics.
End-User Comfort: Spancrete precast components are acoustically efficient, reducing the level of noise throughout the structure.
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