Slidell / Louisiana / United States
Tech-Con Systems is a regionally based post-tensioned reinforcement company. Post tensioning is like most other construction systems. The architect designs the structure according to the owners desires; the engineer determines the prestressing forces and tendon profiles needed to make the structure work under the intended loads. And then it falls to the general contractor or concrete contractor to make it all happen. Tech-Con reviews detailed installation drawings, fabricates the post-tensioning tendons and deliver all of the components necessary for a complete system to the jobsite. The type of structure being built determines when post-tensioning is used and whether the type of application should be bonded or unbonded. After more than 50 years, post-tensioning has earned its place in construction. It is successful because it allows contractors to reduce concretes thickness while maintaining its strength, resulting in lighter, less costly structures that are as strong or even stronger than non-post-tensioned structures. Post-tensioning is now commonly found in bridges, office buildings, parking structures, and hotels, as well as slabs on ground, and even rock and soil applications. Whether a bridge or the ballroom of a hotel, the span length and required load carrying capacity dictate the structural concrete thickness to be used. However, not every post-tensioning company specializes in every application.
