PCI Standard Design Practice Ref ACI-318-11

PCI Standard Design Practice Ref ACI-318-11 Precast and prestressed concrete structures have provided decades of satisfactory performance. This performance is the result of the practices reported herein, conformance with ACI 318-11 Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete and Commentary, incorporation of industry specific research programs and a plant certification program that provides an industrywide quality control system beyond that found in on-site construction. Section 1.4 of the ACI 318-11 specifically allows variances when the adequacy of which has been shown by successful use or by analysis or test. Suggested changes to code provisions resulting from experience, analysis or testing can provide a point for discussion with building officials for acceptance of revised provisions within the guidance and scope of Section 1.4 of ACI 318-11. This list of provisions is based on ACI 318-11, and the numbers refer to sections in that document and are presented in numerical order. For notation used within this document refer to the notation used in Chapter 2 of ACI 318-11. Excerpts from ACI 318-11 are reprinted here with permission by the American Concrete Institute, Farmington Hills, Michigan.