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Honolulu\u2019s Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach, Phase 1, earned Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering (BASE) the top award in this year\u2019s Post-tensioning Institute (PTI) Project Awards. <\/span>
Photos courtesy PTI<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Celebrating 13 projects demonstrating outstanding use of post-tensioning, the Post-Tensioning Institute<\/a> (PTI) announced the winners of its 2017 Project Awards<\/a> in Atlanta last month. Eligible projects were those completed or rehabilitated no more than seven years ago, which employ post-tensioning as a structural element, and which fulfill the judging requirements of creativity, innovation, ingenuity, cost-effectiveness, functionality, constructability, and aesthetics.<\/p>\n

With winners selected from 39 projects, the awards were granted in categories ranging from bridges to parking structures to the organization\u2019s prestigious Project of the Year Award.<\/p>\n

Project of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n

Baldridge & Associates Structural Engineering<\/a> (BASE) was honored with this award for its work on Phase 1 of the Ritz-Carlton Residences Waikiki Beach in Honolulu. This structure employs 178-mm (7-in.) thick post-tensioned slabs, 17 post-tensioned transfer girders, and a two-story post-tensioned concrete truss to overcome inherent project difficulties including height limits, easements, and limited sellable and truck maneuvering space.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe PTI 2017 Project of the Year is an excellent example of the advantages of using post-tensioning,\u201d said David Martin, PTI president. \u201cBASE created a beautiful structure that is not only functional, but innovative, and perfectly illustrates the benefits of post-tensioning in tall buildings. Without it, this building would have needed to be much taller, much heavier, and much more expensive.\u201d<\/p>\n

Partial floor post-tensioned slabs with steel hanger columns were used to allow for double-story atrium openings, and were supported by a roof slab that also aided with mechanical and landscaped rooftop terrace loads.<\/p>\n

Awards of Excellence<\/strong><\/p>\n

In addition to Awards of Merit, Awards of Excellence were granted in six categories.<\/p>\n

Buildings<\/em><\/p>\n

Kellogg School of Management, located in Evanston, Illinois, earned Thornton Tomasetti<\/a> this award. In this project, post-tensioning supported 169 transfer columns so they could act as foundations, accommodating long spans, cantilevers, and curving floor plates.<\/p>\n

Bridges<\/em><\/p>\n

The use of post-tensioning to allow for building from above resulted in FIGG Bridge Engineers<\/a> earning an excellence award, specifically for Dresbach Bridge over the Mississippi River.<\/p>\n

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Post-tensioning was employed in the submitted projects to overcome difficulties including limited space and the need to build from above.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Parking structures<\/em><\/p>\n

Timothy Haahs & Associates\u2019<\/a> Miami Design District City View Garage was awarded for its use of post-tensioning to allow for column-free parking modules that did not sacrifice slab thickness or beam depth.<\/p>\n

Slabs-on-ground<\/em><\/p>\n

Auckland, New-Zealand-based James Pascoe Group Distribution Centre by BBR VT International<\/a> succeeded thanks to its strategy of combining post-tensioned floors into a single larger floor, minimizing joints and reducing both required time and materials.<\/p>\n

Industrial\/special applications<\/em><\/p>\n

In New York, Manhattan West Platform earned Tensa America<\/a> an award of excellence. This platform was built over 15 live metro tracks thanks to post-tensioning, with the 10,219-m2<\/sup> (110,00-sf) segmental post-tensioned platform being comprised of 16 adjacent bridges.<\/p>\n

Repair, rehabilitation, and strengthening<\/em><\/p>\n

Emergency repairs and rehabilitation work by Concrete Protection & Restoration<\/a> for Sarasota, Florida\u2019s Dolphin Tower were honored for using post-tensioning to evade an impending collapse. Post-tensioned drop panels combined with structural overlay and interior shear walls allowed the repair to be completed on time and with significant savings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Celebrating 13 projects demonstrating outstanding use of post-tensioning, the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) announced the winners of its 2017 Project Awards in Atlanta last month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1836,"featured_media":38077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1029],"tags":[1036,3279,3308,3269,3271,3564,3565],"class_list":["post-38072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-awards","tag-florida","tag-hawaii","tag-illinois","tag-new-york","tag-post-tensioning","tag-structural","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nPost-tensioning projects recognized at biannual awards - The Construction Specifier<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructionspecifier.com\/post-tensioning-projects-recognized-at-biannual-awards\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Post-tensioning projects recognized at biannual awards - 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