• Benefits and Advantages (PDF, 125.2 KB)
  Key benefits of using architectural precast concrete panels are explained.
• Blast Considerations - Part 1 (PDF, 557.8 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee discusses items to consider in designing for blast resistance.
• Blast Considerations - Part 2 (PDF, 500.3 KB)
  Design considerations for blast resistance in specifying architectural precast concrete panels are explained in part on of a series.
• Blast Considerations - Part 3 (PDF, 563.2 KB)
  Design considerations for blast resistance in specifying architectural precast concrete panels are explained in part three of a series.
• Blast Considerations - Part 4 (PDF, 411.0 KB)
  Design considerations for blast resistance in specifying architectural precast concrete panels are explained in part four of a series.
• Bullnoses (PDF, 176.5 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee outlines the potential of precast's moldability, repetition and use of bullnoses in the first in a series focusing on panel details.
• Clay Product-Faced Precast (PDF, 194.3 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee highlights the advantages of working with clay product-faced precast panels
• Corners and Returns (PDF, 157.1 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee and architect Donald J. Benz of Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates cover design options for corners and returns.
• Cornices (PDF, 222.2 KB)
  PCI''s Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee outlines the potential of cornices in the second in a series focusing on panel details.
• Design Economy - Part 1 (PDF, 198.6 KB)
  PCI''s Architectural Precast ConcreteServices Committee offers insight on the architectural precast manufacturing process to help achieve design goals and control costs.
• Design Economy - Part 2 (PDF, 148.6 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee offers insight on the architectural precast manufacturing process to help achieve design goals and control costs.
• Design Economy - Part 3 (PDF, 411.2 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee offers insight on the architectural precast manufacturing process to help achieve design goals and control costs.
• Energy Conservation 64 page booklet (PDF, 5.3 MB)
  Energy Conservation 64 page booklet.
• Energy Conservation and Condensation Control, Part 1 (PDF, 599.0 KB)
  Factors influencing the energy performance of the building envelope are discussed in part 1 of a series.
• Energy Conservation and Condensation Control, Part 2 (PDF, 496.0 KB)
  Thermal resistance (R-value) is discussed in part 2 of a series.
• Energy Conservation, Part 3 (PDF, 636.5 KB)
  Factors influencing the energy performance of the building envelope are discussed in part three of a series.
• Multiple Mixes/Textures (PDF, 168.8 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee and architect Eduardo Illanes of OZ Architecture cover definitions and applications of multiple mixes and textures.
• Radiused Precast Concrete (PDF, 241.0 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee illustrates how radiused precast can be designed creatively and cost effectively
• Reveals (PDF, 119.2 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee outlines the potential of reveals in the fourth in a series focusing on panel details.
• Sculptural Forms (PDF, 213.5 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee explains the ease with which designers can add concrete sculptural forms to their projects.
• Specification Guidance - Part 1 (PDF, 130.3 KB)
  Key considerations in specifying architectural precast concrete panels are explained.
• Specification Guidance - Part 2 (PDF, 207.3 KB)
  Key considerations in specifying architectural precast concrete panels are explained in part two of a series.
• Specification Guidance - Part 3 (PDF, 269.1 KB)
  Key considerations in specifying architectural precast concrete panels are explained in part three of a series.
• Specification Guidance - Part 4 (PDF, 188.2 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee shows items to consider in specifying stone veneer-faced precast panels in part four of a series.
• Stone Veneer-Faced Precast Part 1 (PDF, 147.0 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee highlights how precast can achieve the same goals as stone facades.
• Stone Veneer-Faced Precast Part 2 (PDF, 147.6 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee and architect Jim Rothwell of callison Architecture Inc. highlight how precast can achieve the same goals as stone facades.
• Stone Veneer (PDF, 246.5 KB)
• Sustainable Design (Full Series) Ascent Spring 2007 (PDF, 1.0 MB)
  Sustainable design is discussed in this series.
• Sustainable Design (Full Series) Ascent Winter 2007
• Sustainable Design (Full Series) Ascent Summer 2006
• Window Panels (PDF, 175.5 KB)
  PCI's Architectural Precast Concrete Services Committee and John Hesseler and Jeff LaRue of HKS Inc. explore nuances of precast concrete window panels.
   

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