CarbonCast

CarbonCast is a precast concrete technology that uses carbon-fibre grid as secondary reinforcing or as a shear truss. It was introduced by AltusGroup, Inc., a North American partnership of 17 precast concrete manufacturers and seven industry suppliers founded to expedite the research and national commercialization of concrete innovations.

Products

The CarbonCast line of commercial products includes:

Properties

The use of carbon fibre grid over conventional reinforcement yields a number of unique properties to CarbonCast components:[7]

Applications

There are more than 700 projects totaling more than 30,000,000 square feet (2,800,000 m2) of surface area of CarbonCast technology in these markets:

Examples

Prominent structures that have used CarbonCast technology include:

See also

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