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Installing, inspecting and repairing the tendons that hold modern long-span structures together.

Post-tensioning threads high-strength steel tendons through ducts cast into concrete, then stresses and anchors them so the concrete is squeezed into permanent compression - the trick behind thin long-span floor slabs, segmental bridges, containment tanks and ground anchors. The specialist sector covers new installation, and the growing business of investigating, de-tensioning and repairing systems in ageing structures.

Bonded and unbonded slab systemsBridge and segmental post-tensioningStressing, grouting and record keepingPT investigation and tendon condition surveysDe-tensioning, re-stressing and tendon replacementGround anchors and tie-downsScanning and safe penetration of PT structures
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About Post-Tensioning Systems

It is licence-to-operate work: stressing operations put lethal energy into a strand, grouting quality decides whether tendons last a century or corrode unseen, and cutting into a PT slab without knowing where the tendons run is one of the fastest ways to put a project on the front page.