Total Precast Structures
Total Precast: Built in months for your rapid success.
Balancing Esthetics, Quality, Schedule, Clear Open Spans & Cost Efficiency.
General Information
- Total precast concrete structures have been in Atlantic Canada for over 50 years; Previously most of these consisted of parking garages, treatment plants and industrial buildings. Total precast residential buildings have been a standard construction practice in Europe for decades. Canadian builders are just now beginning to see the numerous advantages residential precast concrete systems offer over other building systems.
- Now you will see 12+ story total precast concrete buildings, using a variety of architectural precast concrete finishes and textures. This is one of many advantages of precast concrete panels: In addition to the infinite mix designs possible for the actual concrete, various textures such as simulated stone or ribbed form liners can be added to increase the visual interest of a panel. Multiple mix designs with assorted colors can be placed in the same mold and separated by thin reveals. Thin-brick veneer also can be cast directly onto the face of a precast concrete panel. This offers the architect an opportunity to become deeply involved in its design, engineering, and fabrication of the precast concrete.
- Designs can range from Historical to Contemporary. The ideal building exterior for a building in the historical districts in urban centers.
- Lower overall project costs: The speed, durability, low maintenance costs, and design flexibility of Total Precast Buildings have been the reasons why developers have approached precasters to develop a total package approach that will address their needs.
- More structural efficiency: By using architectural wall cladding as a load-bearing element. Its “dual use” ability, which combines the structure and exterior cladding into a single element, provides many advantages unmatched by other materials.
- Shorter Schedule: Developers who use total precast concrete systems say precast can shorten the project timetable by months depending on the size of the project when compared with steel and even more when compared with cast-in-place concrete construction. Simpler wall construction also allows interior trades such as drywall to begin work much sooner. Structural portions of buildings are going up in months rather than years.
- Strescon Projects: Completed – The St. Croix, at The Crossing in Windsor NS. We are currently working on several other Total-precast concrete multi-residential construction projects in Atlantic Canada, including 99 King Street, SJ NB, 247 Windmill Road, Dartmouth, and Ryan’s Park, Kentville NS – continue to watch for other active projects.
