Title: Designing for Construction Productivity and Safety—In Practice

Author(s): Gordon H. Reigstad, Jason G. Reigstad, and Jared M. Reigstad

Publication: Concrete International

Volume: 46

Issue: 7

Appears on pages(s): 43-46

Keywords: slab, restraint, joint, strip

DOI:

Date: 7/1/2024

Abstract:
The PS=Ø system allows engineers to design post-tensioned (PT) and reinforced concrete members with more restraint releases and without the construction schedule delays of traditional pour strips. With or without temporary PT stressing strips, PS=Ø couplers can be used as restraint relief details in slab-to-slab, slab-to-wall, and beam-to-beam joints.