Title:
Demolishing a Post-Tensioned Parking Garage
Author(s):
Gregory P. Chacos
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
13
Issue:
10
Appears on pages(s):
44-46
Keywords:
anchors (fasteners); beams (supports); columns (supports); concrete slabs; demolition; parking facilities; post-tensioning; Construction
DOI:
Date:
10/1/1991
Abstract:
Describes the demolition by headache ball of a post-tensioned concrete parking structure. Detensioning the tendons was found to be neither necessary nor desirable, since the ties provided by the tendons were an advantageous live force that could be controlled. Beam-column and anchor performance is described.