WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF USING PRECAST CONCRETE?

There are many benefits that using Precast concrete offers as opposed to conventional building materials like cast-in-place concrete. Some of these benefits are:

Construction Speed

The most important benefit of using Precast concrete is that it considerably speeds up the construction process for any project. Ordinarily, builders used to pour concrete on the job site and wait for it to cure, which could take several days or weeks.

With Precast concrete, they can simply order ready-made precast products as per their requirement and fit them in place. There is no waiting period involved at all. Reputable brands always have precast concrete structures in their inventory.

Strength

Precast Carousel and precast concrete facilities include carefully chosen materials in their mixes, which you saw in the list above. Adding these elements results in characteristics like high strength, waterproofing, etc.

When curing concrete on the site, many of these materials are difficult to procure and may be forgotten or overlooked. Therefore, precast systems concrete has a significantly higher strength than an ordinary concrete surface.

Controlled Environment

Precast concrete is manufactured in facilities where the curing happens in a carefully controlled environment. However, when curing concrete at the construction site, nobody can control the environmental factors such as rain, humidity, heat, etc.

Quality Control

Precast concrete manufacturers are solely focused on the aspect of creating concrete. Therefore, there is a greater quality control resulting in consistent products.

However, on sites with large-scale projects, there is so much work going on that no one can monitor the quality control of cast-in-place concrete at all times. This can lead to low quality and inconsistent construction. For more information, read our in-depth comparison of precast and cast-in-place concrete.

Labour/Cost Saving
For construction projects, speed is of the essence. Every day lost can add costs in labour and resource waste. By speeding up the process using precast systems made concrete , builders can save a lot of money on the cost of labour and other things.

Curing Conditions
In factory facilities, the production of precast concrete can be sped up without compromising on quality. This is because precast systems curing conditions are controllable, unlike in the case of poured in place concrete production whereby any attempt to accelerate curing will likely sacrifice quality.

Design Options

Precast concrete is created using specialized precast moulds designed specifically for the purpose. Manufacturers create these moulds in many different shapes and sizes because they can be reused.

There are options for civil engineers to order precast moulds and systems with complex design including hydraulic electronic control systems and even producing a concrete surface with decorative elements. This control and these complex elements cannot be created on the construction site with cast-in-place concrete due to the significantly high costs of designing and creating specialized precast moulds.

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