WHY USE ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST?
IN SHORT, ARCHITECTURAL PRECAST IS VERSATILE, RESILIENT, SUSTAINABLE, AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY CONTROLLED.
Versatile
- Precast concrete allows for very flexible design, limited only by the imagination.
- Precast concrete allows for a wide variety of textures and colors.
- Precast is timely, in that panels and trim pieces can be manufactured before a project’s site work even starts - “just in time” delivery.
- Precast is produced by skilled crafts people in a controlled environment to exacting standards.
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Resilient
- Concrete is time tested.
- Concrete increases in strength over time.
- Concrete is non-combustible.
- Concrete is rot and insect resistant.
- Concrete reduces the risk associated with fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, wind-driven rain and debris.
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Sustainable
- Concrete is made of natural materials - water, stones, sand, gravel, and cement.
- Concrete can be almost entirely recycled.
- Precast Concrete is shipped to the project ready to install reducing waste and transportation impacts.
- Concrete acts as an air barrier, reducing air infiltration and saving more energy.
- Concrete emits little or no VOCs; does not degrade indoor air quality.
- Concrete has very low carbon footprint and low embodied energy.
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Affordable
- Concrete is comparatively, an inexpensive building material.
- Concrete has minimal maintenance and repair costs.
- Concrete buildings may have reduced fire insurance rates.
- Concrete's durability leads to a low life cycle cost.
Quality Controlled
- Architectural precast is manufactured in a controlled environment ensuring consistency and quality.
- Constant testing, inspection and certification of the products made and the people who make it, also enhances the quality of precast made in certified plants.
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