By PCI-IW

Institutions are an integral part of society and often help serve many members of the communities that surround them. Because they are an important component of making citizens’ lives easier, it’s important to institutions that they remain open and accessible. Institutions built with precast can be erected quicker, more efficiently, and provide long-lasting structures that require limited future maintenance.

Types of Institutions

Precast has been used to construct various types of institutional facilities throughout the United States, including:

• K - 12 Public and Charter Schools

• College and University Campuses

• Justice and Correctional Facilities

• Government/Public Facilities

• Military Facilities

• Religious Facilities

• Healthcare Facilities

• High-Tech and Laboratory Facilities

How Precast Can Help

Quicker Erection Times
Institutions have to remain open so the services they provide can be available to those who need it most. Precast can be delivered and erected quickly on site reducing construction schedules and meeting accelerated project schedules. This also means that institutions that need to be closed for renovations or updates can expect to be operational in a shorter amount of time.

Safer for Occupants
Institutions are oftentimes places of safe haven for members of the surrounding community. Precast institutional structures can be designed for several purposes including acting as storm shelters in areas prone to extreme weather. Precast concrete is also inherently blast, fire, and seismic resistant making it one of the best construction materials to build facilities needed to protect occupants.

Limited Maintenance
Because precast is long-lasting, high performance material, institutions who choose precast for their structures can rest assured knowing they have built their facilities from a durable product that will last decades. Precast facilities require less maintenance in the long run, which means less time closing for renovations and more time serving local communities.

Produced Offsite in a Quality Controlled Environment
Precast concrete is produced in offsite manufacturing facilities in quality control environments and held to some of the highest standards. PCI producers have been certified by PCI to ensure they are producing the highest quality precast components for clients such as institutions.

Institutional projects can use precast to meet their high performance goals. Precast concrete integrates easily with other systems and inherently provides the versatility, efficiency, and resiliency needed to meet the multi-hazard requirements and long-term demands of institutional facilities.