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Prestressed (Precast) Concrete
Advantages
- Can be manufactured lighter and longer than precast piles.
- Can be pre-tensioned or post-tensioned.
- Greater durability than precast piles.
- Easily spliced, or extended with patented joint, in field.
- Tensile stresses developed during driving are less critical.
- Can be extended above ground to form columns.
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