Assessment and Restoration of Post-Tensioned Parking Ramp Structures

by Gabriel Jimenez, Ph.D., P.E.

From the March/April 2009 issue of Concrete Repair Bulletin

“The use of unbounded post-tensioned (PT) reinforcement to concrete parking ramp structures has been popular for many decades. The use of PT reinforcement in these structures greatly reduces the amount of cracking and possible leakage to the structure and also allows economical long-term construction…”