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we could use on the precast to make it similar,” says Pace. “In the end, it worked out very well.” Courtesy Coreslab A 600-room addition to an original design, the FLETC complex included a large number of precast concrete structures. The precast manufacturer made several hundred balconies and block columns to support the outer edge of the balconies by using a simple hidden connection using dowels that went from the column to the balcony slab. Completed in two phases, the project faced unusual time constraints. Phase One, for example, had to be completed in time in order to honor a national QUICK AND TIDY commitment by the Department of Homeland Security, President George Bush and the U.S. Congress. That commitment stated that the facilities were ready to begin training additional border patrol agents and federal law enforcement officers by August 2007. “The precast concrete was one of the key elements that got the project within budget and met the schedule,” says Greene. Pace says the Department of Homeland Security is satisfied with the result, particularly because the project was finished on schedule despite the time crunch. The Atlanta office of Skanska USA Building Inc. was the contractor for the FLETC project, which was “finished more quickly thanks to precast,” says Larry Greene, the firm’s senior project manager. “We didn’t have to deal with all of the forming and placement costs or the time involved with poured-in-place concrete,” says Greene. “Once the precast was specified, all of the fabrication was accomplished in Albuquerque and shipped to the job site a couple of hundred miles away.” Bridget McCrea is a freelance writer who covers manufacturing, industry and technology. She is the winner of the 2007 Florida Magazine Association's Gold Award for best trade/technical feature statewide. 12 PRECAST SOLUTIONS | MAY/JUNE 2008 Courtesy Skanska USA

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