Advanced Post-Tension

Late last month, I visited 201 Fillmore, a project that we’re working on with Nucor Rebar Fabrication and Baker Construction. I thought I’d take a few shots of the unique stud rail installation they were doing that day. This is a view from ground level, looking down into what will be a five-story underground parking garage. As you can see, there are stud rails that have been installed head-down in the foundation cage.

While there are a lot of unique challenges to this project, this is a solution you don’t see very often! Despite the raft slab being 60” thick at this column, the Engineer of Record ended up needing stud rails to handle the punching shear for the vertical load. While there is a mud slab under the structural slab, there’s no place to nail chairs for the stud rails. As such, they’re hung from the top steel to maintain vertical alignment and 3” clear cover to the bottom of concrete.

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Construction is beginning in earnest at 201 Fillmore, a new development in Denver's Cherry Creek neighborhood with five stories of underground parking, two ground-floor retail spaces, and seven floors of office space.

Advanced Post-Tension will be supplying engineering support along with about 1,300 stud rails and half a million linear feet of post-tension tendons for this project.

Architectural Firm: Goettsch Partners
Structural Firm: KL&A Engineers and Builders
Prime Contractor: PCL Construction
Concrete Contractor: Baker Construction
Reinforcing Steel Contractor: Nucor Rebar Fabrication

Advanced Post-Tension was founded in 2013 in Houston, TX with the goal of bringing top-quality service to the supply and fabrication of post-tension material and accessories. We specialize in the commercial market, providing material and expertise for both elevated slab and slab-on-grade construction.

At Advanced Post-Tension, we view every project as a portfolio project – we understand that even the smallest job is a point of pride for someone, be that the owner, the architect, the structural engineer, the general contractor, or the occupants. It is our mission to bring that level of care and pride to every project, from foundations to fifty-story towers.

In order to make sure your job goes smoothly, every Advanced Post-Tension project is run by a multi-year veteran of the construction industry. Our highly experienced team takes a proactive approach to project management to help ensure that every piece of material arrives on-site when you need it.

Advanced Post-Tension is 100% American owned and operated.