1 Largest stones over 40 tons were moved 18 miles (29 km), smaller bluestones up to 5 tons were moved 130 miles (210 km). 2  Trajan's column Rome, Italy. 3  Forty-ton drums. 4  The capital block of Trajan's Column weighs 53.3 tons.
37 Million Blueprints Are Printed Every Year. Before construction begins on a job site, blueprints will be printed and re-printed numerous times over by architects, project managers, building owners, engineers and contractors. Our local repographics shop gets an average of 35 print requests a day from this crowd.
Similarly, Architects and Structural Engineers have designed structures with PT to create an open floor layout and to save material for LEED benefits. State and Local Municipalities have encouraged the used of cast-in-place concrete since it promotes local jobs.t the same time, Concrete and General Contractors have shifted towards using PT in order to speed up construction schedules with labor savings. Post-Tensioning has proved to be a viable, cost-effective alternative to structural steel, wood, precast and conventional reinforced concrete.