PCI-CERTIFIED PLANTS DIRECTORY Visit pci.org for the most up-to-date listing of PCI-Certifi ed Plants. AS OF JULY 2021 When it comes to quality, why take chances? When you need precast or precast, prestressed concrete products, choose a PCI-Certifi ed Plant. You’ll get confi rmed capability—a proven plant with a quality assurance program you can count on. Whatever your needs, working with a plant that is PCI-certifi ed in the product groups it produces will benefi t you and your project. • You’ll fi nd easier identifi cation of plants prepared to fulfi ll special needs. • You’ll deal with established producers—many certifi ed for more than 30 years. • Using quality products, construction crews can get the job done right the fi rst time, keeping labor costs down. • Quality products help construction proceed smoothly, expediting project completion. GROUPS > GROUP A – ARCHITECTURAL PRODUCTS CATEGORY AT – ARCHITECTURAL TRIM UNITS Wet-cast, nonprestressed products with a high standard of fi nish quality and of relatively small size that can be installed with equipment of limited capacity such as sills, lintels, coping, cornices, quoins, medallions, bollards, benches, planters, and pavers. CATEGORY A1 – ARCHITECTURAL CLADDING AND LOAD-BEARING UNITS Precast or precast, prestressed concrete building elements such as exterior cladding, load-bearing and nonload-bearing wall panels, spandrels, beams, mullions, columns, column covers, and miscel laneous shapes. This category includes Category AT. > GROUP B – BRIDGES Please note for Group B, Category B1: Some precast concrete products such as highway median barriers, box culverts, and three-sided arches are not automatically included in routine plant audits. They may be included at the request of the precast concrete producer or if required by the project specifi cations. CATEGORY B1 – PRECAST CONCRETE BRIDGE PRODUCTS Guide Specifi cation To be sure that you are getting the full benefi t of the PCI Plant Certifi cation Program, use the following guide spec ifi cation for your next project: “ Manufacturer Qualifi cation: The precast concrete man ufacturing plant shall be certifi ed by the Precast/Pre stres sed Concrete In stitute Plant Certifi cation Program. Man ufacturer shall be certifi ed at time of bidding. Certifi cation shall be in the following product group(s) and category(ies): [Select appropriate groups and categor ies (AT or A1), (B1,2,3, or 4), (C1,2,3, or 4), (G)]. ” Mild-steel-reinforced precast con crete elements that include some types of bridge beams or slabs, sheet piling, pile caps, retaining-wall elements, par apet walls, sound barriers, and box culverts. CATEGORY B2 – PRESTRESSED MISCELLANEOUS BRIDGE PRODUCTS Any precast, prestressed element excluding super-structure beams. Inclu des piling, sheet piling, retain ing-wall elements, stay-in-place bridge deck panels, and products in Category B1. CATEGORY B3 – PRESTRESSED STRAIGHT-STRAND BRIDGE MEMBERS Includes all superstructure elements such as box beams, I-beams, bulb tees, stemmed members, solid slabs, full-depth bridge deck slabs, and products in Categories B1 and B2. CATEGORY B4 – PRESTRESSED DEFLECTED-STRAND BRIDGE MEMBERS Includes all products covered in Categories B1, B2, and B3. GROUP BA – BRIDGE PRODUCTS WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL FINISH Product Groups and Categories The PCI Plant Certifi cation Program is focused around four groups of products, designated A, B, C, and G. Products in Group A are audited to the standards in MNL–117 . Products in Groups B and C are audited to the > GROUP C – COMMERCIAL (STRUCTURAL) standards in MNL–116. Products in Group G are audited CATEGORY C1 – PRECAST CONCRETE PRODUCTS according to the standards in MNL–130. The standards Mild-steel-reinforced precast concrete elements including sheet piling, pile caps, piling, retaining-wall referenced above are found in the following manuals: elements, fl oor and roof slabs, joists, stairs, seating mem bers, columns, beams, walls, spandrels, etc. • MNL–116 Manual for Quality Control for Plants and Production of Structural Precast Concrete CATEGORY C2 – PRESTRESSED HOLLOW-CORE AND REPETITIVE PRODUCTS Products Standard shapes made in a repetitive process prestressed with straight strands. Included are • MNL–117 Manual for Quality Control for Plants hollow-core slabs, railroad ties, fl at slabs, poles, wall panels, and products in Category C1. and Production of Architectural Precast Concrete CATEGORY C3 – PRESTRESSED STRAIGHT-STRAND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS Products Includes stemmed members, beams, col umns, joists, seating members, and pro ducts in Categories C1 and C2. • MNL–130 Manual for Quality Control for Plants and Production of Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete CATEGORY C4 – PRESTRESSED DEFLECTED-STRAND STRUCTURAL MEMBERS Products Includes stemmed members, beams, joists, and products in Categories C1, C2, and C3. Within Groups A, B, and C are categories that identify GROUP CA – COMMERCIAL PRODUCTS WITH AN ARCHITECTURAL FINISH product types and the product capability of the individual These products are the same as those in the categories within Group C, but they are produced plant. The categories refl ect similarities in the ways in with an architectural fi nish. They will have a form, machine, or special fi nish. Certifi cation for Group which the products are produced. In addition, categories CA production supersedes Group C in the same category. For instance, a plant certifi ed to produce in Groups A, B, and C are listed in ascending order. In products in Category C2A is also certifi ed to produce products in C1, C1A, and C2 (but not certifi ed other words, a plant certifi ed to produce pro ducts in to produce any products in C3 or C4A). Category C4 is automat ically certifi ed for products in the preceding Categories C1, C2, and C3. A plant cer tifi ed > GROUP G – GLASS-FIBER-REINFORCED CONCRETE (GFRC) to produce products in Category B2 is automatically These products are reinforced with glass fi bers that are randomly dis persed through out the product and are qualifi ed for Cat egory B1 but not Categories B3 or B4. made by spraying a cement/sand slurry onto molds. This pro duces thin-wal led, lightweight cladding pan els. These products are the same as those in the categories within Group B, but they are produced with an architectural fi nish. They will have a form, machine, or special fi nish. Certifi cation for Group BA production supersedes Group B in the same category. For instance, a plant certifi ed to produce products in Category B2A is also certifi ed to produce products in Categories B1, B1A, and B2 (but not certifi ed to produce any products in B3A or B4A).
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