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What is precast?

Updated: 8/21/2019
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Reinforced concrete beams, pillars, pipes, forms, etc. that were cast in a factory instead of onsite around a mesh of welded rebar. For many of these items getting the rebar pretensioned correctly for the use is easier in a factory than outdoors on a worksite exposed to the weather.

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