The
pre-stressed concrete combines two materials of high quality:
concrete and steel; It provides the best of both. It is easily
adapted to the manufacturing of components in series.
The pre-stressed concrete eliminates cracking, improves the material’s
efficiency by using the whole section, and allows the lightning
of buildings and the crossing of great spans with low heights.
The slender aspect of the products is aesthetic and pleasant,
they need no maintenance, the insurance premiums are reduced and
they offer a fire resistance generally sufficient without onerous
special additional treatment.
Finally and above all, the pre-stressed concrete allows considerable
savings of concrete and especially of steel, the latter in a ratio
which can reach 50%.