The latest edition of the PCI Design Handbook has been published and is now available. The industry’s leading design guide for precast and prestressed concrete provides easy-to-follow design procedures; numerical examples; and both new and updated design aids using ACI 318-05, ASCE 7-05, IBC 2006, and other current industry standards. This indispensable, nearly 800-page publication provides the designer with comprehensive and efficient procedures for the safe design of both architectural and structural precast and prestressed concrete products. The design information and recommendations are based on the latest research as well as the consensus of practicing engineers. Every designer needs this indispensable publication at his or her fingertips for quick reference.

The seventh edition also includes new and updated information on:

• shear-friction design
• blast design
• stadium riser design
• ledge hanger steel design
• impacts of ACI 318-08

You will also find a new notation chapter, a new materials chapter, and so much more! At no additional charge, a CD-ROM is included that contains a searchable PDF version of the entire handbook and many of the PCI publications it references.

If you want to get a copy of the PCI Design Handbook for your Illinois or Wisconsin design firm, schedule a lunch and learn with PCI of IL & WI. We will update your library and include a copy of this new book.