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 TransAmerica Tower in San Francisco designed by architect William Pereira is among the seven wonders of the precast world because it showcases the heights that precast can attain, and because it exemplifies how Pereira used precast to create his unmistakeable style. Pereira often used precast concrete to create geometric facades.