As part of PCI Gulf South’s unwavering support of the PCI Foundation Studio program at the University of Alabama, Dr. Sri Aaleti and his students traveled to Pelham, AL to take part in a plant tour of Forterra’s precast facility. Dr. Aaleti’ students, who by the way all have 4.0 GPA’s, took a general plant tour of the facilities including the concrete batching facility, QC department, shipping yard and NEXT Beam production line. A highlight of the tour was when the students witnessed the detensioning of a girder line which involved a series of coordinated “cuts” in the strand. The students saw firsthand how a prestressing plant detentions a long line girder bed. As one student commented “ it is not a random act”. We would like to thank Johnnie Hayes and Dwain Hamby of Forterra for hosting the students at the Pelham facility.
