Care Needs to be Taken When Specifying Anchors for Precast / Hollow Core Concrete Decks
Here is a picture that we recently took in the field. Another contractor tried to use a standard anchor to attach heavy x-ray imaging equipment overhead to a precast concrete (hollow core or flexacore) deck. The cone shaped hole immediately told us that the anchor was not appropriate due to the weight of the equipment and the construction methods used to create the concrete deck. Read the rest of this entry »
