Precast poles can be either prestressed-spun or steel reinforced, and are commonly used for street lighting, and power and communication transmission.
Advantages
- Superior structural outcome
- Quality produced
- Off-site manufacture means high quality
- Durable
- High strength, factory produced, long life prestressed concrete offers the ultimate outcome with minimal maintenance
- High load capacity
- Reduction in formwork and propping
- A sustainable solution
- Significant sustainability advantages through de-materialisation
- Resistant to chloride-induced corrosion of the reinforcement
- Faster construction time
- Quick installation by highly skilled crews
- Less weather dependent
- Simplified and safer construction process
- Less trades on site
- Less exposure to OHS and industrial relations risks
- Less waste
- Less materials handling
- High quality surface finishes.