NAU PCI Big Beam Competition
Welcome to the NAU PCI Big Beam Competition's website for the 2017-2018 academic year. Here you will find all documents and sources relevant to this project, as well as important information about the competition itself.
This individual project is sponsored by TPAC, an architectural and structural precast concrete company based out of Phoenix, AZ.
Website: tpacaz.com
The Competition
Website: pci.org
The Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institue (PCI) was founded in 1954 and is a technical institute for the precast/ prestressed concrete structures industry. The PCI Big Beam Competition is a nationwide annual competition open to college level students to participate in between the months of August until June of the following year.
The competition requires that student teams must analyze and determine the structural design and concrete mix porportions for their team's prestressed precast concrete beam. The beam can be no longer than 22 feet and must withstand an unfactored loading of 20 kips, or 20 thousand pounds. The beam is then scored by the following categories:
- Design Accuracy
- Lowest Cost
- Lowest Weight
- Largest Deflection
- Most Accurate Prediction
- Report Quality
- Practicality, Innovation, and Conformance to Code
The Team
Roy Crouch
Project Manager
Majoring in Civil Engineering
Email: rbc53@nau.edu
Stephen Gergal
Mix Design Specialist
Majoring in Civil Engineering
Email: sag355@nau.edu
Fernando Rojo
Mix Design Specialist
Majoring in Civil Engineering
Email: fr92@nau.edu
Brandy Wagoner
Structural Design Specialist
Majoring in Civil Engineering
Email: bw545@nau.edu
