Engineer a Better Way to Build
Constructibility Meets Performance — Without Compromise
Engineering Decisions Shape How a Project Gets Built
Structural design decisions affect far more than the completed structure, they influence how efficiently the entire project can be built. PS=Ø gives engineers a proven way to eliminate traditional pour strips while maintaining structural intent and improving concrete quality, construction sequencing, and constructibility. The result is a better building process for the engineer, contractor, and owner, with the potential to save months in the schedule and substantial project-wide cost.
Developed by a team with over 45 years of structural engineering experience, PS=Ø solves the long-standing challenge of restraint-to-shortening without relying on a pour strip. The system maintains the same load path as a continuous placement, its couplers carry third-party testing and code approvals, and it applies as readily to expansion-joint conditions as to typical bay pours. Engineers get a code-compliant detail that holds up to peer review while giving contractors a clean, buildable path through the field.
Eliminate Schedule Delays
Eliminate traditional pour strips and the waiting, pour backs, and disruption they create. PS=Ø allows concrete to cure and shrink while construction continues, keeping the floor available to following trades and helping move the entire project forward.
Higher Quality Concrete
PS=Ø allows concrete more time to cure and shrink before final closure, without holding up construction. This reduces restraint during early-age shortening and supports better long-term concrete performance.
Reduce Overall Project Cost
The value extends well beyond the concrete package. Eliminating pour-strip delays can shorten the overall construction schedule, reduce general conditions and rework, and create substantial project-wide savings for the contractor and owner.
Increase Construction Efficiency
Clear, uninterrupted floor plates improve workflow for forming, MEP, material handling, and following trades. Instead of repeatedly returning to pour-strip areas, crews can keep moving forward.
Improve Jobsite Safety
Traditional pour strips create openings, exposed reinforcing steel, interrupted access, and areas that must be protected and revisited. Eliminating them creates cleaner, safer, more accessible working floors.
Allow More Time for Curing and Shrinkage
Traditional schedules often force closure before engineers would ideally choose it. PS=Ø separates concrete movement from the construction schedule, allowing more time for shrinkage before final closure without delaying the work.