2025 PCI Design Awards Winners-DAWebinar25

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The 62nd Annual PCI Design Awards celebrated exemplary precast concrete projects across various categories, highlighting innovative architectural and engineering achievements. Sponsored by CRESO and Spleysleeve, the awards recognized 24 winners and 14 honorable mentions. Key projects included Chicago's 43 Green Phase 1, noted for durable design in low-income housing; Teterboro Air Traffic Control Tower, leveraging BIM for intricate construction; and North Carolina's Harkers Island Bridge, a model of efficient, durable design. Highlights in building categories featured University of California Davis' parking structure with seismic resilience, and Wildflower Studios in New York, distinguished by its acoustically sensitive, dynamic facade. In transportation, the I-5 Bridge Replacement in Oregon exemplified innovative use of precast components for efficient urban reconstruction. Other notable winners included designs that blend historical elements, promote sustainability, and anticipate future adaptability, such as Duke University's chilled water plant expansion. The awards underscore precast concrete's versatility, resilience, and sustainability, encouraging submissions for next year's program to continue showcasing the material's possibilities in modern construction.

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PCI Design Awards

precast concrete

innovative architecture

engineering achievements

sustainability

durable design

BIM construction

seismic resilience