How to Use precast in a Sentence

precast

adjective

• The wall is built with precast concrete panels.
• Slot one between the studs, or buy a precast niche to tile over.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 27 Feb. 2020
• Opt for stone or precast-concrete blocks to edge the bed.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 July 2022
• It will be made of precast concrete balls with holes in them.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2019
• Keep the outdoor space warm year-round with a precast fireplace or heater.
  — oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2021
• Frankie Vazquez Marrero runs a business that sells precast walls and structured steel.
  — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2018
• The project replaced the old bridge with several precast concrete culverts, nearly doubling the span of the bridge.
  — Carole Carlson, chicagotribune.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• Then in April 2018, there were problems with hundreds of precast concrete panels that were installed at five of the six stations.
  — Washington Post, 20 July 2019
• Despite the anguish of preservationists, the plan went ahead, and Holl’s remade Glassell School, a study in angular planes of precast concrete, opened in 2018.
  — Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 24 June 2021
• More precast concrete work on the interior bowl will continue during the season with the crews working around home games.
  — Steve Jones, The Courier-Journal, 17 Aug. 2017
• The majority of the new structure was built using precast steel and glass materials.
  — Phil Rockrohr, chicagotribune.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• The precast concrete products are used in retaining walls along highway projects and in private landscaping projects.
  — Patrick Kennedy, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• Precast offsite in British Columbia, Canada, steel tubes were wrapped in a rebar cage and encased with precast concrete.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 12 June 2018
• Other projects use precast concrete cylinders, coated in a low-friction clay, that are pushed into place behind the TBM by hydraulic rams at the tunnel entrance.
  — Laurie Winkless, Forbes, 19 May 2021
• The building’s structure and veneer are precast concrete, designed to withstand Category 4 winds of up to 150 mph.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 28 Mar. 2022
• The company also makes Vibra Press Roof Pavers used in rooftop plazas and decks and distributes a variety of precast hardscape product lines.
  — Patrick Kennedy, Star Tribune, 2 July 2021
• The building’s structure and veneer are precast concrete, designed to withstand Category 4 winds of up to 150 m.p.h.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 11 Mar. 2022
• The lower northbound deck, to be made of precast concrete panels, will be installed after Bertha’s trailing gear, including catwalks and utility pipes, is pulled out of the way.
  — Mike Lindblom, The Seattle Times, 20 May 2017
• Officials in April 2018 discovered problems with hundreds of precast concrete panels that were installed at five of the six stations being built for the rail line’s second phase.
  — Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2019
• To better blend with the neighborhood, the tower will be constructed of precast concrete and windows, rather than an a modern all-glass tower with a twisting and curving design, said Bland.
  — Katherine Feser, Houston Chronicle, 27 Sep. 2019
• Productivity features include precast façades and structural systems for the academic blocks and structural steel for the long span bridges.
  — Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes, 13 Mar. 2022
• The new building is set to include advanced technologies, like a precast concrete structural system with a passive cooling system.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 28 July 2019
• It was completed in Mexico and arrived in San Antonio by truck in 540 precast concrete panels that together weigh about 5 tons.
  — Richard A. Marini, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020
• Installation of interior finishes such as drywall, tiling and wood trim on guestroom floors is underway, and work on the precast parking garage structure will be erected soon.
  — Sheldon S. Shafer, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2017
• The statue is already atop a 6-foot, 4-inch precast pedestal, with several crew members working on the landscaping and other remaining construction surrounding the elephant.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 12 Apr. 2021
• On the outside, the seven-story, 38-unit building, designed by Andre Kikoski Architect, will be clad in sandblasted precast concrete panels with deep vertical grooves.
  — Tim McKeough, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2017
• By the early 1990s, Hilmerson was setting precast concrete and representing Spancrete in safety meetings during construction of the Mall of America.
  — Star Tribune, 28 July 2020
• Cracks in concrete, defective rail ties, wrong platform dimensions and hundreds of incorrectly made precast concrete panels piled on more problems.
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
• The precast concrete exterior wall was designed and built in 1998 with the expectation that it would eventually be removed for the convention center's expansion.
  — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 Jan. 2022
• The city last year announced Moser Tower's structural steel is corroding, its precast concrete is cracking and concrete mortar joints are facing deterioration.
  — Erin Hegarty, Naperville Sun, 26 Mar. 2018

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