New construction projects built with precast elements in Spain, Mexico and the USA

Figure: Rodiñas

Fig. 01: Special structural system of precast elements from Rodiñas Pretensados for the drone hangar on the As Rozas in Lugo airfield (Spain)

Figure: Rodiñas

Figure: Iberian Precast

Fig. 02: Iberian Precast erected the new, future-oriented research infrastructure of Ikerbasque in San Sebastián

Figure: Iberian Precast

Figure: CPD Alcalá de Henares

Fig. 03: Structural system and building shell of the computer center in Alcalá de Henares (Madrid) made of precast elements from Precon

Figure: CPD Alcalá de Henares

Figure: Formac

Fig. 04: Structural system and building shell of the new Tecnove plant in Herencia (Ciudad Real), erected completely of precast elements from Formac

Figure: Formac

Figure: Indagsa

Fig. 05: Precast façade panels of reinforced concrete from
Indagsa for the Centro Integral del Transporte in Madrid

Figure: Indagsa

Figure: Prefabricados Ponce

Fig. 06: Façade measuring 30,800 m² made of architectural concrete from Prefabricados Ponce for Torres de Martiricos in Málaga

Figure: Prefabricados Ponce

Figure: Portia Aedas

Fig. 07: Precast façade panels from Hermanos Quijada S.L. for the real estate project 87 apartments – Portia in Dos Hermanas (Sevilla)

Figure: Portia Aedas

Figure: Panelastur

Fig. 08: Façade panels of white architectural concrete made by Panelastur for the residential complex „Las Terrazas del Prado“
in Valladolid

Figure: Panelastur

Figure: Pariente Ballesteros

Fig. 09: Façade panels of solid concrete made by Pariente Ballesteros for a residential building with social housing in Sevilla

Figure: Pariente Ballesteros

Figure: Torre Seminario Lugo

Fig. 10: Quartz-white façade panels from Prefabricados Eiros for the residential building „Torre Seminario“ in Lugo

Figure: Torre Seminario Lugo

Figure: Cemex

Fig. 11: OUM Wellness: Nearly zero-energy building in Monterrey (Mexico) with advanced concrete technology from Cemex

Figure: Cemex

Figure: Conservatorio

Fig. 12: Concrete blocks from Bloques Barruca for the Professional Dance Conservatory Kina Jiménez in Almería

Figure: Conservatorio

Figure: Moldes para celdas en Alabama

Fig. 13: Construction project with precast elements in 3D from Moldtech for a correctional facility in Alabama (USA)

Figure: Moldes para celdas en Alabama

The Spanish concrete association ANDECE regularly reports on new reference projects executed by its member companies with precast elements. The following contribution presents outstanding examples from recent months, particularly from Spain, but also from Mexico and the USA.

The construction industry is now at a crucial turning point. Precast elements have already proved for decades to be the best option for implementing the one or other construction project. Lately, however, the industry has experienced a genuine boom as a result of the combination of various factors. Digitization, decarbonation and social aspects such as the lack of human resources, however, represent the current stumbling blocks for a rapid and unavoidable development: the industrialization of building. Future-oriented projects such as the construction projects that we present here ideally show...