Our Services
1
3D Modeling
$34.75 per hour.
Minus 10% for first 6 months!
Model building in 3D using Revit.
Primarily: Concrete, Reinforcing, Lifting Devices, & Connections to Structure. (Great for accurate material orders, & conflict detection.)
2
2D Blueprints
$30.75 per hour for Drafting.
$33.50 per hour for Checking.
Minus 10% for first 6 months!
Checking/Redlining &/or Drawing of:
Interior & Exterior Elevations, & Floor Plans.
Shape, Connection, & Plate Details.
Piece Drawings with Bill Of Material, dimensioning, & annotation based on your provided examples or our templates.
(Primarily using Revit. AutoCAD is acceptable but not preferred.)
3
Quality Control
$26.75 per hour + expenses.
Minus 20% for first 6 months!
Pre-Pour Inspection, Concrete Testing & cylinder making/breaking, Post-Pour Inspection, &/or Installation/Field Inspection.
(Per PCI & ACI standards)
4
Consulting
$68.50 per hour.
Of those hours: 50% - to - 60% billable, 40% - to - 50% free.
Minus 25% for first month!
For example: Second Opinion on anything. Converting building method to be Precast or Prestress/Post-Tensioned, Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) Cladding, or Tilt-up. Thin-Brick or other Form-Liner layout. Types of finishes & colors. Issues you're having with curing strength, Mix-Design, Crazing/cracks, warping/bowing. Panelization; lifting & transportation. Joint & Sealant locations. Window & Door size & locations. Estimates on square footage or cubic yards; amount of steel, insulation, paint. Advice on panel layout on beds or pour sequence. HVAC, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing interfacing with walls, floors, ceiling. Core-Drilling locations. etc...
5
Labor
$36.50 per hour.
Minus 5% for first month!
Manual Labor. Carpentry. Form building. Form-Liner making/pouring or placing.
Placing: Reveals, Chamfers, Block-outs, Drips, Thin-Bricks, Lifters, Strand, Rebar, Anchors, Welded Wire Reinforcing, Form-Savers & projecting Rebar, Debonding, Retarder, etc...
Rebar Cage tying, Rebar cutting & bending, Welded Wire Reinforcing cutting & bending. Concrete pouring & Finishing. Plate Embed placement (pre-pour & Wet-Set).
Insulation cutting & recessing, Pin or C-Grid placing for Sandwich Wall Panels.
Pouring Match-Cast Pieces or Multi-Pour Pieces. Pouring Returns & Corbels.
Piece Stripping, Strand Cutting.
6
Mix-Design
$58.50 per hour.
Minus 5% for first month!
Creating concrete Mix-Designs for Face-Mix & Backup Mix/ Self-Consolidating Concrete (SCC)
Factoring in: Cement Type & %, Cement Ratio, Water - to - Cement Ratio, Strength (next day, 7 day, 28 day), Aggregate types & sizes, Gap-Grading Aggregate. Color Admixtures. Possible finishes (Acid-Etching, Sand-Blasting, Exposed Aggregate using Retarder or hammering, etc...)
Promotions, Quotes, FAQ, Contact Options
Promotions:
The % off promotion is intended as a trial-period & to encourage more incoming work. It will begin on the 1st of the upcoming month after start date & end on the 1st of the month; 1 or 6 months after start. Or until the end of first project if you prefer the fixed cost for whole project option, since a project might exceed the promotion period.
For fixed cost quotes for whole project, please include:
Your company name, city & state.
Project information such as: deadlines, type & estimated number of pieces (Window-Boxes, Insulated Wall Panels, Stairs, Double-Tees, etc...); & verify that engineering, shipping, & handling information will be provided to us.
Type of service (Modeling, Checking, Drafting, Inspection, Testing, Consulting, Labor, Mix-Design).
FAQ:
Preferred type of work is Checking/redlining: Shop Drawings &/or Piece Drawings, etc...
Our time zone is Mountain Standard Time. Hours of operation between 9am - 9pm.
Yes, work outside of Colorado is accepted.
Yes, work outside of USA is accepted if communication is in English, & units of measurement & payment are specified.
Contact options:
patrick.christensen@precastgfrc.com
2: Checking or Drafting 2D Blueprints.
We typically charge between $26.75 - to - $68.50 per hour.
Or a fixed cost for whole project if enough information is provided.
Contact options:
About
My name is Patrick Eugene Christensen
Hi! I started this LLC because I've always liked a challenge. I'm a big fan of the Precast & Prestressed/Post-Tensioned building methods, the GFRC Cladding method, & the Tilt-Up method.
I started at Wells Concrete during their transition from Rocky Mountain Prestress as a Laborer; then worked in the Steel Shop, then as a Quality Control Technician, then Quality Control Inspector. I realized that if I was the one drawing the blueprints: I could help everyone downstream, so I transferred to the Drafting Department; & after several months of Drafting using Revit it became clear that I was good at Checking other people's work & became a Project Checker.
Most recently I worked at FDG inc. (Frontrange Design Group) as a Drafter (Revit & AutoCAD), Modeler (Revit), & Checker. Primarily doing Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC) Cladding projects for Walters & Wolf, Clark Pacific, & Willis Construction. As well as Precast buildings for Wells Concrete & helping with a few other clients as needed. As a Modeler I found even more ability to affect things upstream!
Luckily I've been able to learn from very experienced coworkers at both companies & tried to ask as many questions as possible of the: Engineers, Modelers, BIM Department, Checkers, Project Managers, Stripping-Shipping & Handling, Labor Crew Leaders, Quality Control Department, etc...
Also, not to brag but: I've read several PCI & ACI textbooks/manuals, & attended courses at the PCI Convention.
If I could've started a Precast Plant instead, I would've, but this will be a good start.
For fun: I enjoy Hosting or attending activities organized by Events & Adventures, going to Meetup groups, playing volleyball leagues through Volo Sports, Paint & Sips, attending plays/musicals, watching Anime, & I usually have an Audiobook playing when possible.
