Tim Christle, Executive Vice President of the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI), and Brandon Harman, PTI Engineer, delve into PTI’s commitment to education and its efforts to serve a diverse membership. They discuss the board-level Education Committee (EDC 130) and its pivotal role in developing and distributing educational content. This includes the PTI Academy webinar series, launched in 2024. These free monthly webinars, presented by industry experts, are available both live and on demand. They cover a variety of post-tensioning topics and provide opportunities to earn continuing education credits.
The conversation also highlights PTI’s convention technical sessions, organized into key focus areas: buildings, slab-on-ground, bridges and repair, providing 16 hours of content with opportunities to earn PDH and AIA credits. Notably, the 2026 Convention will take place in May in Long Beach, California.
Additionally, they explore PTI’s new Design Seminars for buildings and slab-on-ground (a two-part series) and emphasize the educational benefits of field personnel certification workshops for engineers and project teams. The episode concludes with an overview of PTI’s outreach initiatives to universities and structural engineering associations, aimed at advancing workforce development and fostering industry collaboration.
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Additional Resources:
- Post-Tensioned Concrete Building Structures - Design Fundamentals Flyer
- Post-Tensioned Concrete Slabs-on-Ground - Design Fundamentals Flyer
- 2026 PTI Convention - Technical Sessions Schedule