The Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) announced that it has partnered with PRO: An ACI Center of Excellence for Advancing Productivity as Allied Organizations, effective October 21, 2025. Both organizations aim to increase collaboration among designers, contractors and suppliers while finding new ways to boost construction efficiency. The partnership will offer a platform for sharing knowledge and creating solutions for productivity issues in the field.

“Post-tensioning is a key component of modern concrete design and construction, and PTI’s collaboration brings invaluable expertise to PRO’s mission,” said Phil Diekemper, executive director, PRO.

PRO's partnership with PTI will:

• Promote collaboration to solve barriers to productivity in concrete construction

• Support technologies that improve productivity

• Develop and advocate for consensus-based codes and standards

• Identify and support research for measuring and advancing productivity

• Provide technology transfer, professional development, course content and resources to industry professionals

For nearly 50 years, PTI has created design and construction standards, run education programs and published technical resources that promote post-tensioning worldwide. Its efforts have helped establish post-tensioning as a trusted construction method.

PRO works to improve efficiency in the concrete industry. Its goal is to solve constructability problems by uniting industry leaders to share knowledge. Through training, partnership and proving new technologies, PRO aims to raise productivity by improving the use of labor, time and materials.

"This affiliation is another step forward in our effort to support economical and efficient concrete construction," said Tim Christle, executive vice president, PTI. "Combining PRO's focus on constructability with PTI's post-tensioning expertise lets us help the industry leverage the power of PT concrete and bring value to every project."