Overview

PCI's Online Academy offers a series of continuing education modules tailored for engineering practitioners and students. Each academy features weekly sessions spanning 90 minutes, conducted over four to six weeks, with participants earning continuing education credits upon completion. These sessions are led by professors and industry authorities specializing in precast concrete design, leveraging their extensive expertise to optimize the learning experience. No prior experience in precast concrete is necessary for participants, as the program's technical content is designed to benefit individuals involved in or aspiring to engage with the design of such structures, including licensed engineers, EITs, professors, as well as graduate and undergraduate students.

Online Academy Pricing

Member Type Price

 PCI/CPCI Members    

$450

 Student

$135

 Government

$495

 Non-Members

$900

Lateral Loads Pricing

Member Type Price

 PCI/CPCI Members    

$675

 Student

$200

 Government

$745

 Non-Members

$1350
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PCI Online Academy: Advanced Prestressed Design

August 26 – October 7, 2025

This course is specific to needs of the Precast / Prestressed Concrete industry. This course presents advanced design topics of precast/prestressed components based on information presented in Chapter 5 of the 8th Edition PCI Design Handbook. This course builds on the concepts introduced in the Basic Prestressed Concrete Design series offered by PCI earlier this year. This 6-part online series will present the background and details of provisions for design precast/prestressed components including torsion, dapped end design, ledge design, corbel design, design of compression members, and detailing of beam openings.

8/26/2025 5:00:00 PM

PCI Online Academy: Lateral Loads

November 5 – January 14, 2026

This online academy covers wind and seismic loads for the design of lateral force resisting systems as well as diaphragms in precast concrete structures. It reviews the requirements for force determination and the detailing per ASCE 7 and ACI 318 codes. The impacts of these requirements will be examined for intermediate precast walls and special precast walls in an example structure throughout the lecture series. Diaphragm force determination following ASCE 7-16 will be presented, including simplifying assumptions for diaphragm behavior and force transfer within the diaphragm. This includes lateral forces that a structure undergoes and the associated free body diagrams of the system. Additionally, the series offers a review of lateral force resisting system components and their interrelationship to the building code and standards with respect to response modification factors, over strength factors, and deflection amplification factors. Attendees will learn how to calculate wind loads as well as seismic loads for low to high seismic applications, including classical equivalent lateral force procedure and dynamic analysis methods (e.g., response spectrum analysis), and comprehensive design and detailing of structural components.

11/5/2025 5:00:00 PM