01
Equipment marketplace
New, used, surplus and refurbished — with vendor profiles on every listing.
Standards & associations
It is a total precast exchange
BuySellTradeBarterSurplusBorrowLoanersAuctionsBuildRepairEngineerInnovateGet specifiedApprovalsAnything precast
Find any precast detail in 90 seconds — not 4 hours.
What we do
An ecosystem built for real precast workflows
From the mould to the drawing to the truck, the exchange carries the pieces you already work with every day.
What you trade
What you need to know
02
Products marketplace
Manholes, culverts, pipe and panels, searchable by the dimensions that govern the job.
03
Moulds & tooling
Buy, rent or lease. Cycle count and condition stated up front.
04
Exchange & barter
Idle inventory back into circulation. Trade, lend or donate.
05
Auctions & appraisals
Live, timed and sealed-bid lots. Every one inspected before it opens.
06
RFQ & quoting
Send dimensions, get a real number inside a day.
07
Engineering services
Design, detailing and modeling. Ten drawings a year, free to members.
08
Standards & approvals
ASTM, AASHTO and the DOT approvals that decide what can be specified.
09
Drawings & documents
A PDF to read and a CAD file to use. No email wall.
10
Plants & capacity
Freight radius decides as much as unit price.
11
PX-TV & verification
Filmed on the floor. Quality shown, not claimed.
12
Knowledge & community
Precastpedia, standards and the people who already solved it.
How it works
Three steps
from search to site
Precast is not bought off a shelf. Nothing carries a fixed price, every piece is governed by a standard, and the freight decides as much as the unit cost. So the exchange is built around how a job actually moves.
- 01
Find what can reach you
Filter by span, rise, load rating and delivery region together. A plant three states away is not a cheaper option — it is not an option, and the results say so.
Filter · Compare · Shortlist
- 02
Check it against the spec
Every listing carries the standard it is cast to, the agency approval with its expiry date, and the drawings in PDF and CAD. No email wall between you and the documents.
ASTM · AASHTO · DOT
- 03
Quote, then collect
Send an RFQ with your dimensions attached and the plant answers inside a day. Ready stock ships this week; anything cast to order shows its real lead time up front.
RFQ · Escrow · Delivery
01One platform
Nine ways into
the precast industry
Most platforms do one of these. The work needs all of them, and it needs them to share one account, one verification and one set of documents.
- 01
Marketplace
Products, equipment, materials and molds from verified plants and suppliers.
- 02
Auctions
Live, timed and sealed-bid lots. Every lot inspected before it opens.
- 03
Exchange
Trade, barter, rent, lease, borrow and donate. Idle assets back into circulation.
- 04
Engineering
Design, detailing, modeling, PE services and configurators that output a real RFQ.
- 05
Plants & Capacity
Find the plant that can actually produce and deliver to your site.
- 06
PX-TV
Mold walkthroughs, machines running, plant tours. Filmed on site, not in a studio.
- 07
Knowledge
Precastpedia, standards, drawings, patents and market data in one library.
- 08
Community
Ask an expert, share an idea, solve the problem nobody has listed.
- 09
Jobs & Talent
Hire, share crew, run apprenticeships and build the next generation.
02Why Precast Exchange
Seven reasons
a plant stays.
Marketplaces come and go. What keeps a plant on one is whether it solves the parts of the job that have nothing to do with buying — the drawings, the standards, the people who know the answer.
01Eight surfaces
One ecosystem, not one tool
Vendors, suppliers, manufacturers, the knowledge centre, Precastpedia, charity and total tech solutions — under a single login, sharing one verification and one set of documents.
02Free to apply
Membership that pays for itself
Free to browse and free to apply. Paid tiers unlock listing capacity, lead access and member drawings — and the first thing they buy back is your own time.
0310 per year
Ten free engineering drawings
Every member draws ten engineering drawings a year at no cost — shop drawings, submittal sets or details, produced by our own engineers to your dimensions.
04Plant to plant
Collaboration built in
Split a job across plants, share crew, lend tooling or pool a purchase. The platform carries the terms so a handshake does not have to.
05Gov · State · City
Standards, to the jurisdiction
Federal, state and city. ASTM, AASHTO, ACI, PCI and NPCA alongside the DOT and municipal approvals that actually decide whether a piece can be specified.
06Verified, not claimed
Quality control on the record
Plant certifications, third-party inspection reports and video verification attached to the listing — not promised in a phone call.
0724 h response
Consultancy when you need it
System design, production support, mix troubleshooting and logistics. Our engineers, on your job, when the marketplace is not the answer.
03Global inventory
Browse by
product family
Thirteen families, from a 48-inch manhole riser to a 200-foot bridge girder — each with typed specs you can actually filter on.
FAM-01
FAM-02
FAM-03
FAM-04| No. | Family | Covers | Categories |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Structural | Beams, columns, double tees, hollowcore, stairs | 9 categories |
| 02 | Architectural | Facade, cladding, cast stone, GFRC, formliner finishes | 7 categories |
| 03 | Underground & Utility | Manholes, catch basins, pipe, culverts, vaults, lift stations | 18 categories |
| 04 | Infrastructure | Bridge girders, barriers, sound walls, rail, marine | 11 categories |
| 05 | Site Furnishings & Castings | Tree grates, bollards, manhole covers, benches, planters | 9 categories |
| 06 | Precast Buildings | Restrooms, storm shelters, concession, utility buildings | 7 categories |
| 07 | Energy, EV & Data Center | Transformer pads, EV foundations, BESS, cable trench | 9 categories |
| 08 | Agriculture | Feed bunks, water troughs, cattle guards, bunker silos | 10 categories |
| 09 | Tunnels & Rail | Lining segments, sleepers, slab track, cable troughs | 7 categories |
| 10 | Poles & Towers | Spun poles, light pole bases, telecom foundations | 4 categories |
| 11 | Protective Structures | Storm shelters, safe rooms, blast-resistant, bollards | 4 categories |
| 12 | Specialty & Advanced | UHPC, 3D printed, GFRC, geopolymer, carbon-fiber | 6 categories |
| 13 | Death Care | Lawn crypts, burial systems, memorial infrastructure | 4 categories |
04The exchange
One asset.
Every way to move it.
The same steel mold can be for sale, open to trade, available to rent and entered in an auction — at the same time. That is what makes this an exchange rather than a catalogue.
01
Buy now
Fixed price on commodity items and ready stock.
02
Make an offer
Negotiate directly with the seller.
03
RFQ
The default. Nothing engineered has a fixed price.
04
Rent
Tooling and equipment by the month, with deposit and return terms.
05
Lease
Long term and lease-to-own on plant assets.
06
Trade
Asset for asset, with the value difference settled.
07
Barter
Direct or multi-party, including services.
08
Loan
Borrow a mold for one pour. Plant-to-plant.
09
Donate
Surplus to verified non-profits and disaster recovery.
10
Auction
Live, timed or sealed bid, with inspection.
11
Consignment
List through an auctioneer or dealer.
12
Group buy
Combine demand across plants for volume pricing.
05Exchange what?
Plants have always
helped each other.
Informally, over the phone, between people who happened to know each other. This puts the same habits on a record — so a favour has terms, a loan has a return date, and the plant two states away is reachable too.
01Asset for asset
Barter equipment
Swap a mold you have finished with for one you need next. Asset for asset, with the value difference settled and both sides covered.
02Plant to plant
Lend and borrow
Borrow a form for a single pour rather than buying tooling you will use once. Return date, condition and deposit agreed up front.
03Open Mind
Share ideas
A fix for a stripping problem, a jig that saved a shift, a mix that finally worked. The things nobody writes down and everybody re-learns.
04Overrun & extras
Pool surpluses
Overrun from a finished job is dead weight in your yard and exactly what someone else is waiting on. Listed, priced and moved.
05Joint capacity
Share large projects
A job too big for one plant is the right size for three. Split the scope, keep the schedule, and bid work you would otherwise pass on.
06Volume pricing
Combine purchases
Cement, admixtures, strand and accessories cost less by the truckload. Aggregate demand across plants and buy at a volume none of you reach alone.
Held to
- Paramount
- The plant comes first, ahead of the platform.
- Bedrock
- Verified identity under every listing.
- Cornerstone
- Specifications that hold up in a submittal.
- Guarantees
- Terms that survive a dispute.
- Robotic
- Automation where it removes error.
- Futuristic
- Built for the next decade of the trade.
- State of the art
- Current standards, current methods.
- Ingenuity
- The industry solving its own problems.
06Filter by the code, not by guesswork
Specs you can search.
Not a PDF you have to open.
Everywhere else, load rating, invert type and bury depth live inside a drawing nobody can index. Here they are typed fields — so an approval that took three emails takes one filter.
Load & traffic
- H-20 / HS20-44
- HL-93
- HS-25
- Non-traffic
- Incidental traffic
- Airport
- Rail
Manhole
- Inside diameter
- Laid height
- Base type
- Cone type
- Gasket type
- Bury depth
Box culvert
- Clear span
- Clear rise
- Unit length
- Wall thickness
- Cover depth
Inlets
- 4' invert
- 5' invert
- Variable invert
- Throat length
- Armored
Vaults
- Lid style
- Lid label
- Traffic rated
- Has floor
- Inside dimensions
Molds
- Mold material
- Produces
- Cycle count
- Adjustable
Equipment
- Manufacturer
- Year
- Operating hours
- Pours
- Capacity
Compliance
- ASTM
- AASHTO
- ACI
- PCI
- NPCA
- Agency approval
07Product catalogue
Pick the span.
Everything else follows.
Single-cell box sections for stormwater, stream crossings and utility runs. Cast to a fixed wall schedule so spans interchange on site without a redesign.
BC-0604
Ships as
14,200 lb
per unit
Infrastructure · Drainage
Precast box culvert
| Reference | BC-0604 |
| Clear span | 6'-0" |
| Clear rise | 4'-0" |
| Laying length | 6'-0" |
| Load rating | HS-20 / HL-93 |
| Standards | ASTM C1433 · AASHTO M259 |
| Lead time | 3–5 weeks |
Priced
Per linear foot, by span and cover depth
08On the exchange now
Real stock,
from verified plants
Every listing carries a photograph of the unit, the standard it is cast to and where it sits today — in the yard, in production, or cleared as surplus.
Ready stockReady stockAvailable nowMade to orderMade to order
Available now
Surplus
Surplus09Exploded views
How the box
goes together
Five stacks, separated so the joints show. Every unit is three pieces — base, grade ring and cover — and the ring is what takes up the difference between the structure and the finished surface.
01 / 05Utility · Water
Meter box, solid cover
Recessed side panels cut weight without losing wall section. Corner anchors take a four-leg sling.
Stack, top to bottom
- 01Solid cover with lift hook
- 02Grade ring
- 03Base box, four lift anchors
All assemblies
Square base with a solid lid and a cast-in pull hook.
10Tooling for sale
Buy the mould,
not just the casting
A steel trench mould with hinged side panels and a lift-off lid. Bought once, poured for years — so what matters is the cavity, the joint lines and how cleanly the unit strips.
05Tooling · Steel moulds
TM-1200Trench mould, end-cap type
- Body
- Welded steel, braced frame
- Sides
- Hinged, cam-locked
- Lid
- Lift-off, full length
- Unit produced
- Trench / cable duct
- Release
- Side-strip, no crane tilt
- Stands
- Integral, floor-fixed
Priced
Per mould, by cavity size and cycle count
Lead time
6–10 weeks
11Tooling, running
See the mould open
before you buy the tooling
Eight moulds, filmed through a full cycle. Silent and looping — watch the cavity, the joints and the release, then ask for the one you need.
010:20
Interlocking trench mould
Two-side mould opens, trench unit lifted straight out.
020:14
New York manhole & riser
Cover, riser ring and frame, shown apart then assembled.
030:14
Manhole ring mould
Jacket opens, core withdraws, ring released.
040:26
Square block mould
Four side panels swing clear of the cast unit.
050:18
Catch basin mould
Inlet formers set, basin demoulded.
060:22
Leaching galley mould
Arch former drops, galley lifted clear.
070:20
End cap trench mould
End stop located, trench unit stripped.
080:24
Leaching galley, 3 ft
Short-run galley, full open and close cycle.
Our partners & standards
12
Associations
National institutes and state chapters. Their standards and plant certifications are what a listing is measured against — we index them, we do not issue them.
Logos are the property of their respective associations and are shown for identification only.
13Precast concrete building components
One building.
Nine cast components.
Everything structural in a modern building can be cast off site, cured under control and erected in days. Select a component to see what it brings.
Components in this assembly
Component 01 of 9
AAC wall panel
- Lightweight
- Thermal insulation
- Fire resistant
Cast in a plant, cured under control and delivered to a schedule — which is why the programme shortens.
Precasters uniting for a stronger front
Where to find precast?
Everywhere.Right under our feet,holding us strong every day.
14Approved product network
Specified to the standard
that actually governs the job
On public work an unapproved product cannot be used, whatever it costs. Approvals are tracked with their number, revision and expiry — so you can ask whether a product was approved on the bid date, not just today.
Approving bodies
| TxDOT | State DOT | Texas |
| Caltrans | State DOT | California |
| PennDOT | State DOT | Pennsylvania |
| NYSDOT | State DOT | New York |
| FDOT | State DOT | Florida |
| City of Austin | Municipality | Texas |
| City of San Antonio | Municipality | Texas |
| SAWS | Water authority | Texas |
| LCRA | River authority | Texas |
| NYC DEP | Municipality | New York |
Referenced standards
| ASTM C478 | Precast Reinforced Concrete Manhole Sections |
| ASTM C76 | Reinforced Concrete Culvert, Storm Drain and Sewer Pipe |
| ASTM C443 | Joints for Concrete Pipe and Manholes, Rubber Gaskets |
| ASTM C1577 | Box Sections Designed According to AASHTO LRFD |
| ASTM C890 | Minimum Structural Design Loading for Precast Structures |
| ASTM C1613 | Precast Concrete Grease Interceptor Tanks |
| ASTM C1802 | Design, Testing and Marking of Access Hatches |
| AASHTO M170 | Reinforced Concrete Culvert, Storm Drain and Sewer Pipe |
| AASHTO LRFD | Bridge Design Specifications — source of HL-93 |
| ACI 318 | Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete |
| PCI MNL-116 | Quality Control for Structural Precast Plants |
| NPCA QC | Quality Control Manual for Precast Plants |
Protected standards are referenced by metadata, summary and official source link. Full text is never redistributed without the required licence.
15Technical package
The drawings, attached.
No email wall.
One drawing, published in the formats people actually work in — PDF for the reviewer, DWG for the drafter, DXF and STEP for everyone else. Drawing numbers are searchable, because that is how specifiers search.
Formats
| Review and submittal | |
| .dwg | AutoCAD drafting |
| .dxf | Interchange and CAM |
| .step | 3D solids |
| .rvt | Revit families |
| .ifc | Open model coordination |
What is attached to a product
- Standard drawings
- Shop drawings
- Submittal packages
- Specifications
- Data sheets
- Installation guides
- Product guides
- Selection guides
- Test reports
- Inspection reports
- Certificates
- O&M manuals
Access is set per document — public, registered, member, verified professional, project team or private. Every download is logged, and drawing numbers are searchable because that is how specifiers actually search.
16PX-TV
Watch the mold
before you specify it
Precast buyers need to see a mold open, a machine run and a plant pour before they commit. Every listing, vendor, plant and lot has a video slot — and used equipment carries a Video Verified badge with the serial plate on camera.
Mold walkthroughs
Overview, open, cavity, joints, close, wear points, serial.
Machines in action
Cold start, operating cycle, controls, leaks, hour meter.
Virtual plant tours
Entrance, batching, casting, curing, yard, QC lab, dispatch.
Installation & erection
Delivery, lifting, placement, connection, finished.
Testing & QC
Vacuum testing, load testing, dimensional inspection.
How it is made
By product family, from cage to strip.
Comply with standards
What the code actually asks for, explained.
Get approved
Agency approval walkthroughs and submittal packages.
Government formalities
Permits, filings and DOT processes.
New inventions
Innovation Playground demos, verified before publishing.
3D animations
Assembly and exploded views of multi-part products.
Off the casting bed
The human side of the industry.
17Video verified
The trust gap on used equipment,
closed
A forty-thousand-dollar mold two states away is a leap of faith without proof. Video Verified is a checked badge, not a claim.
01 Recorded on site
Metadata and geo checked against the listed location.
02 Date stamped
Filmed within the last thirty days, not from an old brochure.
03 Serial plate on camera
The plate is legible and matches the listing.
04 Matches the photos
Same unit, same condition, same wear.
05 Reviewed by a moderator
A human checks it before the badge is granted.
06 Revocable
The badge comes off if the listing changes.
18
PX-TV
Live Studio
Mould cycles, assemblies and teardowns, filmed on the floor. Pick a session — it plays here, silent, with the schedule beside it.
Interlocking trench: system preview
Two-side mould opens and the trench unit lifts straight out.
Oct 12 · 0:20 · Silent
Recent sessions
19Engineering
Configure it,
then quote it
Define the structure before you ask for a price. Our configurators take the same inputs a plant would ask for on the phone, and output a shop-drawing request and a real RFQ.
- 01
Manhole configurator
Diameter, laid height, pipe sizes and materials, invert elevations, pipe angles from the outlet, sump depth, base configuration, benching, opening and gasket type, grade adjustment, access cover, lifting davits and special cast-in items.
- 02
Pipe configurator
Type, diameter, length, class, joint and gasket, plus tees, wyes, bends, curved alignment, radius, jacking, perforated and half pipe.
- 03
Headwall configurator
Headwall type, opening size, pipe diameter, driveway configuration, grates, handrails, brackets, anchors and the connection detail.
- 04
Bridge & crossing
Box culvert, rigid frame or arch. Span, rise, unit width, soil cover, live load, foundation conditions, end treatment and wingwalls.
- 05
Online design tools
Stormwater sizing, lift station sizing, retaining wall layout and a carbon savings calculator — each returning a concept package.
- 06
Pricing calculator
Concrete volume, reinforcement weight, mold amortization, curing, overhead and haul cost. Adjust the inputs and watch the number move.
20Standard · Modified · Custom
Most "custom" work is standard tooling
with one variable changed
Engineers often hesitate to ask because they assume custom means new tooling and a long lead time. Usually it does not.
01Shortest lead time
Standard
Cost-effective and readily available. Your design matches existing dimensions and configurations.
02The middle ground
Modified standard
A standard product with minor modifications — openings, connections, loading, coatings. Reduces both cost and lead time versus full custom.
03PE-stamped
Custom
Fully tailored geometry, reinforcement and finish. Higher cost, longer lead time, and worth it when nothing standard fits.
Round, square and rectangular products come in 1 ft height increments, with riser sections at 3, 6, 12 and 24 inches. That modularity is what makes the middle tier possible.
21Availability
Freight radius decides
what you can actually buy
A plant 900 miles away is a catalogue entry, not a supplier. Delivery region is a filter here, not a footnote — and every listing carries the weight, dimensions, trailer type and crane requirement that decide the real delivered cost.
STK-01
STK-02
STK-03
STK-04Delivery regions
| Northeast | ME NH VT MA RI CT NY NJ PA |
| Southeast | DE MD VA WV NC SC GA FL KY TN AL MS |
| Midwest | OH MI IN IL WI MN IA MO ND SD NE KS |
| South Central | TX OK AR LA |
| Mountain West | MT ID WY CO UT NV AZ NM |
| Pacific | CA OR WA AK HI |
Inventory states
- Ready stock
- In the yard today, ready for pickup.
- Available now
- In production or in stock at the plant.
- Made to order
- Cast to your drawings, with a stated lead time.
- Reserved
- Allocated to a project but visible.
- Surplus & extras
- Overrun from a finished job.
- Clearance
- Aging inventory, priced to move.
- Quick sale
- Immediate pickup, end of project.
Every listing also carries weight, dimensions, trailer type and whether a crane is needed at each end — on an 80-foot double tee, freight is 15 to 40 percent of the delivered price and it decides the vendor.
22
Built-in calculator
Simplify complex pricing
with our built-in calculator
Nothing precast carries a fixed price. It depends on volume, steel, mix, mold cycles and how far the truck goes. The calculator holds all of it and moves the number as you change an input.
- 01
Automated calculations
Volume, reinforcement weight and concrete grade handled together, so a dimension change flows through the whole estimate.
- 02
Dynamic inputs
Adjust cement cost, steel rate, mold amortization or haul distance and watch the unit price move in real time.
- 03
Time-saving efficiency
No more spreadsheets rebuilt per job. Accurate quotes for precast work in minutes rather than an afternoon.
- 04
Built for precasters
Made for the quoting a structural and architectural precast plant actually does — not a generic construction cost tool.
- Open the calculator
Every result converts straight into an RFQ, with the inputs attached so the plant sees what you assumed.
23Asset lifecycle
One mold.
Its whole life, on one record.
Manufactured, sold, poured 1,250 times, inspected, appraised, auctioned, bought again. Nobody in this industry keeps that history — which is exactly why it is worth keeping.
Asset PX-0021Serial 88421Steel · 48in riser · adjustable
ASSET PX-0021- 01
Manufactured
XYZ Forms, 2019. Steel, 48in riser, adjustable.
- 02
Purchased
ABC Precast, March 2019.
- 03
In production
1,250 pours logged across six years.
- 04
Refurbished
Wear surfaces reworked, 2025.
- 05
Inspected
Third-party condition report with video.
- 06
Appraised
Market, replacement and auction values.
- 07
Listed
For sale, for rent and open to trade — at once.
- 08
Resold
New owner. The record follows the asset.
Four identifiers are kept separate, never merged: the type mark, the individual serial, the erection mark and the production mark. Conflating them is the most common fatal modelling error in precast software, and it is very expensive to undo later.
24How it works
From search to signed PO,
without leaving the platform
Buying
- 01Search or configure
- 02Compare quotes
- 03Verify the vendor
- 04Order
- 05Track production
- 06Delivery
- 07Review
Selling
- 01Create listing
- 02Add video and drawings
- 03Get verified
- 04Publish
- 05Receive RFQs
- 06Quote
- 07Ship
Auction
- 01Consign the lot
- 02Inspection
- 03Publish
- 04Pre-bid
- 05Live bidding
- 06Invoice
- 07Pickup or freight
Custom order
- 01Send specs or drawings
- 02Timer starts
- 03Engineer assigned
- 04Quote built
- 05Quote sent within 24 hours
25Built for every role
Seventeen roles.
One account.
A buyer, a plant manager and an erector need different things from the same record. Each role gets its own dashboard, and one person can hold several.
BuyerSource, compare and order
PrecasterSell capacity and inventory
Plant managerEquipment, molds, crew
EngineerDrawings, specs, approvals
ArchitectGet products specified
ContractorProcurement and schedule
ErectorInstallation work and crew
DetailerShop drawings and models
TransporterFreight and heavy haul
AuctioneerRun catalogues and lots
InspectorCondition reports
AppraiserValuation work
SupplierMaterials and accessories
Mold makerTooling design and sale
Technology providerSoftware and automation
AssociationMembers, events, standards
StudentLearn and find work
26Trust & verification
Twelve checks,
not one generic badge
A single "Verified" tick tells a buyer nothing. Each check is separate, dated, and expires on its own schedule.
01
Business verified
Registration, EIN and address confirmed.
02
Identity / KYC
Owner and beneficial owners for high-value sellers.
03
Bank account verified
Payout account confirmed before funds move.
04
Plant verified
Facility, capacity and equipment checked.
05
Product verified
Specs match the drawings and the standard cited.
06
Equipment verified
Serial, hours and condition confirmed.
07
Engineer verified
PE licence number, state and expiry.
08
Certification verified
NPCA, PCI, ISO 9001 and DOT approvals, with expiry tracking.
09
Video verified
On-site, date-stamped, serial visible.
10
Auction inspected
Third-party condition report before the lot opens.
11
Supplier diversity
DBE, MBE, WBE and veteran-owned certificates.
12
Buy America
Domestic content documentation and country of origin.
27Knowledge
The institutional memory
of the industry, open
The people who know how a 96-inch base gets benched are retiring. This is where that knowledge stops being tribal.
Precastpedia
Terms, acronyms and processes, each with a 30-second explainer video.
Technical library
Guides, data sheets, manuals, specs and technical bulletins with version control.
Standards library
ASTM, AASHTO, ACI, PCI, NPCA and state DOT — metadata, summaries and official links.
Patents database
Concrete and precast patents, with an available-for-license flag.
Education
Courses, certification prep and toolbox talks in English and Spanish.
Market intelligence
Auction results, price history, regional demand and plant capacity index.
28Community
The problems nobody
has a listing for
An odd breakdown at 2am, a mold adaptation nobody has tried, a part that has not been made in fifteen years. That is where an industry network earns its place.
Accepted answers
Ask an Expert
Route a question to engineers, QC, production or modeling specialists.
IP notice enforced
Open Mind
Share a concept before manufacturing. Vote, refine, convert to a custom request.
Paid help available
Unlisted RFQs
Post the unusual production problem or the one-off part request.
Verification protocol
Innovation Playground
Show a new invention on video. Verified before it goes public.
Moderated
Groups
Regional, professional, Women in Precast, students and young precasters.
Leaderboards
Reputation
Points, expert levels and accepted-answer rewards — so contributing is worth it.
29Knowledge
From the floor
and the drawing board
Standards, production, specification and the arguments that come with them. Written by people who have run a plant, not by a content team.
StandardsSeptember 2, 2026 · 6 min read
The approval that expired before the bid closed
Agency approvals carry dates, and a listing that does not track them is a liability dressed as a catalogue entry.
Read the article
- 02
Logistics
Freight radius decides what you can actually buy
A box culvert two states away is not a cheaper option. It is not an option. Delivery region belongs in the filters, not the fine print.
August 21, 2026 · 5 min
- 03
Production
Most "custom" work is standard tooling with one variable changed
Engineers hesitate to ask because they assume custom means new moulds and a long lead time. Usually it means a blockout moved.
August 9, 2026 · 7 min
- 04
Quality
What a cylinder break actually tells you
A 28-day number is a contract milestone. Stripping strength is the one that governs your cycle, and they are not the same question.
July 28, 2026 · 6 min
30Precast Exchange Services
Our own engineers,
when the marketplace is not the answer
Send specs, engineering data or shop drawings and get a comprehensive quote within 24 hours. Routed to our team, to matched vendors, or to both.
System design
Structural systems, connections and constructability from concept to final design.
Production support
Plant setup, mold specification, process optimisation and QC systems.
Logistics & supply chain
Route planning, permits, crane coordination, storage and yard services.
Installation support
Erection sequencing, rigging plans and field issue resolution.
Modeling & detailing
Revit and Tekla models, clash detection, 4D scheduling and model QA.
Consultancy
Business, plant and technology advisory for owners and operators.
Neutrality policy
We sell services and we host vendors who sell the same services. So: first-party offers carry a badge, never receive a search ranking boost, and vendor RFQ or pricing data is never used to compete with them.
SVC-0131Response times
24 hours
Custom order quote
24 hours
Listing review
48 hours
Vendor verification
1 business day
Support reply
1 business day
Dispute first response
32Circular by design
The greenest precast
is the piece that gets used twice
Surplus that would be crushed, put back to work. Molds that would sit idle, rented out. Equipment that would be scrapped, inspected and resold.
EPD & LCAEnvironmental data on listings
Embodied carbonCalculated per product and haul distance
Recycled contentSCMs, recycled aggregate, reclaimed steel
Reuse & resaleAsset lifecycle keeps material in circulation
Surplus poolOverruns matched to nearby demand
DonationExcess inventory to verified non-profits
33Jobs & talent
The workforce problem,
addressed directly
Hiring, short-term crew sharing between plants, and the apprenticeships that decide whether this industry has people in ten years.
Job board
Estimators, detailers, QC technicians, plant managers, crane operators, welders.
Crew sharing
Post surplus crew availability or request temporary crew, with credentials verified.
Apprenticeships
Programmes, internships and scholarships from plants and associations.
Credential wallet
Certifications per worker with expiry reminders and employer verification.
Mentorship
Match young precasters with the people who have done it for thirty years.
Women in Precast
A group, a pipeline and a visible presence in the industry.
34Calendar
Where the industry
actually meets
| No. | Event | Organiser | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | The Precast Show | NPCA | Trade show |
| 02 | World of Concrete | Informa | Trade show |
| 03 | PCI Convention | PCI | Convention |
| 04 | ACI Concrete Convention | ACI | Convention |
| 05 | Pipe School | ACPA | Training |
| 06 | Plant open houses | Member plants | Open house |
| 07 | Plant tours | Member plants | Site visit |
| 08 | Lunch & Learn | Precast Exchange | CEU session |
| 09 | Virtual plant tours | Member plants | Live |
| 10 | PX Summit | Precast Exchange | Flagship |
35The exchange standard
We are committed to advancing the precast industry through engineering integrity, transparent knowledge sharing and collaboration.
What we deliver
What we build
01
Access cutting-edge solutions
Configurators, modeling, automation and UHPC — available to a ten-person plant, not only to the largest.
02
Reduce risk and cost
Verified vendors, escrow and inspection before money moves.
03
Drive faster results
A 24-hour custom quote, not a fortnight of unanswered email.
04
Enhance plant economy
Idle tooling earns. Surplus clears. Capacity fills.
05
Bridge challenges and goals
Between what a drawing specifies and what a plant can actually cast.
06
A hub for the whole trade
Vendors, engineers, plants and erectors on one record.
07
Harness worldwide expertise
The answer usually exists — in another plant, another state, another decade.
08
Deploy solutions that matter
Tested on real jobs before they are recommended on ours.
36Core ideology
Four
pillars
01
Engineering integrity
Every decision is guided by what the structure actually needs.
02
Real-world execution
We focus on real projects, real plants and real constraints.
03
Transparency & facts
We rely on verified data, published sources and honest numbers.
04
Sustainable progress
Reuse, resale and circularity are built into the model, not bolted on.
38Questions
What people ask
before they list
01
Does it cost anything to list?
No. Applying and listing are free while you onboard. We would rather have real inventory on the platform than a paywall in front of an empty catalogue.
02
Do I have to publish my prices?
No. Most engineered precast is quoted, not priced — so "on request" is a first-class state here, not a missing field. Commodity items and ready stock can carry a fixed or tiered price if you want them to.
03
Why do you insist on video for used equipment?
Because a buyer two states away cannot inspect it. A running video with the hour meter and serial plate on camera is what turns a listing into a sale. It is strongly encouraged, not mandatory.
04
Who can download my drawings?
You choose, per document: public, registered users, members, verified professionals, project team, or private. Every download is logged.
05
Do you compete with your own vendors?
We offer first-party engineering services, so the honest answer is that we operate in the same space. That is why every first-party offer carries a badge, gets no ranking boost, and why vendor RFQ data is walled off from that team.
06
What happens to my data if I leave?
You export it. Listings, documents, media and transaction history are yours, available as a full company data export on request.
07
Is this only for the USA?
USA first — standards, approvals, tax and freight are all modelled on US practice. Canada and Mexico follow, then other regions.
08
How do you verify a plant?
Business registration, EIN and address, then facility and capacity checks, then certifications with their numbers and expiry dates. Each check is separate and each one expires on its own schedule.
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The standard
Why choose us
Six reasons a plant stays after the first transaction. Each one is a thing we do, not a thing we say.
- 01
Quality
Verified before it is listed
Plant certifications, third-party inspection reports and video on the piece itself. A listing without documents does not go live.
NPCA · PCI · ACI
- 02
Economics
Idle assets start earning
Molds rent, surplus clears, capacity fills. The same asset can sell, lease, trade or go to auction without being relisted.
6 transaction modes
- 03
Flexible staffing
Crew and capacity, borrowed
Split a pour across plants, share a crew for a shutdown, lend tooling between yards. The platform carries the terms.
Plant to plant
- 04
Aggressive schedules
Answers in hours, not weeks
A custom quote comes back inside a day, with the plant that can actually produce it and deliver to your state.
24-hour quote
- 05
Expertise
The answer already exists
Somebody has cast this piece before. Precastpedia, standards, patents and drawings are open — no email wall on any of it.
Open library
- 06
Dedicated team
Engineers, not a ticket queue
Ten engineering drawings a year for every member, produced to your dimensions by people who have stripped a mold.
10 drawings / year
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Our legacy
History & evolution
Precast did not arrive with the exchange. The industry spent a century working out how to cast off site and erect fast — this is the run of it, and where the platform picks up.
1900s
Cast off site, for the first time
Reinforced concrete moves out of the trench and into the yard. Pipe and simple box sections are cast where the forms can be reused, not where the hole is.
1950s
Prestressing changes the span
Pre-tensioned strand lets a beam carry further on less section. Bridges, parking decks and long-span floors become a precast problem rather than a cast-in-place one.
1970s
Standards catch up
ASTM, AASHTO and ACI publish the specifications a plant can actually be audited against. Agency approval becomes the thing that decides whether a piece gets specified.
1990s
Plant certification
Third-party plant certification replaces the handshake. A buyer can ask for a report instead of a reference, and a DOT can require one.
2010s
The drawing goes digital
Digital modeling, parametric detailing and CNC-cut formwork shorten the distance between a model and a mould. The data exists — it just sits in PDFs nobody can search.
Today
The exchange
One place where the products, the tooling, the drawings, the standards and the people are reachable together. Structured, filterable and open — which is the part the industry never got.
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Who we are
About us
Precast Exchange is built by people who have run plants, stripped molds at six in the morning and argued with an inspector over a shop drawing. It is an exchange for precasters, by precasters, of precasters.
The industry has never had a shortage of expertise. What it has lacked is one place where that expertise, the hardware, the drawings and the people are reachable without knowing who to call. That is the whole of what we are building.
- USA
- First market, built to the codes that govern it
- 50
- States of agency approvals tracked with expiry dates
- 24h
- Turnaround on a custom quote
- 10
- Engineering drawings a year, free to every member
01
What we work on
Real systems, real projects and the constraints that decide them — haul distance, agency approval, curing time, crane hours. Not a directory of logos.
02
What we stand on
Published standards, verified vendors and documents you can download without an email wall. If a number is on this site, it came from somewhere we can name.
03
What we refuse
Placeholder counts, stock photography passed off as plant work, and listings nobody has inspected. An exchange is worth exactly what its worst record is worth.
Operations
Let's connect
We welcome discussions on precast systems, engineering practice, project coordination and anything the marketplace has not solved yet.
USA operations
105 Maxess Road
Melville, NY 11747
USA
Hours
Monday to Friday, 8am – 6pm Eastern
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Direct inquiry
Get in touch
Questions about a product, a standard, an approval or the platform itself. A person who has worked in a plant answers, not a ticket queue.
Get started
Put your plant
on the map
Free to apply. We help you get your first listings live — with the drawings and the video that make buyers act.