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A A EE Concrete Technical BulletinConcrete Technical Bulletin && Kansas Ready Mixed Concrete Association Volume 13, Issue 5 November 2013
E ach year the Tilt Up Concrete Association (TCA)
honors those organizations, people and projects
that have successfully illustrated the variety,
beauty and flexibility of Tilt-Up construction. Now in its
23rd consecutive year, the Achievement Awards program
was established by TCA to honor projects that use site-cast
Tilt-Up concrete to introduce new building
types, advance industry technology and
provide unique solutions to building
programs. You can view all winning projects
at http://www.tilt-up.org/awards/tilt/2014/
index.php.
The Strathan Sales building in Topeka, KS
won for their design in the Warehouse/
Distribution Division. The owner of the
Strathman Sales building wanted a
temperature-controlled beer distribution
center that would be functional but would
avoid the “generic box” look. The solution
was a tilt-up structure utilizing cast-in-place
thin brick, not only in the office but
throughout the distribution area of the
building.
A form liner representing split-face block
along with formed quoins, were utilized to
achieve a more classic look. Thermomass's insulated panel
system was installed to maintain the building temperature
requirements more efficiently than traditional insulating
systems. Because of the numerous interior demising walls
constructed out of tilt-up, panel, casting area was limited
and temporary casting beds were necessary to cast all of
the panels. Not only was
load-bearing tilt-up
construction less expensive
than precast panels, but
several weeks were
deducted from the
schedule when comparing
to precast.
-Tilt-Up Concrete Association-
Project Location:
4235 Burlingame Road
Topeka, KS 66609
All photos courtesy of
www.tilt-up.org.
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Publication by: Kansas Ready Mixed Concrete Assn./800 SW Jackson St. #1408/Topeka, KS 66612. Phone: 785-235-1188
Fax: 785-235-2544/[email protected]/www.kapa-krmca.org. Brought to you in cooperation with these concrete associations:
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