Article #2 - Tilt up Construction, technique and method

I thought an article on tilt up construction explaining what it is and how tilt up buildings are constructed named “What is tilt up construction? How are tilt up construction buildings constructed” was relevant to the course material.

At the beginning of a tilt-up construction project, the pouring of the slab will occur and workers will install footings around the slab. The form, generally made out of wooden pieces joined together and act like cement panels. Inserts and embeds are then installed to help lift and attach the panels to the roof, the footings and to each other.

The article then explains that once the concrete panels have solidified, the crew then lifts them into place with a crane. The tilt up panel is also put into position in this stage, whereby the crane tilts up the panel from slab into a vertical above the footings. Here the workers connect the braces from the tilt-slab, attach the panel’s embeds to the footing. This process is then repeated for the next panel and so on.

After the panels are erected, the crew applies finishes to the walls with sandblasting or painting. The article states that a capable is able to put up 30 panels a day, making this an efficient process, and that tilt up construction is a worthy substitute for steel or normal concrete buildings.

http://www.tiltup.com/commercial-construction-articles/concrete-panel-building/