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Tilt-Up Construction Provides ‘Superior Finished Structure’

7th November 2014

  

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The Concrete Institute’s Structural Engineer  (0.08 MB)

company Announcement - Gary Theodosiou, The Concrete Institute’s Structural Engineer, highlights the advantages of one of concrete’s most cost-effective building techniques. Concrete has an advantage over other building materials in that concrete elements can be   constructed to accommodate specific applications. It can be cast in situ on site, or precast on the ground and then lifted into final position, or precast in a precast yard and transported to site and erected into position. Tilt-up construction refers to a concrete building and construction technique where the elements are cast on site on the ground and lifted into their final position, maximising many of the unique and sustainable benefits of concrete for a cost-effective building technique and efficient construction method.

Elements that are to be tilted up are formed on a concrete slab; usually the building floor, but sometimes a temporary concrete casting surface situated near the building footprint. After the concrete has cured, the elements are tilted from horizontal to vertical with a crane and braced into position until the remaining building structural components (roofs, intermediate floors and walls) are secured. By forming the concrete elements on the ground as opposed to the final position, tilt up provides a convenient construction method saving time, man-hours and formwork.   
Conventional tilt up panels are structural elements within a building that span from base to roof diaphragm, acting as beams and capable of carrying roof and slab loads.

They combine the building envelope (façade), structure and final finish in one operation. Panels are set out in accordance with a predetermined casting layout drawing. Ideally panels are cast on the surface bed of the project or on sacrificial concrete hardstand areas around the building.

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