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

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