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Welcome to Tilt-up News |  |
Tiltupnews.com is an informational
website, intended to educate its visitors on tilt-up concrete construction.
Tilt-up concrete construction is a proven method for building
office buildings, retail centers, warehouses, distribution centers, call centers,
manufacturing facilities and other commercial / industrial structures with speed,
safety and construction cost benefits. On this site, Tilt-up
News will feature articles on how general contractors use this innovative method
of construction to deliver quality-building projects quickly and cost-efficiently.
Tilt-up News will also offer construction-related
articles, photographs and helpful links
to construction organizations and service / product providers. In
a tilt-up construction project, the building's walls are poured directly at the
jobsite in large slabs of concrete called "panels". These panels are then raised
into position around the building's perimeter forming the exterior walls. Tilt-up
construction allows general contractors to build a wide range of commercial buildings
more quickly and with lower construction costs than what is typical for traditional
masonry construction projects. Texas, California and Florida
are currently the most popular states for tilt-up concrete construction. Factors
contributing to this are expanding economic development, favoring construction
temperatures and affordable construction workforces. In northern states with more
severe winter climates, Precast Concrete Buildings are more popular.
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Concrete Buildings are buildings constructed using precast or prefab concrete
wall panels. Precast construction is similar to tilt-up construction, except that
the concrete wall panels are formed at a manufacturing facility and transported
to the job site by trailer, rather than fabricated directly at the site. This
prefabricated panel process, provides a more controlled environment for consistent
quality, insulated panels and weather protected scheduling. An offset is required
close proximity from jobsite to manufacturing site and higher final in-place costs.
Tilt wall concrete buildings are the same process as tilt-up
concrete buildings. In some regions the term tilt wall is used interchangeably
with the term tilt-up. Tilt wall is a compound word using the terms "tilt-up"
and concrete "wall" panels. In Texas, "tilt wall" is the most commonly used term
for the more proper term "tilt-up". If you have a tilt-up
concrete construction project that you would like to feature, please contact
Tilt-up News. If you are involved in the commercial construction industry
and would like to be linked to our site, please visit our tilt-up
construction links page for more information. | 
