Joe Steinbicker is a charter member and past chairman of ACI Committee 551, Tilt-Up Concrete Construction. He is also a founding member of the Tilt-Up Concrete Association and past member of their Board of Directors. He recently co-authored the book, Engineering Tilt-Up. He can be reached at joes@tilt-werks.com.
I remember my first day of work as a young engineer like it was yesterday. The firm where I was starting my career was ceremoniously ditching the teletype machine that had provided them with computing power from a timeshared computer in a remote office building, in downtown Charlotte, NC, in favor of a desktop computer – a Wang SVP. …
When it comes to enclosing large building volumes, it is hard to beat tilt-up concrete construction for economy and durability. Long considered the mainstay for warehouses and big-box retail, the tilt-up method is now frequently employed for commercial projects, churches, schools and Class A office buildings nationwide. With newer types of occupancies driving attention to aesthetics higher and higher, the importance of minimizing concrete cracking in the site-cast precast wall panels is greater than ever. …