What are the cost advantages of tilt-up?
• Shorter construction period. • Low per square foot wall cost. • High fire resistance ratings of reinforced concrete. • The building weather envelope and perimeter structure are from a single system. • Excellent life cycle cost. • Majority of labor to make the panels is performed on the ground. Therefore, increased clear height does not dramatically increase construction costs. • Concrete’s high fire resistance allows large openings without additional measures to protect structural members or lintels. • Tilt-up construction makes it easy to add future additions and modifications that match or appear to be part of the original construction. • Panels are cast in place and moved only once to the final wall location, resulting in low handling costs.
