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    This document discusses tilt-up construction, where concrete walls are cast horizontally on site and then tilted into vertical position. Key points include: - Wall and column panels are pre-cast on the ground or floor slab and lifted into place, allowing formwork to be eliminated. - It is commonly used for single-story buildings in the US and can be applied to multi-story structures up to 8 floors. - Advantages are reduced formwork costs and ability to integrate with lift-slab methods, while disadvantages include limitations for taller buildings.

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    This document discusses tilt-up construction, where concrete walls are cast horizontally on site and then tilted into vertical position. Key points include: - Wall and column panels are pre-cast on the ground or floor slab and lifted into place, allowing formwork to be eliminated. - It is commonly used for single-story buildings in the US and can be applied to multi-story structures up to 8 floors. - Advantages are reduced formwork costs and ability to integrate with lift-slab methods, while disadvantages include limitations for taller buildings.

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    This document discusses tilt-up construction, where concrete walls are cast horizontally on site and then tilted into vertical position. Key points include: - Wall and column panels are pre-cast on the ground or floor slab and lifted into place, allowing formwork to be eliminated. - It is commonly used for single-story buildings in the US and can be applied to multi-story structures up to 8 floors. - Advantages are reduced formwork costs and ability to integrate with lift-slab methods, while disadvantages include limitations for taller buildings.

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    Lecture 8

    Advanced In-situ construction methods


    (Tilt-up construction )
    - This method is similar to the lift slab in terms of they are casted and then lifted to their
    normal positions.
    - This method is used in the USA.
    - It is used in multi-storey buildings.
    - It is characterized by the possibility of casting the walls horizontally on the ground level
    or on a concrete slab, and then adjusting the wall to take its normal vertical position by
    tilting and raising upwards from two adjacent corners.
    - And then it is fixed on its position
    - The slab of the next ceiling is used as a floor on which the walls of the next floor is
    casted horizontally.

    Construction design of the tilt up system:


    - It is one of the methods that depend on the pre-casting in the site.
    - The walls and columns are casted in the horizontal position and then adjusted to its
    normal position.
    - It must be taken into account when designing the wall panels, that they resist the forces
    that are exposed to them. (lifting and pulling it to its place)
    Wall joints:

    Column joints:
    Advantages of the tilt up system:

    - This method doesn’t require the use of wooden formworks to cast the walls, but it is
    casted on a horizontal plane.
    - This method can be used with the lift slab system, i.e. using the lift slab system in casting
    walls and lifting it with tilt up system.
    Disadvantages:
    - This method is suitable for single-storey buildings, and can be implemented with multi
    storey but with some restrictions. (the height of the building may reach 8 floors)

    Notes on tilt-up system:

    - The reinforced concrete wall panels are casted lying down over a previously casted slab,
    that serves as a smooth work surface.
    - When the wall panels have cured to sufficient strength, they are tilted up into vertical
    position by a crane, and then grouted together.
    - The elimination of most of the wall formworks, result in formwork costs that are less than
    5 percent of the cost of the overall system, so making tilt up construction, economically
    better for single storey building. ‫الت‬‫ينتج عن التخلص من معظم قوالب الجدران تكاليف صب الخرسانة ي‬
    ً
    ‫ مما يجعل البناء المائل أفضل اقتصاديا للمبت المكون من طابق واحد‬، ‫الكل‬
    ‫ يف المائة من تكلفة النظام ي‬5 ‫تقل عن‬.
    - Most tilt up panel construction is for walls no taller than 45 feet (13.7m), but it is possible
    to get until 100 feet (30 m) panels.
    - Tilt up wall panels can be casted as a sandwich panels, with plastic insulation to create
    panels with greater thermal efficiency. ‫ مع‬، ‫شطية‬ ‫ر‬ ‫يمكن صب األلواح الجدارية المائلة عل شكل ألواح‬
    ‫بالستيك إلنشاء ألواح ذات كفاءة حرارية أكي‬
    ‫ي‬ ‫عزل‬.

    Slides 17-30 .. projects by tilt up system in USA and Canada.

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