Wheeler Machinery Facility
As the premier Caterpillar dealer for the Salt Lake City area, Wheeler Machinery’s new office/warehouse facility in Hurricane, Utah, needed to be as durable as the equipment they sell. That, combined with a desire to use the thermal mass of concrete to provide a structure that would stay comfortable in a desert environment, led the company to once again choose Tilt-Up.
The resulting design incorporates sand-blasted, integrally colored panels to provide a pleasing complement to the desert surroundings while requiring little to no maintenance. The centerpiece of the building is its conical-shaped entrance, achieved via Tilt-Up panels cast on a specially shaped casting bed that resembled a skateboard park.
Going from conception to completion in just a year’s time, the facility houses office and warehouse space, a truck shop, a heavy equipment shop, a paint shop, a dynamometer room and a storage mezzanine. Its proven excellence includes a 2008 American Concrete Institute (ACI) Excellence in Concrete award.
Project Location
Hurricane, UT 84737
United States
TILT-UP ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
The Tilt-Up Achievement Awards were established 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. Winning entries illustrate the variety, beauty, and flexibility of tilt-up construction.
ACHIEVEMENT
2009
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Project Team (TCA Members)
- General Contractor:
- Hughes General Contractors, Inc.
- Concrete Contractor:
- Architect:
- Engineer:
- BHB Consulting Engineers PC
- Dayton Superior Corporation
- Suppliers:
- Dayton Superior Corporation
- Photographer(s):
Project Specifics
- Project Category:
- Production/Manufacturing
- Building Types:
- Finishes:
- Features:
- Insulation:
- Environmental:
- Number of Floors:
- 0
- Number of Panels:
- 158 panels
- Tilt-Up Wall Area:
- 79,059 sq ft (7,345 sq m)
- Total Floor Area:
- 78,483 sq ft (7,291 sq m)
- Project Footprint:
- 64,713 sq ft (6,012 sq m)
- Tallest Panel:
- 32 ft 6 in (9.91 m)
- Widest Panel:
- 34 ft 8 in (10.57 m)
- Largest Panel:
- 689 sq ft (64.0 sq m)
- Heaviest Panel:
- 59,738 lbs (27,097 kg)
- Longest Spandrel:
- 20 ft 0 in (6.10 m)
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402 1st Avenue SE
Mount Vernon, IA 52314
United States
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About the Tilt-Up Concrete Association
Founded in 1986, the Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) strives to improve the quality and acceptance of site-cast Tilt-Up construction - one of the fastest growing industries in the United States, combining the advantages of reasonable cost with low maintenance, durability, speed of construction and minimal capital investment. Over 10,000 buildings, enclosing more than 650 million square feet, are constructed each year using this construction method.
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