Bass Pro Outdoor World created a unique $12 million shopping experience to showcase its wide array of fishing, hunting and camping gear. Nearly 140,000 square feet of retail space were necessary to hold product, wildlife displays, and retail goods - even a 30,000-gallon aquarium.

The designers wanted the look and feel of an actual hunting lodge, yet made entirely of concrete. Through trial and error, Tilt-Con was able to create a special formliner on-site to form panels with a "beam and chink" look, coupled with a pre-existing formliner to mold the horizontal slatted "siding." The final outcome is an all-concrete structure that combines the looks of wood slats with those of a square-cut log cabin.

To further enhance the aesthetic appeal, special molds were used to create the poured-concrete tree trunks that surround the exterior of the store and specially designed stamps were used to imprint the interior stained slab with various animal "tracks."

The tallest panel on this structure is almost 33 feet high and the heaviest weighs more than 91,000 lbs. Meadow-Burke accessories were utilized.

For more information, contact Susan Leszcynski, Marketing/PR Manager at Tilt-Con, (407) 834-8458.