The Harbor Shops
2006 Tilt-Up Achievement Award Winner :: Retail Division
Submitted by: TILT-CON Corporation
Originally designed as a masonry facility, this project underwent a major redesign in its early phases to make it adaptable to Tilt-Up, which required the construction team to work together to value engineer the project.
Comprised of five buildings that were erected simultaneously, the construction process was coordinated extensively to ensure that all of the trades were in order and that the project was running smoothly.
The facility was constructed on a site with poor swampy soil, which necessitated the construction of a special slab. After drilling piles, the contractor placed the building pad sub-base and then installed a geo-grid foundation system support below the bottom depth of the grade beam and foundation elevations. The fiber mesh system utilized polypropylene fibers rather than a welded wire fabric to provide the additional structural support to the systems.
Incorporating a Key West look, the facility features a variety of building heights, towers and reveals. Bevel reveals, overlapped panels framing blocks of color to offset the panels, sun shades and a second-story balcony all add architectural appeal to the retail center. Designed for flexibility, knock-out panels were used so future building and storefronts could be created. Viewed as a success by the community, this project was part of a redevelopment/revitalization effort for this area of Fort Lauderdale.
TCA Member Participants
- TILT-CON Corporation (Altamonte Springs, Florida)
- Role: Tilt-Up Contractor
- Braga Engineering Solutions Inc. (Orlando, Florida)
- Role: Engineer
- Steinbicker & Associates, Inc. (Dayton, Ohio)
- Role: Tilt-Up Structural Engineer
- Dayton Superior Corporation (Miamisburg, Ohio)
- Products: Bond Breaker
- Meadow Burke (Tampa, Florida)
- Products: Lifting Hardware
- Boulevard at the Capital Centre (Landover, Maryland)
- 2005 :: Retail Division
- Aventura Town Plaza (Adventura, Florida)
- 2005 :: Retail Division
- Gateway Theatre of Shopping (South Africa)
- 2003 :: Retail Division
The purpose of the TCA Awards Program is to recognize outstanding site cast Tilt-Up structures and advances in technology, products and methods used in the Tilt-Up industry. For more information on the program, submittal requirements and deadline dates, please refer to the awards submittal information page.
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