Best Buy at the Shoppes at Shoal Creek
2007 Tilt-Up Achievement Award Winner :: Retail Division
Submitted by: Needham and Associates, Inc.
An intricate scheduling process allowed Needham and Associates and the entire construction team to complete the Best Buy retail store at the Shoppes at Shoal Creek just four months after excavation began. The building’s structural shell and architectural panels were cast and erected in approximately eight weeks, allowing interior trades to begin work inside the building.
The firm also chose to use embeds to the footing rather than dowels to the slab to form base connections, thereby eliminating a timely step in the construction schedule.
Though the big-box store benefited from fast-track Tilt-Up design, it wasn’t lacking in architectural interest, thanks to architectural pilaster panels that were stacked in two to three layers to create depth. Three additional architectural panels—the largest weighing just over 100,000 pounds—were joined to create Best Buy’s trademark blue wedge over the store’s entrance.
To further enhance the high-end look of the structure, 16,600 feet of thin-set brick in three different shades was applied in soldier course, stack bond and running bond patterns to the building’s exterior.
TCA Member Participants
- Needham and Associates, Inc. (Overland Park, Kansas)
- Role: Project Engineer
- Lithko Contracting, Inc. (Kansas City, Kansas)
- Role: Tilt-Up Contractor
- Meadow Burke (Sacramento, California)
- Products: Lifting and bracing hardware
- Scott System (Denver, Colorado)
- Products: Thin-brick
- Victory Bear (Huber Heights, Ohio)
- Products: Cast-in materials
- Composite Technologies Corporation (Boone, Iowa)
- Products: Insulation
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.
If you have further questions, please contact Jim Baty by email or by phone at (319) 895-6911.
Best Buy at the Shoppes at Shoal Creek
8500 N. Flintlock Road
Kansas City, MO 64157
- Tallest Panel:
- 38'-9½"
- Largest Panel:
- 1,007 sq ft
- Heaviest Panel:
- 100,600 lbs
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