Casino Queen
2008 Tilt-Up Achievement Award Winner :: Commercial Division
Submitted by Concrete Strategies, Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri
The use of integral design for the Casino Queen led to the very first floating gaming facility that has a land-based casino shell and a gaming floor that is rafted on a floating concrete barge.
The owners of the facility used Tilt-Up methods because of its structural integrity. On each panel, Concrete Strategies used a TCA-grade A patch – the highest grade of patch that the industry has. With an admirable approach at efficiency, the unused concrete materials were recycled.
The concept of the Casino Queen was the first Tilt-Up casino construction in the St. Louis area. Because panels were large-scale, 4,000 and 5,000-PSI mix was used for about 13,000 cubic yards of concrete. Concrete Strategies sequenced two panels and installed casting beds to reduce cost and match the square footage of the wall panels to the floor slabs.
A 300-ton crawler crane was used to pick up heavy panels.
Project Notes
- Tallest Panel
- 51'-7"
- Largest Panel
- 1,242 sq ft
- Heaviest Panel
- 144,350 lbs
Participating TCA Members
- Concrete Strategies, Inc.
- Role: Tilt-Up Contractor
- Alper Audi
- Role: Design Engineer
- Meadow Burke Products
- Role: Lifting Hardware
- Nox-Crete Products Group
- Role: Bond Breaker, Form Release
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.
Casino Queen
East St. Louis, Illinois
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