iFly - Overland Park
iFly facilities offer a free-fall experience inside a vertical wind tunnel. In this iFly project, over 50 percent of the work was performed below grade. For cost efficiency, tilt-up was chosen for the towers. The towers required three of four panels to lean inward for the first level—a design requiring over 450 embed connections between towers and 6.1 pounds per square foot of reinforcement. Each leaning tower was finished with a 148,000-pound cap.
Project Location
Overland Park, KS 66210
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
2017
The world’s greatest tilt-up structures are featured by the TCA as Tilt-Up Achievement Award Winners. Learn more >
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Project Team (TCA Members)
- General Contractor:
- Concrete Contractor:
- Architect:
- Engineer:
- Needham DBS
- Suppliers:
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Project Specifics
- Project Category:
- Entertainment
- Building Types:
- Recreation Center
- Finishes:
- Features:
- Angled Panels (Plan-Orientation/Position)
- Insulation:
- Environmental:
- Number of Floors:
- 0
- Number of Panels:
- 0 panels
- Tilt-Up Wall Area:
- 8,533 sq ft (793 sq m)
- Total Floor Area:
- 10,360 sq ft (962 sq m)
- Project Footprint:
- 6,750 sq ft (627 sq m)
- Tallest Panel:
- 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m)
- Widest Panel:
- 2 ft 2 in (0.66 m)
- Largest Panel:
- 2,161 sq ft (200.8 sq m)
- Heaviest Panel:
- 135,063 lbs (61,264 kg)
- Tallest Cantilever:
- 0 ft 0 in (0.00 m)
- Longest Spandrel:
- 0 ft 0 in (0.00 m)
Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA)
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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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