A massive concrete wall panel is being lifted from its horizontal position, where it was formed on a concrete slab, to a vertical orientation forming the perimeter of a new building. A large mobile ...

Tilt panels are precast walls that are built horizontally on the ground with lifting inserts built into them. They are designed so that a crane or cranes can lift the panel into a vertical position to ...

It is no secret that the economic downturn has had a profound impact on the construction community. Markets are down, competition for projects is greater and contractors are being pressured to reduce ...

Forming, placing and erecting the Tilt-Up panels is done within strict tolerances. Shown here is Lindsay Lampasona setting one of the 80 panels in its spot to be braced temporarily to the slab on ...

COLUMBIA - Last Friday's tornado outbreak showed the limit of a popular kind of construction design. Tornadoes ravaged the Midwest and destroyed many businesses and warehouses. An Amazon warehouse in ...

FREDERICK Although it took a while to catch on, tilt-up construction is moving forward in the area, led by Morgan-Keller. The company's wholly owned subsidiary, MK Concrete Construction, does all ...

It takes a gigantic piece of machinery to lift up to 178,000 pounds of slab concrete and move it like a playing card in a 39-card deck. The Ness & Campbell hydraulic crane that this week is piercing ...