GF Consulting and its principals have had a long association with the tilt-up method of construction.
The principals first became involved in the development of tilt-up in Australia in the early 1980’s as a consultant and builder. Since this time the principal through affiliated construction entities and consultancies has designed and constructed numerous projects.
Tilt-up Construction which is a method that involves casting concrete panels on site and erecting them with mobile cranes has been successfully utilized throughout Australia and New Zealand since the early 1980’s
Tilt-up construction has a wide application but is most successfully applied to the following range of projects.
- industrial buildings including factory units and warehouses
- commercial buildings up to 4 stories
- bulky goods centres
- shopping centres
- school buildings
- sport facilities
- churches
- two storey townhouse and multi-unit residential
- motels and resorts
- retaining walls
Advantages of tilt-up technology that can be utilized if experienced consultants and contractors are engaged include:
- concrete tilt walls have excellent load bearing capacities
- concrete tilt-up walls offer excellent fire proofing and sound attenuation qualities
- can be fast an easy way of building
- can invariably be most economical way of construction
- good architectural versatility with shapes and finishes
- experienced contractors and hardware suppliers readily available as well as mobile cranes and concrete ready mix plants
The experience of the principals includes the following:
- structural design of tilt-up buildings
- tilt-up panel design for erection
- individual shop detailing of tilt-up panels
- fabrication of tilt-up panels and erection
- complete construction of tilt-up structures
GF CONSULTING designed the tallest tilt-up panels at 20m high in Australia
