Maxim 2000 uses tilt-up construction for a school project in Yarmouth, Canada
12 January 2011New Brunswick-based general contracting firm Maxim 2000 is constructing a new high school building at a site in Forest Street, Yarmouth, Canada using the tilt-up construction method.
The new building will have an area of 110,000 square feet and will be bound by 30 feet high walls. The concrete for the walls are poured on the ground and lifted by using a crawler crane. A 165-ton crawler crane from New Glasgow-based AW Leil Cranes and Equipment is being used to erect the wall panels. All the panels weigh between 22,727 kg and 27,272 kg except for the heaviest one, which weighs 36,363 kg. The rigging is fastened to the crane and wall panels are winched up and brought to vertical position.
Mark Reid, sales manager at Leil Cranes and Equipment, was reported stating that the walls are braced back to bolts embedded in the floor and concrete is poured around them. He added that once crews finish levelling off, they disconnect the lifting clutches and move to the erection of a second panel.
Crews have already completed the foundation of the building, all the underground services and a storm water collection system.
Substantial construction is slated to be completed by November 2011 with occupancy scheduled for January 2012.
