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Precast Concrete, Tilt up construction and tiltwall

In relations to my major assignment project,I have a difficult understanding between these three terms. Do they all mean the same?

Luckily,i found an article on the internet,that explains clearly what these 3 terms really mean.



The difference between these 3 terms is ,the tilt up and tiltwall term is used to define the same process. However, with tilt up construction, pouring the slab and all of the processes is done at the site and there is an advantage to this process--no transportation is required since everything is done at the site itself.

On the other hand, precast concrete has its own challenges,even though the process is quite similar to tilt up construction.For precast concrete buildings, work crews do not set up forms at the job site to create the panels. Instead, workers pre cast concrete panels at a large manufacturing facility.There is also an advantage to this, the weather condition will not affect the process of producing concrete since it is done indoors. However, there is a limitation to this: transportation and a limitation towards the height and the weight of the panels of the concrete that will be transfered to the site.

After reading this article,i found out that ,tilt-up construction is a much desirable process to choose, and only in locations where the weather allows it.