Summit Concrete Wins Award for Tilt-Up Construction

Summit Concrete has won the Concrete Promotional Group’s 2010 Excellence In Concrete Award for Tilt Up for the Sycamore Hills Baptist Church Project.

Congratulations to all that were involved, it was a very small but complex project. Even in rough economic times, we are still the best in the business at Tilt-Up!

Summit Concrete’s wall system begins showing upward tilt - Kansas City Business Journal

While planning the Zona Rosa shopping center, Rob Brown, construction executive at Steiner + Associates, agreed to try an uncommon process that came with high stakes.

The general contractor, Meyer Bros. Building Co., recommended that Brown hire its Lee’s Summit-based sister company, Summit Concrete, to build architectural site-cast tilt-up walls on five buildings.

Brown said he agreed because he became convinced that the buildings could be constructed faster than if they used plant-cast walls and that the architectural details would give the buildings a sophisticated appearance.

Because construction occurred in the winter, Brown said, “Getting those walls up allowed people to start working inside sooner.”

But the main concern was how the building would look.

“When you think of tilt-up, most of the time you think of an airport or a warehouse,” he said, adding that Steiner is “very pleased with the overall product.”

Summit Concrete’s work at Zona Rosa received accolades in 2009 from the Tilt-Up Concrete Association.

Read more: Summit Concrete’s wall system begins showing upward tilt - Kansas City Business Journal

Tilt-Up Concrete: Painted Concrete... Right?

How about brick, stone, exposed aggregate and just about anything else you might want on a building. All with the quality and durability of concrete. Summit Concrete’s architectural tilt up can deliver: Hand crafted quality, long term durability, monumental design and buildings of substance. Before you compromise any of these in the name of reducing costs, call us, maybe you don’t have to compromise.

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BRICK

STONE | CAST-IN & REPLICA

EXPOSED AGGREGATE | ACID WASH, SAND BLAST, & RETARDED

TEXTURED FINISH | SYNTHETIC STUCCO & FLUID APPLIED COATING

STAIN | 25 YR WARRANTY WITH SUBTLE COLOR VARIATIONS & TEXTURES AVAILABLE

Tilt-Up Now with Metal Studs

TILT-UP: NOW WITH METAL STUDS

Metal Stud Tilt Up is an innovative progression of Summit Concrete’s tilt up systems.

We can deliver a wall system that has all of the architectural options we delivered before and at the same time is ready to receive electrical systems, insulation and drywall. The studs are already in!

BENEFITS OF USING TILT-UP WITH METAL STUDS

• Less concrete, less weight, less expensive.
• Less material, less waste, less time.
• More options, easier to design, easier to install.
• Concrete and steel studs act together as a composite panel to offer better performance at lower costs.

Contact us to discuss using this system in your next project.

Timothy Lutheran Chooses Tilt-Up

TIMOTHY LUTHERAN | ANOTHER SATISFIED CLIENT

"Summit Concrete assisted our design team in every step of the process, providing not only creative material selections, but timely cost information which allowed our client to make long-term design and cost decisions easily. Concrete tilt-up is not just for warehouse or retail facilities any more." - Pearce Construction

TILT-UP BROUGHT THE PROJECT IN BUDGET

"The overarching project goal was to maximize ministry space while adhering to the church’s restrictive budget. Summit Concrete was asked to evaluate the site-cast tilt-up construction method for comparison with the cost of other traditional commercial construction methods. The savings offered by the site-cast tilt-up method proved instrumental in bringing the project scope within the church’s budget.

In addition to its economical benefits, the site-cast tilt-up method accommodated the casting of several different shapes with intricate reveal and finish details. We were able to incorporate a variety of different materials into the architectural design necessary to achieve a traditional look with a contemporary flare. These materials included cast-in brick veneer, direct-applied stucco and post-applied pre-finished metal panels.

We were amazed at the reduced construction time realized from forming the panels on site and through the well coordinated erection techniques utilized. Rapid enclosure of the weather tight building envelope allowed work to begin more quickly on the interior. Shortening the length of the overall project schedule resulted in significantly reduced construction cost." - Mantel Teter Architects

TEAM UP WITH SUMMIT CONCRETE & TILT-UP

We would love to talk with you to explore the possibilities of using tilt-up in your next project and adding you to the list of satisfied customers.

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Summit Concrete Helps the Community

Look at this incredible work Summit Concrete did for Marian Hope Center!!…. We are on our way…the playground is delivered and we are waiting for the company to come install. After that, we have to let the concrete set for a month before the padding can be put on.

We had a great meeting last night with the General Manager and Director of Marketing for theNew Independence Events Center. They have chose Marian Hope Center as an IndependenceNon-Profit group to support! We will be doing some fund raising events in that beautiful new facility – very exciting news for Marian Hope Center!!

Thank you again to everyone for your continued support!!

Summit Concrete Project in "Tilt-Up Today"

The following article from TCA's magazine, "Tilt-Up Today" highlighted one of Summit Concretes more prestigious builds.

Zona Rosa Building C



As an owner of another Tilt-Up building, the owner/developer for this project didn't hesitate to select Tilt-Up again for their office/retail building in Kansas City's Zona Rosa development.

Tilt-Up not only allowed for the incorporation of the aesthetic details the company desired, but also enabled a much speedier construction schedule - a mere seven weeks elapsed between starting the footings and erecting the panels.

Special Z-shaped column laps thoughtfully conceal panel joints and maintain the coursing of the cast-in thin-brick veneer on the building's facade.

The brick detailing mingles with cast stone, metal panels, EIFS and direct-applied synthetic stucco to create an eye-catching blend of textures.

Circular elements - in the form of two 6-foot-radius, multi-plane, stepped thin-brick arches at the building's southwest corner - add further architectural interest and help underscore the aesthetic and structural possibilities of Tilt-Up.

ARTICLE (TCA, Tilt-Up Today, Vol. 17 No. 1 2009, p.27):

Zona Rosa Building C: 67,703-square-foot office building in Kansas City, MO. Submitted by Summit Concrete of Lee's Summit, MO. Other TCA member involvement: Needham & Associates. Products for this project supplied by: Meadow Burke Products and Scott System.