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.
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